--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
><snip>
>
> Compared to this, the AZ regulations are, well, not
> very impressive.
Hee hee! My country's regulations can beat up your
country's (state's) regulations. I wasn't bragging, i
was stating fact. Are you really proud of the red
tape that law abiding citizens are put through? The
ability for a police officer to spot check you in your
home? good lord!
>
>
> >Realistically, the only thing that you can
> >do to reduce gun violence is restrict law abiding
> >citizens from having them.
>
> No, you can reduce it by strict regulation,
> enforcing of those regulations,
> and severe punishments for violation of the
> regulations. Other countries
> allow their citizens to legally own guns, but don't
> have as much gun
> violence as the US has.
>
You just agreed with me, you're restricting the rights
of law abiding citizens. There are punishments for
violating the law here already, lots and lots.
And I made a point awhile ago about America and the
countries of Europe coming from very different angles
culturally. We're more violent across the board and
that is what needs to be dealt with. Youthful growing
pains. Putting all the dangerous things in the closet
isn't going to improve the situation appreciably, it's
going to make people angry because it's a needless
encroachment on their freedoms.
> >Remember prohibition?
> >Criminal empires came out of that that linger
> today.
>
> This implies that whenever you prohibit something,
> it inevitebly leads to a
> dramatic increase in criminal activity. I doubt this
> will happen. What kind
> of criminal empires will rise when you restrict gun
> ownership? Do you
> really believe that everyone who legally owns a gun
> now would go buy an
> illegal gun if gun ownership would be prohibited?
> Especially if there were
> some very serious punishments if you'd get caught?
Wow! um. wow! You really need to research your
subject matter. I thought you were pretty well
informed about America and it's people.
dean
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