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  4. From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
  5. Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov6.082920.26456@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
  7. Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
  8. References: <1992Nov4.193112.2349@netcom.com> <Bx7v6J.1wD@portal.hq.videocart.com> <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com>
  9. Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 08:29:20 GMT
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  12. In article <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
  13. }
  14. }Karl Denninger asserts that registration is a prelude to confiscation.
  15. }
  16. }In most of the world cars have been registered for many years, yet no
  17. }democratic government has used that as a way to confiscate cars
  18. }(except for those used in law violations).
  19.  
  20. And to find their owners, and to seize them, and...
  21.  
  22. What makes you think that the confiscation (called "civil seizure" or "civil
  23. asset forfeiture" when practiced by minions of the USA) of guns wasn't done
  24. of guns that were "used" in violation of the legislation of the jurisdiction?
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  26.  
  27. Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
  28. starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu
  29.  
  30. "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
  31. oneself and others." - Voltaire
  32.