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[Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>]

On Apr 26, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Shea Tisdale wrote:

> As with most people opposed to gun rights you don't even know the law  
> as it
> currently stands.  People are allowed to own fully automatic firearms  
> - or
> as you called them "machine guns" as per The National Firearms Act (26  
> USC
> sec. 5801 et seq.) which is Title 2 of the 1968 Gun Control Act.

Machine gun ownership is highly regulated, of course.  Or are you  
saying people either can or should own rocket propelled grenade  
launchers?  How about tanks?  How about mortars?  How about nuclear  
weapons?

Obviously you, and 99% of people draw a line where they think some  
weapons are appropriate for the public and some or not.


> And many people would agree with you.  Some people would even go so  
> far as
> to say speech and decent are so dangerous that they should be kept  
> from the
> general populace too.

While words alone can not hurt you, a person can be subjected to  
slander, threats, harrassement, and intimidation, all of which are  
government regulation of speech.

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        -- michael at czeiszperger dot org, Chapel Hill, NC