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  1. Xref: sparky sci.crypt:4414 comp.org.eff.talk:6818 alt.privacy:2121 talk.politics.guns:23647
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  3. From: PA146008@utkvm1.utk.edu (David Veal)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.privacy,talk.politics.guns
  5. Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
  6. Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 17:36:12 GMT
  7. Organization: University of Tennessee Division of Continuing Education
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  9. Message-ID: <PA146008.482.721071372@utkvm1.utk.edu>
  10. References: <DLB.92Nov4100421@fanny.wash.inmet.com> <1992Nov4.193112.2349@netcom.com> <Bx7v6J.1wD@portal.hq.videocart.com> <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com>
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  13. In article <1992Nov5.214347.27535@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
  14.  
  15. >Xref: utkcs2 sci.crypt:9504 comp.org.eff.talk:11547 alt.privacy:4777 talk.politics.guns:45643
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  17. >Karl Denninger asserts that registration is a prelude to confiscation.
  18. >
  19. >In most of the world cars have been registered for many years, yet no
  20. >democratic government has used that as a way to confiscate cars
  21. >(except for those used in law violations).
  22.  
  23.        A couple of points:  As far as guns go, registration *has* 
  24. consistently led to confiscation.  There are numerous non-US and US 
  25. examples, not the least of which being New York where it actually happened
  26. and Washington DC where it was threatened.
  27.  
  28.        The major difference between guns and cars are that licensing and 
  29. registration have not been suggested as a way to reduce the numbers of cars 
  30. in private hands.  This has been said a number of times for guns.
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  33. David Veal               University of Tennessee Div. of Cont. Education
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