I believe it was intended to allow for private citizens to have the capability to overthrow the government, I think we need an amendment that would make it illegal for anyone to own nuclear chemical or biological weapons, and I think that we should be able to own anything short of that.
-----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:00 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: VA Massacre & Gun Control > 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232802 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
