From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Tue Jun 01 1999 - 17:47:21 MDT
Date sent: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:24:54 -0700
From: Cynthia <cyn386@flash.net>
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Dangerously Irresponsible
Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> > Did you read my post to Chuck concerning rational and reasonable
> > laws for the purpose of keeping guns out of the hands of the
> > dangerously irresponsible? If so, what was your opinion of it? If
> > not, why not?
>
> If someone is DANGEROUSLY IRRESPONSIBLE, why are they walking around
> unsupervised? Shouldn't they be in some kind of institution? Or at
> the very least, have a baby sitter?
>
A good question with no easy answer; it is nevertheless true that
many such people are not only walking around, but doing so legally
armed; this is indeed the current state of affairs in the US. What is
amazing to me is the amount and emotional intensity of the knee-
jerk defenses for such a clearly unacceptable status quo I have
encountered on this list, rather than a cooperative effort to solve
this common problem which does no one any good and puts us all
at risk of harm.
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