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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe)
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Subject: re: another twist on the gun issue
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>From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)
>Subject: another twist on the gun issue
>Message-ID: <220@ttidcc.UUCP>

Adrienne, you disappoint me.  Not only are your facts  incorrect,  but  you
had to shout your misinformation in caps. {sigh}

I don't suppose you read the  article  I  posted  to  net.politics  earlier
containing  the  known  facts about the Constitution and the 2nd amendment?
Probably everyone else has, so I won't repost for now.  Come by  my  office
and I'll show you the original.

One other thing.  Before I'm flamed by all and sundry, let me say it again:

        I AM NOT TAKING A POSITION ON GUN CONTROL IN THIS POSTING.

Ahem ...

>The real flap over gun control is that EVERY TIME WEAPONS HAVE BEEN
>REGISTERED, GOVERMENT HAS EVENTUALLY CONFISCATED THE WEAPONS.  ...

Not true.  As has been frequently mentioned  in  this  argument,  guns  are
registered  in  Great  Britain,  for example, and nobody's confiscated them
yet.  (I know you've heard that before.  Slip your mind, did it?)

>                                         ...  If you want some social seal
>of approval for people who do have weapons (to keep them out of the "wrong
>hands") why not license the people, whether or not they own/carry a gun?
>Every upstanding citizen over 16 is licensed to carry, like driving a car.
>Whether they choose to do so or not is their own business.  When you catch
>a crook with a weapon you jail him and (for first time offenders) revoke

We don't do this with cars.  In most  states  getting  a  driver's  license
requires  passing  a  written and practical test.  In California, you can't
drive under the age of 18 unless you've passed a driver education course in
school.  The  same  is  true  in  many  other  states  and  driver's ed. is
frequently made a requirement for highschool  graduation.  Note  that  cars
are generally classified as deadly weapons under the law.

Just you try suggesting to an anti-gun-control type that they  should  have
to  take  a test to get a license to own a gun (hint: wear your kevlar vest
when you do).  Besides, cars are registered in all states.  If we're  going
to treat guns like cars ... what was that about apples and oranges?


So far the gun-control debate has generated much heat and little light that
I've  noticed.  I  expect  it will continue to do so as long as people want
simplistic, black-or-white  answers  to  complex  problems.  Again,  please
note:

        I HAVE NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON GUN CONTROL IN THIS POSTING.

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