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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (272)6/7/2008 2:48:23 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3816
 
Do you have any evidence that the bank violated any licensing requirements in offering the guns? Seems to me you are offended by the notion of a business offering guns as a promotion to customers and are reaching for arguments as to why that should be against the law. I'm not arguing the meaning of the second amendment here. It's a simple matter. The guns they were offering are legally sold items. As long as the bank complied with licensing and other applicable laws, there is nothing to complain about.

As for your only militia members are entitled to own guns argument, that's a much bigger discussion, but I don't think you have a leg to stand on there either.



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (272)7/21/2008 3:52:23 PM
From: one_less  Respond to of 3816
 
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?" --Josef Stalin

Why not have ideas and guns as an anti-violence measure. People have gotten punched in the nose more often for having an idea than for carrying a gun, and people with guns seldom get punched in the nose for having an idea.