TO: Michael and/or Joe: I need some clarification here; only
the 2nd paragraph and numbered paragraphs were written
by myself [>>>]. Who are [>>], [>] and [ ]? Evidently I
did not receive all relevant posts from Listserve. [RMO]
Michael S Lorrey wrote:
> Joe Dees wrote:
>
> > >Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:32:39 -0500
> > >From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@datamann.com>
> > >To: extropians@extropy.com
> > >Subject: Re: What are the reasons for killing?
> > >Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
> > >
> > >Robert Owen wrote:
> > >
> > >> Joe E Dees wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > I favor keeping guns out of the hands of violent criminals,
> > >> > proven intimidating abusers, and the mentally incompetent and/or
> > >> > deranged, and ONLY them. I have no problem whatsoever with
> > >> > RESPONSIBLE gun ownership by the general citizenry (I own five
> > >> > of them).
> > >>
> > >> So then WHAT is this persistent debate about, anyway? What
> > >> person with normal awareness of public safety requirements
> > >> and of the incidence of human injury and death by means of
> > >> firearms could object on rational grounds to the following?
> > >>
> > >> 1] Convicted hyperaggressive felons should be denied legal
> > >> ownership of any lethal weapon, even if the enforcement
> > >> of the law has intractable practical limitations.*
> > >
> > >Already the law. This is actually the easiest one to enforce, as you probably
> > >know from the NRA pioneered Operation Exile that took place in Richmond, and the
> > >effect it had on crime.
> > >
> > To enforce any of these requires a purchase-prohibited registry.
>
> Which already exists and has been operating for two years. The Insta-Check system, which was forced into the Brady Law by the NRA over the opposition from HCI, is a purchase prohibited database. Contrary to the law, Klinton & Kompany are trying to use its audit information trails as an illegal and unconstitutional national registration system.
I appreciate your help,
Bob
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Robert M. Owen
Director
The Orion Institute
57 W. Morgan Street
Brevard, NC 28712-3659 USA
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