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Re: Free speech and abuse thereof
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:26:31 GMT
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Scott Edward Sanburn wrote:

Frank,

        Very easy. Enforce the 20,000 or so gun control laws on the books, and crack
down on people that buy/sell guns illegally. Penalizing law abiding citizens
that use / buy / sell guns does nothing.

As for the Libertarian thing, I do not know of a link. I don't think any party
condones killing outside of unborn babies and old people.  (Sorry, that slipped
out!)

I wasn't placing blame on the LP (hm, same initials as Larry's, any
coincidence?). I was asking how in Liberatopia, this situation would be
dealt with. Note that Liberatopia has few, if any, gun control laws.

Frank Filz wrote:

The current news item about the white supremacist who went on a rampage
leaves me wondering how we deal with that type of thing from a
Libertarian perspective. To me it seems that the organization has some
responsibility for what the individual did, but how do we place that
responsibility without trampling free speech rights? Or is there really
even any responsibility?

This incident is also a clear example of how gun control laws don't
always help. What could we do to try to prevent an individual like this
from getting a gun? Or should we do anything?

--
Frank Filz

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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com



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(...) No society can ever be perfect. The following are pat answers and none of them completely solves the problem. Some of them won't work without some other societal restructuring. - Despite the image of the quiet, secret rebel who suddenly snaps, (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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Frank, Very easy. Enforce the 20,000 or so gun control laws on the books, and crack down on people that buy/sell guns illegally. Penalizing law abiding citizens that use / buy / sell guns does nothing. As for the Libertarian thing, I do not know of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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