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To: Grainne who wrote (13859)	11/25/1997 6:55:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) of 108807

Here's a link to a site I find most interesting. It contains a detailed and referenced treatise on the current state of Second Amendment jurisprudence. It's quite long, so I won't post content here. 2ndlawlib.org >>Why are we going in the opposite direction from other first world societies at the end of the twentieth century? I don't think we are. We're moving in the same direction: ever tighter controls on lawful gun ownership/use. I haven't seen one liberalization in gun laws in the states I've lived in, not as long as I've been of voting age. What I'm hearing is this (suffer my restatement; I want to be sure I'm hearing you right): You're saying that Guns = Violence, and if the price of reducing Violence is to outlaw Guns, then that's a good deal. My objection is that I don't see it that way at all. Gun Crime = Violence, and Gun Crime is often outside the pale of Legally-purchased Guns. Two entirely different premises! I am very interested in seeing that part of the debate made more honest, because it's exactly there that I have your (inverted in my case) sensation and dread of nefarious ulterior motives. Guns and Gun Crime should be treated as separate issues in a society that aspires to being civilized! All else is rabblerousing propaganda; string-pulling by Hidden Interests. Imho. I'm all for exploring ways to lower the boom on gun crime as well as any other sort of violent acts. But I am not willing at this point to accept that gun crime goes up or down in lockstep with private gun ownership. There's an immense burden of proof there placed upon those who would ban guns. It's easier to sidestep this burden and just keep pounding forth the soundbite that No Guns = A Safer Society, until we've all heard it so many times that we accept it out of sheer fatigue. I'm not yet that tired :-)

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