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Re: Trying to understand
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:46:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
> > Seat belts are a little different because they are something that can be seen
> > from outside of a vehicle. An officer can come up along side the car and tell
> > whether or not you are wearing it without actually searching the car. A gun
> > can be concealed in a car or home. To determine if the gun has a lock on it
> > would require that it either be within plain sight, or as the result of a
> > search.
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> One reason the gov't is so rabid about seatbelts is because a lot of the
> medical treatment provided to accident victims (often greatly in excess of
> existing insurance coverage) comes from public funds. Likewise, the argument
> goes, since a sizable portion of the medical given to shooting victims comes
> from public funds, the gov't is trying to protect its financial interests at
> least as much as it's trying to usurp individuals' rights or curtail gun
> ownership. Again, that's the argument--the reality varies widely, of course.
> It would be interesting, in hypothetical terms, to see what would happen to
> this stance if public medical funding were eliminated, so that the gov’t no
> longer had a financial interest to protect…
That really is the point. The government has no business subsidizing medical
treatment. Everything the government gets involved in goes thru the roof
price-wise. That's the same problem with insurance, if the consumer doesn't
have to pay the actual cost, the prices skyrocket because market forces no
longer apply.
Bill
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| (...) One reason the gov't is so rabid about seatbelts is because a lot of the medical treatment provided to accident victims (often greatly in excess of existing insurance coverage) comes from public funds. Likewise, the argument goes, since a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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