[GUNS] Re: a comment

Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 11:40:42 -0700 (PDT)

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From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>

>>Brian D Williams wrote:
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>> The gun debate on this list always follows a predictable
>>pattern.
>> Someone tries to infect the list with the anti-gun meme and the
>> immune system responds.

>I'm curious. Have you ever once converted an anti-gun person to
>pro-gun? Have you ever "lost" an adherent by failing to respond
>in time?

>I thought not.

>This is pointless.

Yes, I have converted someone who was previously anti-gun, but that is not the point. The point is to preserve constitutional rights and remove those laws which exist, and violate those rights.

I do not see the preservation of my rights as pointless.

Brian
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