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[Michael Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>]

On Apr 26, 2005, at 3:24 PM, Shea Tisdale wrote:
>

> And this isn't a red herring designed to a) divert attention from the
> original discussion and b) scare people about gun-rights?  Exactly how  
> did
> you get from me pointing out the law as it stands to some argument over
> owning mortars and nuclear weapons?  You posted that people aren't  
> allowed
> to own them and I corrected you.  And that is somehow me advocating  
> for the
> ownership of everything else you mentioned - I think not. The slippery  
> slope
> of gun-rights...we'll go from personal ownership of firearms to  
> ownership of
> tanks and nuclear weapons...if that isn't a scare tactic I don't know  
> what
> is.

On the contrary, I'm trying to establish a common goal from which to  
work out a compromise.

If you believe that some weapons (like a rocket-propelled grenade  
launcher) are too dangerous for the general population then we have a  
point of agreement to work from. The next step is only to establish  
*how dangerous* a weapon has to be before it should be illegal.

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