Re: Guns n' stuff
Camille Scaysbrook (the_globe@hotmail.com)
Sat, 08 May 1999 21:57:36 -0700 (PDT)
James J Rovira wrote:
>First off, I'm not a "gun fan." I don't own any guns, am not a member of
>the NRA, etc. I'm just worried about the advocacy of a redistribution of
>one type of power completely into the hands of the government.
Well, what about nuclear arms? I don't own any nuclear arms. My government
does, and they can do what they like with them without consulting me about
it, even if what they want is to blow up another country. They won't let me
have any nuclear arms. Does this fact alone mean that I should be allowed to
have some too? Because that to me your line of reasoning.
>Tell ya what. Let's round up every illegally held gun right now, dole
>out appropriate punishments, THEN see if stricter laws are needed.
Well, that's what happened over here. There was an amnesty on assault
weapons after the Port Arthur massacre. Hand 'em in, no questions asked. I'm
not denying that some of it may have gone blackmarket, but that will always
be there. The point of the amnesty was that no one could ever need an
assault weapon (that is, one with a round of more than 6 bullets) for
anything else than to quickly and easily kill a human.
Camille
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