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Subject:	Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2003 16:40:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Powell wrote:

So, you should have to register your gun, and you should have to pass a test to be able to use it before you are allowed to do so. That is NO DIFFERENT than with your car.

At least some disagreement here...

I don’t want to ever register the weapon.

I should have to show at least some proficiency, but not to an excessive degree. Societal interest is such that I should show that I am not a danger when using a gun, but no more should be expected. Some kind of “certificate of proficiency” is enough, no license thanks -- it’s still a right and a duty, not a privilege. To take away the right, the govt. should have to show gross ineptitude on the part of the would-be gun user.

I am still not that happy about the whole driver’s “license” thing -- I still insist that I have the right to travel by modern conveyance in order to conduct my personal and business affairs. As above, I think a showing of a certain basic proficiency is all that society should expect of me -- not a license, not a thing that ties me into an agreement with all kinds of nonsense including the sacrifice of my civil rights just to drive a car.

-- Hop-Frog

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) Ah, yes. But you are in the minority, at least as far as some countries go. (example being Canada). You do follow the law with regards to your car right? I assume (if you drive, not sure that you do, since I don't), that you have a license, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) Thank You. So, you should have to register your gun, and you should have to pass a test to be able to use it before you are allowed to do so. That is NO DIFFERENT than with your car. Gun Control. If you are found to be "responsible" then the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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