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- From: buckland@ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland)
- Subject: Re: Justifying guns
- Message-ID: <1992Sep5.204226.4739@unixg.ubc.ca>
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- Organization: University of B.C. Computing Services
- References: <1992Sep05.144934.9790@rose.com>
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- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 20:42:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep05.144934.9790@rose.com> peter.churchill@rose.com (peter churchill) writes:
- >| (Ramin Dowlati) writes:
- >| >Can anybody out there really justify the sale of fire arms in this society?
- >To which I replied:
- >| ... [usual paranoid-apocalyptic reasons: defense against invaders,
- >| readiness to rise in revolution, insurance against loss of civic
- >| order] ...
- >But none of the above provides any justification whatsoever for the
- >right to own handguns, assault rifles, automatic weapons for
- >semi-automoatic with excessive loading capabilities.
-
- I agree totally, and think all the reasons, including the more
- mundane ones of hunting for food and target-shooting for fun, for
- owning a gun are reasons only for owning non-automatic long guns.
- I like our present system, with its agreeable combination of the
- best elements of the British and American practices, just fine.
-