From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"SA Mail", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...]
(The point that Lord Cullen was
addressing in his report was to get the police to
identify those shooters who showed no real interest in
the sport but who just 'wanted to own firearms' and who
may be potential Hamiltons in their own right. The police
have discovered a way to make life harder for the
legitimate shooter, and, perhaps as a byproduct, to
'reduce to a minimum the number of firearms in private
hands' without having any impact on the criminals. Our
view is that a person is either a fit person to possess
firearms or he is not. There are no half measures on
this. If a person is fit to possess firearms, it doesn't
matter how many he has or how often he uses them. If he
is not a fit person, he shouldn't have any at all.)
[...]
Anyone not fit to possess arms should also not
be allowed to roam free either.
Either you are dangerous, or you aren't; but then
what is the criteria for being labeled 'dangerous'?
The whole matter of firearms possession is one
of parsing: how finely can you shave an already diminished
right, until it is plainly a transparent act of assault upon the
people themselves?
Can you shave air?
If this matter is allowed to continue unabated,
unfettered, and uncorrected, then there will come a time when
merely discussing firearms in your Isles will become a crime
in itself. But then, you won't have to hear about it from the
likes of myself. Pity.
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