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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (102600)	1/31/2009 10:04:25 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543140

Well they are always angry. Or so it seems to me. But then so are some of the people on the extreme left. They just seem to live in a sort of screechy angry hyperworld, where everything is a crisis. I just don't want that world colliding with my own. We'd all be so much happier, and better able to deal with real crises, if everyone would just calm down. But some people aren't like that. Chicken Little-ism, I guess.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (102600)	2/2/2009 11:52:53 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543140

You might be allowed to maintain a private arsenal in many states, but there are restrictions in every state, and the restrictions become rather extreme in some cases. DC had almost outlawed handguns before the USSC case went against it. New York makes it extraordinarily difficult to get a permit. And the issue isn't just what laws are on the books, but what might happen. To the extent there is anger, its at people who are, or have, pushed for extensive restrictions. For the people who believe that gun ownership is a constitutional right, practically beneficial, and something they enjoy, passing a lot of restrictions, even ones that fall short of bans and confiscation, is assaulting or effectively weakening a constitutional right, and also is an example of intrusive busybody government, making things difficult for no good purpose.