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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 May 1999 15:29:55 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
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> If I may jump in to interject my 2 slugs worth;-) I don't know if the
> Constitution guarantees the right to possess *guns* per say, merely to "bear
> arms". Suppose technology creates a Star Trekkian phaser capable of merely
> stunning an attacker? How does that affect how we view killing? *Everyone* would
> be armed and capable to defend themselves against deadly force *without* the use
> of deadly force.
What's to stop someone from stunning me first, then taking a rock and killing me?
Besides, in the great wisdom of our leaders, current stun guns are illegal. (note
heavy sarcasm).
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> Arm everyone with non lethal weapons, and crime *will* go down. Create a stun gun
> that works from a distance, give one to everyone, ban *all* traditional firearms,
> and see what happens:-)
Taser. Currently banned in most locales.
Then the current 'evil' of other countries could come in and take us over. I don't
see
the type of technology that will allow for this anytime in the near future.
--
Lee Jorgensen, Programmer/Analyst - Bankoe Systems, Inc.
mailto:jorgensen@bankoe.moc <-- reverse moc
mailto:ljorgensen@uswest.ten <-- reverse ten
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| Lee Jorgensen wrote in message <373C4173.E8AB1A57@u...st.net>... (...) "bear (...) merely (...) *Everyone* would (...) the use (...) The Constitution does not specify which types of arms, but nowhere does it say that *anything* is contraband to an (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) If I may jump in to interject my 2 slugs worth;-) I don't know if the Constitution guarantees the right to possess *guns* per say, merely to "bear arms". Suppose technology creates a Star Trekkian phaser capable of merely stunning an (...) (25 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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