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Re: National vote on handguns?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 22 Jul 2001 18:16:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> I never, ever said anything about rifles and shotguns. By all means, it
> would be great if every American had one in the home as a last measure of
> home defense.
Why would that be great?
> In the event of another American revolution, a rifle would be
> a far more effective weapon on the battlefield than a pistol.
We wouldn't have battle fields. We would have the ugliest guerilla war in
history. And pistols would be awfully important because they're easier to
conceal when you're approaching a small group of cops.
> I'm talking
> about banning handguns and concealable automatic weapons (i.e. Uzi's,
> Mac-10's, and other small machine guns) that are predominately used in crimes.
We need those SMGs so that we can get into camps where the soldiery is sleeping
and mow them down en masse before they have time to respond.
> There is debate on large machine guns like the M-16 and AK-47.
I think of those as small machine guns.
> These are
> assualt weapons, their purpose is to kill people and I know of few true
> outdoorsmen who go hunting with these weapons. However, if there must be a
> compromise on the issue (to satisfy the paranoia of revolt against the
> government), the larger, hard-to-conceal automatics may stay but must be
> registered
So that if a revolution ever did happen, the gubmint could quickly scoop all of
these kinds of weapons up. Are you kidding? We're not going to fall for that.
You just go ahead and pass your little laws if that will make you feel safer.
But we're not giving up our weapons.
Chris
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| (...) Why wouldn't it? (...) Are you clairvoyant or is this your self fulfilling prophecy? (...) Lovely thought. (...) As if it it would happen that way. I can be just as clairvoyant on this issue as you. Maybe government officials trying to scoop (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| The point I would like you to grasp, Larry, is that laws and rights about handguns and automatic weapons are currently controlled, for the most part, by the lobbyists and politicians in Washington D.C., not by the Joes and Janes in Anytown, U.S.A. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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