[OT] Gun checks, was Re: [geeks] Re: geeks Digest, Vol 13, Issue 60

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

I'm going to reply here and try again to post to the guns list.


Fri, 26 Dec 2003 @ 14:09 -0500, Phil Stracchino said:

> BTW -- there's a Guns list again, let's use it?  Followups redirected.
> C'mon, guys, it costs nothing to sign up.  :)
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 11:53:56AM -0500, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > Note: I don't mind them doing a criminal check.  The thing I mind is
> > that I can see no safeguards which keep it from becoming a check for
> > something else entirely.  I also believe that a "cooling off period" is
> > useless for existing gun owners.  I mean, they already have a gun...
> 
> 
> It's not about controlling crime.  It's about inconveniencing gun owners
> and gun buyers.

I read an article about how people have a short memory.  What happens is
minor infractions of your liberty are usually well tolerated, especially
since many won't even know about it.

That way you can make big changes by going slowly from one generation to
the next, so it is never a shocking change.

People should think about that.

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