[geeks] FW: [rescue] UPS Recommendation

[Brian Dunbar]

Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez [mailto:lefa at ucsc.edu] on Tuesday, July 22,
2003 9:37 AM said;

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> So far all I hear from the pro-gun people are tangential argument (pools
> also kill people, but they were using psychotic drugs, etc. etc...). A
> random inanimate object killing a person is an unfortunate accident or
> side effect, a gun killing another person is a mission accomplished. That
> is the main difference...

For me it's not an issue of how dangerous a gun is, or isn't, but how much
control I want the State to have over my life.  That's the benefit of a free
and open society; every person is free to act, or not act, in their own self
interest.

> > Now, didn't someone already make a Nazi reference?

> I don't remember it, is this when we try to speculate how far Hitler would
> have got if the average German would have been able to privately own guns
> or something?

You're following the script rather nicely (smile).

~brian