Robert Owen wrote:
>
> TO: Michael and/or Joe: I need some clarification here; only
> the 2nd paragraph and numbered paragraphs were written
> by myself [>>>]. Who are [>>], [>] and [ ]? Evidently I
> did not receive all relevant posts from Listserve. [RMO]
Its easy to follow. In this current message, you wrote things after >, I
wrote things after > > and go wrote things after > > >, then I wrote
something
after > > > >, and you wrote after > > > >> in reply to Joe's original
post.
>
> Michael S Lorrey wrote:
>
> > Joe Dees wrote:
> >
> > > >Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:32:39 -0500
> > > >From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@datamann.com>
> > > >To: extropians@extropy.com
> > > >Subject: Re: What are the reasons for killing?
> > > >Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
> > > >
> > > >Robert Owen wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Joe E Dees wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > I favor keeping guns out of the hands of violent criminals,
> > > >> > proven intimidating abusers, and the mentally incompetent and/or
> > > >> > deranged, and ONLY them. I have no problem whatsoever with
> > > >> > RESPONSIBLE gun ownership by the general citizenry (I own five
> > > >> > of them).
> > > >>
> > > >> So then WHAT is this persistent debate about, anyway? What
> > > >> person with normal awareness of public safety requirements
> > > >> and of the incidence of human injury and death by means of
> > > >> firearms could object on rational grounds to the following?
> > > >>
> > > >> 1] Convicted hyperaggressive felons should be denied legal
> > > >> ownership of any lethal weapon, even if the enforcement
> > > >> of the law has intractable practical limitations.*
> > > >
> > > >Already the law. This is actually the easiest one to enforce, as you probably
> > > >know from the NRA pioneered Operation Exile that took place in Richmond, and the
> > > >effect it had on crime.
> > > >
> > > To enforce any of these requires a purchase-prohibited registry.
> >
> > Which already exists and has been operating for two years. The Insta-Check system, which was forced into the Brady Law by the NRA over the opposition from HCI, is a purchase prohibited database. Contrary to the law, Klinton & Kompany are trying to use its audit information trails as an illegal and unconstitutional national registration system.
>
> I appreciate your help,
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