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Re: New Web Page
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Mon, 17 May 1999 00:35:00 GMT
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johnneal@AVOIDSPAMuswest.net
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> I can't imagine a time when I would draw my gun when facing anything
> other than potentially mortal
> danger to myself or my own.
I think this point comes close to getting at why folks are a little leery
of semi-automatic and automatic weapons so readily available. Because
most of the population is *not* as responsible and conscientious about
using their weapons as Mike. These people are like children (not
responsible, oblivious to consequence, immature) and, like children,
should be kept away from things they cannot handle in a mature manner.
Just because one is 18, it doesn't make one mature. Just from judging
from what people in this country watch on TV (and by how much they
watch), I'd rest my case. But who decides? Dunno.
I'm all for personal freedom AND personal responsibility. They go hand
in hand. But we always only hear about the freedom part, and not so much
the responsibility part. And therein lies the rub.
-John
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Perhaps if HCI wanted to make a better world they'd push for things that would incent people to be as responsible as Mike (and myself, I fancy to think) are. Then we'd be safe from all manner of ills which cannot be wished out of existance. (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Reply-To: cjc@newsguy.com Followup-To: (...) Demonstrate a need to own anything other than plaid pants or frilly pink shirts. Demonstrate a need to own more than one pair of shoes. It's none of your or anyone else's business why I own a gun, (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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