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Re: An armed society...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:09:56 GMT
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"Mike Petrucelli" <lordi@erols.com> writes:

Gun Control has nothing to do with Guns and everything to do with
Control.  A politicain can never take away the peoples rights, so
long as the people have the ability to shoot him for trying.


In some countries, democratic elections are used for mostly the same
effect.


Fredrik



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  Re: An armed society...
 
(...) Exactly. Gun control is completely about control, but both sides of this issue fail to see the bigger picture--why do people obey the law, and those that break the law, why do they do that? When society gets to the point where everyone obeys (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: An armed society...
 
(...) As Stalin so eloquently put it; "Those who cast the votes decide nothing, those who count the votes decide everything." Just remember Hittler was an elected offical. Also note that the United States Gun Control act of 1968 is virtually word (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) /objective mode on Well ignoring the propaganda on both sides of the Gun Control issue, and using indepentant statistics from Gallup Polls. This is all applicable to the USA. Roughly 10,000 crimes a year are committed with legally obtained (...) (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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