> tBone wrote: > How are you a libertarian agin? > I'm not libertarian on all issues, and if you're referring to gun control, then let's talk through the philosophy:
(1.) Guns don't kill people, people kill people. If this is true then I should be able to buy any weapon in manufacture: Stinger Missiles, a fully armed F-22, an Abrams tank. If we agree the open sale of these weapons is a bad idea, then we must also agree that weapons do play a role in public safety and therefore should be regulated; the only question is degree of regulation. (2.) We need to protect ourselves from the gov't. I got news for ya - your little 9mm pop gun ain't gonna do much when a platoon of Marines decides they're confiscating your house. You want gov't protection then you need the training and weapons the gov't has or let's eliminate this argument. (3.) The Constitution says we can have guns. The Constitution also says we can change it at any time. So, if agree that *some* form of weapons regulation is needed, what and how? I think that something around the regulation of the manufacture of weapon and ammunition is the way to go. E.g., Ban the sale of all handguns and ammunition for them in their current form. Create a new class of legal handguns and ammunition, "12 mm", that would have 3 shot clips, biometric trigger controls, etc. Something that would limit the killing power of the weapon in the case of VT. At the same time, legalize conceal-n-carry country wide. Criminals should know that if they point a gun at someone, there'll be 20 guns points back at them. Those are just a few thoughts and ideas, but I'd favor real debate on the issue over the BS that is tossed around now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
