From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat May 29 1999 - 00:03:17 MDT
From: "Joe E. Dees" <joedees@bellsouth.net>
To: extropians@extropy.com
Date sent: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:38:07 -0500
Subject: Re: Guns [was Re: property Rights]
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> Date sent: Sat, 29 May 1999 01:08:55 -0500
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> From: Sasha Chislenko <sasha1@netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: Guns [was Re: property Rights]
> Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
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> > It would take a second for a strong man to kill
> > a weak person with bare hands. (Would you prohibit
> > strong hands as a visible threat?] Without a weak
> > person having a gun, they are at a mercy of any
> > criminal, and have no deterrent.
> >
The thrust of my whole position is to remove guns from the hands
of those most likely to misuse them (violent criminals, the mentally
defective and/or deranged, spouse and/or child abusers, and
children), and tp prevent them from getting them in the first place. I
have no problems with the rest of the citizenry keeping their guns.
Have you been reading what I've been writing AT ALL?
>
> > As for mass murders, one can just drive a car into a
> > crowd. Now, how many people die from mass murderers?
> > And how many people die from eating unhealthy food
> > from MacDonalds, smoking, including secondary, etc.?
> > Bearing guns is a constitutional right, and mass murders
> > are probably the case of deaths number one thousand
> > something. Why not take care of the top of the list
> > of deaths first, especially when it doesn't violate
> > anybody's constitutional rights? Just because mass
> > murders sound more dangerous and look more photogenic?
> >
Drunk or deranged or homicidal or underaged drivers shouldn't be
allowed to drive, anymore than these people should be handling
firearms. People kill themselves smoking, drinking and eating bad
food. Other people kill the victims of gun violence.
> >
>
> The people who do these things are using the proper tool; guns
> are specifically designed to be efficient at-a-distance multiple
> killers, and perform the function very well. They should be kept out
> of the hands of those most likely to use them on innocents.
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> > Sasha Chislenko <http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/home.html>
> > Intelligenesis Corp. <http://intelligenesis.net>
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> >
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