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- From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.093059.19793@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
- Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
- References: <1992Nov6.082920.26456@genie.slhs.udel.edu> <1992Nov6.172823.1015@netcom.com> <palmer.721081324@news.larc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 09:30:59 GMT
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- In article <palmer.721081324@news.larc.nasa.gov> palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer) writes:
- }By the way, a MAJOR HUGE difference between automobiles and guns/crypt
- }is that driving a car on the highways of a state is a privilege, whereas
- }bearing arms in defense of self/family/country and communicating with
- }others privately are RIGHTS guarranteed (not granted) by our constitution.
-
- Actually, this is a statist myth. In common law, the law of the land, driving
- is indeed a right, not a privilege, the cant of drivers' ed teachers, traffic
- cops and judges notwithstanding.
-
- }The state has an interest in registering automobiles, so that it can
- }exercise the authority granted it by its citizens regarding vehicular
- }rules and regulations.
-
- We've granted no such authority, therefore the state has no such just power,
- interests notwithstanding.
-
- }This is why the mention of firearms/crypto key registration makes people
- }hopping mad - we know what the long term impact of letting such laws get
- }passed will be. The government will assume powers not given it by the
- }people.
-
- Like the abovementioned power to register cars.
-
-
- Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
- starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu
-
- "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
- oneself and others." - Voltaire
-