Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (10944)	9/23/1998 11:14:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

OT That evil UN, the nefarious forerunner of "One World" Government. Next thing you know, they'll be sending in the black helicopters. Never mind that recent administrations, Reagan/Bush as much as Clinton, have found it very convenient to have the UN around many times in the past 20 years. Not so convenient as to have the US pay its back dues, of course. Not to mention the automatic characterization of "confiscation laws", on a matter I wager you no nothing about. Intentional smear. That's not what I said. You're pretty good at this. What do you do for a living? I never said the UN is bad, just anti-gun. On the whole the positives outweigh the negatives as without a forum like the UN it's far more likely that disputes would erupt into gunfire. As far as "confiscation laws" that's all registration ever leads to. Ask the British and Australians. Why else require registration but to have a list from which to confiscate? Do you think a criminal will register his illegal gun? The US Supreme Court has ruled that to require a felon to register an illegal firearm is a violation of his Fifth Amendment rights. Therefore these laws can only be used against the law abiding. But, we get a lot more utility out of our cars, and we don't think much about licensing both vehicles and drivers. Guns, that's something else. You don't need a license to buy or possess a car. Just to use it on the public roads. Many autos used on farms and ranches are never licensed or registered.