On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:47:13 +0200, Deeply Filled Mortician
wrote:
>Make credence recognised that on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:14:10 GMT,
>"William Black" has scripted:
>
>>
>>"Hatunen" wrote in message
>>news:opni23pmam61udvj6r27e619nruf4llfb0@4ax.com...
>>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:37:24 +0100, The Reid
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:58:49 -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?
>>
>>"Why do you need a gun?" Is a start.
>>
>>"Because they're really cool" would not be an acceptable answer.
>>
>>Neither would "The people next door are noisy".
>>
>>Then some basic background checks about mental health and drinking habits.
>
>Drinking habits??? What on earth would that have to do with anything?
The security people used to ask people about drinking habits of friends when the
friends applied for jobs where there was a potential security risk, places where
they manufactured H bombs for example. OK I admit I lied.
--
Martin
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