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- From: nahst6+@pitt.edu (Nathan A Horstman)
- Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
- Subject: Re: Here's the problem
- Message-ID: <1137@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 23:42:41 GMT
- References: <slfrm3p@dixie.com> <jrh.2b36d4a7-e@mustang.dell.com>
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- In article <jrh.2b36d4a7-e@mustang.dell.com> jrh@mustang.dell.com (Randy Howard) writes:
- >for a minute, an effort that obviously pained him, followed by a claim that I
- >have never heard before: "George Washington smoked pot. It's in his memoirs."
- >
- >I have no idea if that is true or not, and I don't really care at this point,
- >he's been dead far too long to prosecute. I simply said "Well, if he had
- >thought it was as important to keep that right as the RKBA, I assume he would
- >have pushed to put it in the constitution". I know, a weak comeback, but I
- >was caught offguard by his claim, and I don't put any effort into learning
- >the precedents for drug legalization. The only thing that stuck me funny is,
- >if this is really a common argument that they use (the firearm reference),
- >one could assume that a lot of drug dealers are anti-HCI. Perhaps we can get
- >them to join the NRA with the money they make off their clients. :)
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- Drug dealers WANT guns to be illegal. Then they can sell them on the black
- market also--probably more profitable and marketable than drugs are.
-
- Nathan
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