Geraint Rees wrote:
>
> On 12/24/01 4:24 PM, "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com> wrote:
>
> > However, it is a proven fact that for every 1% increase in the law
> > abiding population carrying concealed weapons, violent crime rates drop
> > by 2%.
>
> I'd be interested to read about this 'proven fact' - do you have a
> reference? Presumably your 'proven fact' only applies specifically to US
> society where it is legal to own a handgun (unlike the UK, where it is not -
> any more).
>
PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE GUN TROLLS!
That said, I assume Mike's linking of ACLU with 2nd Amendment
issues in a negative way is due to the ACLU being neutral on the
issue due to their (I believe quite errorneous) state militia
(collectivist) interpretation of what the 2nd amendment is
about. But this rather common error does not in any wise
justify a claim that the ACLU is a bunch of "terrorists" or out
to destroy civil rights. Such an allegation is inflammatory
hyperbole. The ACLU, despite its many mistakes in my my
opinion, has many, many times stood up against government
usurpation of rights even when it was very costly and unpopular
to do so. Thus I proudly carry membership in the organization.
- samantha
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