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- From: dougnews@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey)
- Newsgroups: dc.talk.guns
- Subject: Re: Gun control
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 15:52:40 -0500
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- In article <1993Jan19.203140.5215@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
- >
- >In article <1j9a7cINN1lh@mirror.digex.com>, dougnews@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey) writes:
- >>
- >> One thing that you and the anti-gun fanatics have in common is the
- >> love for static analysis, vs. dynamic analysis. Static analysis
- >> allows for the changing of a factor or factors, and then the drawing
- >> of some new conclusion about what that change means without taking
- >> into account the effects that the changes made have on the whole system.
- >> A statement like "if nobody had _____ then nobody would have to suffer
- >> the consequences of _____", without further discussion of the consequences
- >> of that change, is static analysis. It is bogus, without value, when
- >> attempted in a real, dynamic situation such as the societal structure
- >> in which we live.
- >>
- >> The automobile analogy works a little here;
- >
- >But not very well.
-
- You don't address any of the points that I make, you just
- blow them off with a one liner. This is one reason why
- it is not possible to have a rational discussion with you;
- there is no give and take, not addressing of the other persons
- points with counterpoint. If you make points, you expect
- people to address them, but you don't give the same effort
- to those you would seek to discuss with.
-
- >There is a happy medium in most things. While we know that if there were no
- >guns no-one will get shot, we also know that there will always be some guns
- >around. Not everybody wants to carry a gun, so they are automatically at
- >a disadvantage to criminals who do. The aim of a democracy is to find the
- > happy medium, and that will require compromise on both sides.
-
- Not everyone wants to wear seat-belts; if they do not, they are
- making a choice that might lower their safety, but it is their
- choice. Not everyone wants to carry a gun; is that a reason
- why nobody should be allowed to do it?
-
- They are not "automatically" at a disadvantage. Through their action
- or inaction they are at a disadvantage. They make a concious decision
- to be at a disadvantage. That is not "automatic".
-
- >> >My point was that a shotgun is a perfectly good home defense weapon,
- >> >but it is difficult to carry concealed. It is therefore a weapon that
- >> >I have no objection to people owning.
- >>
- >> Ah! Then you might consider a law to allow open carry? Open
- >> carry laws are VERY strict about concealment.
- >
- >No, the idea is to make it difficult to buy weapons that are easily concealed,
- >which makes it difficult to carry guns on the streets without it being obvious
- >(to the police etc.).
-
- But in the paragraph above you state "we also know that there will always
- be some guns around". What kind of guns are you talking about?
- Are these "guns that will always be around" concealable? If so, and the
- bad guys have them, then limiting the good guys to shotguns might
- put the public "so they are automatically at a disadvantage to criminals
- who do." to use your own words. Inconsistant logical application Kev.
-
- >> But, I have to question the belief system that causes you to
- >> have a problem with concealment. Is it the fact that the weapon
- >> is concealed that is a problem to be solved, or is the danger
- >> something to do with the person who is carries the weapon?
- >
- >Ideally no civilian should need to carry a concealed gun, therefore people
- >carrying guns would be either criminals or mentally deranged.
-
- What does that have to do with reality? Ideally?
-
- >> Does someone who knows a deadly martial art have to have that
- >> fact tattoed on his or her forehead in bright colors so that their
- >> "weapon" is not "concealed"?
- >
- >Muggers and thieves are not generally martial artists as far as I know.
-
- Really? Cite your references. Name the dojo and the instructor
- that gives you this enlightened information.
-
- By the way, I am still waiting for your information on ammo that
- will allow an assault weapon to be safe as a home defense weapon.
-
- Put up or shut up Kev. Do you know anything about this, or are
- you just a know-nothing blowhard asshole who loves to hear himself type?
-
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