Date sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 01:29:27 -0800
From: Anton Sherwood <bronto@pobox.com>
Organization: That would be telling.
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: g*n c*ntr*l
Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> Zero Powers wrote:
>
> > Is it not true that the NRA opposes virtually *every* single piece of
> > gun-control legislation that comes down the pike?
>
> If only! On the contrary, NRA writes some of it.
>
> Until a reliable way exists of rendering harmless ALL the badguys
> (including the ones with badges), I'm content to let everybody have a
> gun. Yea, even unto the nutcases and the ex-cons; for the alternative
> is to put my safety at the mercy of some bureaucrat.
>
The above comment says it all: you are anti-safety, not pro-safety,
if you're in favor of granting criminals and the insane packing
privileges. Moreover, it qualifies you as a nutcase yourself (which
is probably why you wanna preserve their packing privileges.
>
> > Is it not true that the NRA opposes any attempt reduce the production
> > of new guns? Is it not true that the NRA is opposed to reducing the
> > number of guns now in circulation?
>
> I trust that if you want to destroy your own guns, or shut down your gun
> business, the NRA won't question your right to do so.
>
>
> > Is it not true that there are more guns in America than there are
> > Americans? Is it not true that the NRA sees no problem with the
> > ratio of guns to people?
>
> I can't speak for what the NRA "sees", not being a member.
>
> I have four guns, with different purposes - market niches, as it were.
> (Details only on request.) Guns thus outnumber vertebrates in this
> household. Whoopee. So what? Am I more of a danger than three men
> with one gun each?
>
It depends upon who they are. If they are a danger to others, they
should not be allowed to pack.
>
> It occurs to me that we have more deadly knives than guns. But at least
> we haven't got a swimming pool; those are *much* more dangerous than
> guns.
>
>
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>
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