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Big Will wrote:

> How funny, especially since we have gun control laws in the US, they
> just aren't enforced. Unfortunatly, this leads to law-abiding citizens
> being left helpless against the tyranny of any crook that gets a gun in
> most cases.

"Cannot be enforced in an effective manner for the purpose the laws
were passed to cover."

The mess in Haiti is a good example of this. A bandit only needs his
gun and a bit of ammo (or a club, if he is as big as Rodney King was).
He can jump out a window and run with all he needs to make a living.

An honest person needs a lot of clutter to live and make a living. He
cannot protect it without a gun, either his own or a gun hired by
proxy as a cop (ON LOCATION) or a "tame" bandit as a quard.

Result? A shortage of businesses, jobs, taxes to pay for cops and
courts, or universities. And massive poverty.

On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 14:18:06 -0800, Big Will
>cquirke (MVP Win9x) wrote:
....etc.

>If you think about it, though, how would you assess the monetary value
>of the level of support the US gives to the UN.

That's a good point. Dunno how they assess who owes what

>As for working through the right org for the job, I say why bother if
>it's broken. If it's broke, why use it?

Well, that's the general case made by vigilantes (sp?) all over,
including around where I live.

>> Abso. Keep the cat in the bag - as some have done with personal
>> firepower (neither SA or US fall into that happy category). I can see
>> a time that the National Nukes Association will staunchly defend the
>> right of every US household to nuke whoever, tho...

>How funny, especially since we have gun control laws in the US, they
>just aren't enforced. Unfortunatly, this leads to law-abiding citizens
>being left helpless against the tyranny of any crook that gets a gun

That's what I mean about "keeping the cat in the bag". We have
military-grade weapons caches all over the place, so the scene is
awash with military-grade hardware. Only the "good guys" follow the
law, so laws to curb weapons ownership in this context are ineffectual
for exactly the reasons you mention.

If OTOH we had a scene that was not already awash with guns - as may
still be the case in UK, Japan, etc. - then it would be really dumb to
let them in and spread around.



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