Banning guns is a bad idea. Just look at Mexico. Guns are illegal in Mexico, yet there have been over 3,000 murders in Mexico this year alone over the drug trade, and most of those murders were committed with guns. If there is a profitable illegal trade, the people involved in it will get guns, grenades, explosives, and whatever else they can get their hands on to protect their trade.
The challenge with military technology beyond guns and cannons is that none of it existed when the Constitution was written, so it is largely up to us to set the rules. I would argue that WMDs, ballistic missiles, SAMs, indirect fire weapons, heavy armor (tanks, etc), military helicopters and jets are automatically out. But we already have rules in place banning those things. The real argument is around the edges- what about semi-auto pistols? Clearly legal, so says the Supreme Court. What about semi-auto rifles (understanding that they can be converted into fullly automatic weapons)? I say make them legal but impose registration requirements on them. See Adam's post about the mini-gun. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Scott wrote: > I think that a little common sense needs to be applied. Obvously, I woudl > say we could draw the line qite a bit before nuclear weapons and most > likely > before rocket launchers. > > Bottom line, even if we banned all guns, all it would do is stop the legal > purchase of guns. They would still be available throiugh illegal channels, > and in which case, we are fucked. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279774 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
