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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 13 May 1999 20:01:10 GMT
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On Thu, 13 May 1999 16:43:19 GMT, Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Steve Bliss wrote:
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> > On Wed, 12 May 1999 22:55:23 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
> > wrote:
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> > > ... I'm for reasonable control measures as
> > > long as they don't overly hinder my right as an adult citizen with
> > > nothing more than a speeding ticket or five on his record.
> >
> > I agree with this statement. I think a 'gun license', similar to a
> > 'driving license', is a reasonable and rational requirement for gun
> > ownership. Anyone who wants to legally obtain a gun should be willing to
> > go through a period of training and orientation, along with tested
> > demonstration that they've mastered the material.
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> The only problem I see with a gun license is the creation of a list of
> gun owners, which would make the job of the out of control government
> cracking down on the population easier (recall that this is one of the
> major reasons for the 2nd amendment).
There's already several sources of information about who owns various
non-lethal pieces of property. Houses, cars, businesses. The government
knows about the cars I own from at least two different sources already: the
title and the registration. Heck, they even know I drive a car, because
I've got my drivers license.
> An option I could see possibly working is having organizations certified
> to issue gun licences, but not allow the government access to their
> lists of licensees. They organizations would be required to periodically
> verify that their licensees have not appeared on a list of convicted
> felons and thus be inelligible for gun ownership. I still think this
> would be an intrusion and not work well, and be subject to abuse.
I'd rather have an under-funded government organization. It's much harder
to get any useful information from un-empowered civil servants than from
any other type of organization.
Steve
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| (...) A) Many of us consider this a bad thing. B) Those on the gun-control side of things typically espouse a significant (but faulty) difference between guns and cars in that guns are intentionally dangerous. I am constantly frustrated by this, but (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The only problem I see with a gun license is the creation of a list of gun owners, which would make the job of the out of control government cracking down on the population easier (recall that this is one of the major reasons for the 2nd (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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