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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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Mon, 8 Jan 2001 23:49:20 GMT
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James Powell wrote:
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> No other reason was worth pointing the firearm at them, even though you might
> not HAVE to kill them to get them to do what you wanted.
I think we're arguing about a matter of wording here - While it is true
that you should never point a gun at a person without AT LEAST being in
a state where it is "OK" _IF_ the gun does get fired and does kill (in a
situation where the other dude has a gun etc etc), you DO NOT have to
have the specific INTENT to kill upon drawing the gun - I think most
would agree that if the villain (for lack of a better word?)
surrenders/leaves upon having the weapon drawn on him/her, it probably
isn't a good idea to kill them.
> -and for all of those, I can think of better items- except perhaps the sporting
> goods. I'm NOT arguing about banning longs, they have ligitimate uses. I'm
> not even arging that banning all pistols is a good idea- just that limiting
> access is a perfectly ligitimate act of law passed by the Canadian Government,
> who are not encumbered by the (american) 2nd amendment. (and disagree with that
> if you want, but I see it as being perfectly reasonable to do some of what is
> banned by the 2nd in the US)
But who are we limitng access for? There will ALWAYS be an illegal
underground firearm market where criminals will go for the weapons - the
new gun control laws are only limiting law abiding citizens access.
--
-TiM
NB, CA
http://echofx.itgo.com
t_c_c@yahoo.com
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| (...) That's why I think parts of the law are -stupid-, but parts of it to my mind make sense- such as requiring licences that have as a requirement, training. It comes down to the fact that we needed some changes to the law, but what we got was (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, I believe the technical term here in Canada is Attempted Murder, or at least Assault with a Weapon. My firearms instructors included members who had served in all kinds of nice international vacation spots, such as Cyprus, Yogo, (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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