On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:48:13 -0700, Hatunen
wrote:
>>
>>>The world has a lot of loonies in it and the vast majority will
>>>never do anyone any real harm. It would be wrong to lock them up.
>>>The problem is that it's hard to tell ahead of time which few are
>>>truly dangerous.
>>
>>but you can say they cant have guns.
>
>And what are the criteria you propose for that denial?
That one's easy. Continued freedom in a civilised society.
I see no valid reason for any ordinary citizen to own a gun.
I also see few reasons for police or other security staff in
a civilised society to carry them.
The few who have a need - farmers for vermin control,
target-shooters and similar, can be properly regulated.
The USA's deep-rooted fixation with a constitutional proviso
based on a historic struggle for independance is as relevant
to modern society as Afghanistan's tribal and ethnic
fixation. Neither will become a civilised nation until those
historical aberrations are consigned to the dustbin of
history.
Cheers, Alan, Australia
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