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Re: Former Iraqi General
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:06:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > Well, maybe it's time for me to be a little foolish maybe. I think as long
> > as they know we could revolt, there is likely to never be the actual need to
> > do so -- rather like the concept of mutually assured destruction.
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> Isn't that the real reason behind the "gun control is good" lobby? "Support
> gun control and give up your fundamental rights today."
That may be *one* of the reasons, but it's no more insidious than the
NRA's big-business pro-gun lobby, which has much less to do with personal
freedoms than it has to do with lining the pockets of the gun industry.
That's not to say that the right isn't fundamental; I just don't think
it's useful to paint all of its objectors with a single brush, any more than
it's accurate to claim that all gun-rights activists are zealots on the
verge of a killing spree.
Dave!
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| (...) Well as my original post was *meant* to convey, (of which the line was snipped,) was that what I assume is that most people who support gun control, actually believe it is for the overall good. I doubt most gun control advocates even think of (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Isn't that the real reason behind the "gun control is good" lobby? "Support gun control and give up your fundamental rights today." The Tyrants that actually believe what they do is for our own good, are the most dangerous of all. (I know, I (...) (22 years ago, 11-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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