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Re: From Harry Browne
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Nov 2000 19:30:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
...and your going to vote for this guy. How bizarre.

Which of these patently admirable stances do you think is bizarre?

  I don't know if it's bizarre per se, but I'm a little puzzled by the
assertion (which you snipped for some reason) that:

The gun laws are the principal _cause_ of gun violence, so we must repeal >those laws.

  That just doesn't make sense to me at face value.

  Whether Browne's stances are admirable or not, the simple truth is that
even if he somehow got into The White House, he'd never push any of his
policies through Congress.

     Dave!



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  Re: From Harry Browne
 
(...) The LP is not going for the Ross Perot model of winning elections, in which one takes the top office but nothing else. The LP is working for change at all levels. Therefore if a Libertarian gets elected president, it stands to reason that the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: From Harry Browne
 
(...) I'm not fully prepared to defend this stance, since I'm not sure what he means either. However, it might be a reference to the body of evidence that suggests that _everywhere_ that guns become more accesible and free, the armed and violent (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: From Harry Browne
 
(...) Which of these patently admirable stances do you think is bizarre? Chris (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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