From: gt1111a@prism.gatech.EDU (Vincent Fox)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: FREE 1-YEAR NRA... enough allready!!
Date: 14 Aug 92 05:57:39 GMT
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

In <cthong.713768275@sfu.ca> cthong@fraser.sfu.ca (Christopher Thong) writes:
>thank you for taking time off to explain things to me from an objective point 
>of view. i see your point . laws would be difficult to enforce in an area like
>that . but to ask a last question of you - what makes you think you aren't 
>imposing YOUR points of view on others in YOUR country?

The basic idea of most pro-RKBA is not requiring people to own guns, but
rather allowing them to do so if they choose as long as they do not use them
for criminal ends. Is it so very difficult to understand that the majority
often wants very repressive policies applied to the minority groups? 

>are you the majority?

The Cherokee Indians (a native American tribe) were among my ancestors. 
It was very popular in the last century to deny firearms to Indians since this
obviously made them easier prey. Does the fact that the majority thought this
was a dandy idea make it ok?

>or just the vocal part of your country that wants to or isn't afraid to speak
>up?

I'm sorry Chris, but once again, I am unable to make any sense of this.
Can you explain the above question?

>have you asked aLL your neighbours?

The US is not a democracy, it's a republic. The basic principle is
that the majority is usually wrong and must be limited, and that
government is always wrong and must be hobbled. The checks and balances
were supposed to keep the Federal government here from the becoming
the monster that it is now.

>or have you all been assuming that since thats the way things have always
>been then it must still be that way?

In fact, the problem seems to be more that the Constitution is often
ignored for convenience or due to some "pressing" problem. Can't speak to
how things work for you in Canada. In fact, when I was younger, gun
regulations were somewhat laxer. What's the count now in the US?
25,000 Federal and State statutes regulating firearms I think?

>for a country with freedom of speech , i find that any contrary opinions
>here are more subject to branding of deviance than mine...
>after all , that was part of the basis for McCarthyism weren't it ?

Bringing up Hitler, McCarthy, etc. are common tactics both sides use to
"prove" something. I bet you brush your teeth, you know Hitler did too!
McCarthy was as much the enemy of liberty as people like you. There
are often convenient reasons for tossing essential liberties out.
At least for now, debating and disagreeing is not a "thought-crime".
Of course, if we were taking legal action to remove you from your
school or something based on your comments, then you might have some
basis for a McCarthy comparison.

I fail to see why you whine under this torrent of good critical thinking.
Your side usually wins the argument in the legislative arena. Is it
because you have never even been exposed to our arguments and are
pained by the thought that so many people obviously don't agree with
your "right-thinking"?
-- 
The War on Drugs is just part of the War on the US Constitution. 
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