Joe Dees wrote:
>This seems like a reasonable (though collapsed) definition of the
Joe, thanks for the interesting question.
In response, firstly,
>debate. I would direct this question to the pro-gun-availability-to-
>kids/certifiably-insane/violent-criminal camp: If we cannot be
>trusted to logically, rationally and reasonably decide who is unfit to
>possess the means to committ long-range mass murder, how can
>we be trusted with guns? I think most of us not only can be
>trusted with guns, but we can also be trusted with fairly and
>equitably deciding who the few are who can not be so trusted.
I think that this is blurring one very important distinction.
Seems to me that there is a difference between making a decision
about what to do and making a decision about what
someone else should have the option to do.
--Kyle