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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective
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To: long-gone who wrote (6353)11/16/2000 5:46:26 PM
From: Scott Bergquist  Read Replies (1) of 10042
 
What BS about "gun confiscation" by the government! I'd like any "right to bear arms" types to demonstrate how the government would, or could, EVER institute a program to go house-to-house and "confiscate" weapons. Think about it. By the time the first hour had passed on ANY debate in ANY government body bent on "confiscating" ANY weapons, even SNS's (pea shooters) any gun owner I know would (a) bury his in the backyard, and claim it's lost (b) give it to someone to hold who is "unregistered", and claim the sales paperwork "burned up accidentally" (c) invent something heretofore totally un-perceived prior to the "confiscation" debate, and very clever, leaving him with more guns and ammo than ever before.

The desire to own guns is a "toy issue", just like having a dragster, a stunt plane, powerboat. Ever seen the results of 50 cal AWF on a target?? You gonna use your 3-4 deer rifles to defend your home against an enemy with military firepower?? The "gun" issue is all dreamland stuff. Think it through soberly.

We should do what they do in Europe. Everyone stores their weapons at the gun club. That is where they get to shoot them! Otherwise, the guns come to the door when a costumed partygoer makes the wife scream, and the partygoer gets shot point-blank ("ask questions later!")
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