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NOYB <no...@q3acenterxxx.com> wrote in article <37876846.55128005@news>...
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> I'd like to make some comments on this thread so far.
<rational and agreeable discussion snipped>
> I don't have a problem with guns, per se.  Guns aren't the real
> problem.  Guns are a part of the problem.  The real problem is hard to
> root out, because it's buried under hundreds of little problems.  The
> easy solution is to ban guns.  (This goes back to the band-aid
> analogy.)  The bleeding won't stop, but it may buy us enough time to
> find the source.   

	I'd like to agree, but banning guns is an ineffective short term solution.
 I disagree with a gun ban because of principle, but I also believe that a
gun ban won't work.  It will only remove guns from law-abiding citizens
like you and I.  Banning guns from criminals would be even bloodier than
our current situation and offer no short-term solution, much less a
long-term solution.  That a gun ban would not work has been hotly debated,
but I will sum up my most powerful reasoning by saying that laws do not
change lawbreakers.  There are many historical examples of this, past and
present, and guns would be no exception.

> Why would a patriotic american want to ban guns?  

	I hope my discussion didn't appear patriotic.  Patriotism is an old trick
designed to rally people based on emotion.  There are two ways to make a
decision: emotion and reason.  Both have their place.  I believe that
emotional decision making has no place in our laws.  Furthermore, I don't
agree with writing laws to fix short-term problems.  Laws are never
removed, and they eventually get in our way (e.g. the New Deal).

> It sounds silly I
> know, but I fear that we must relinquish certain rights to protect us
> from ourselves.  Americans have become their own worst enemy.    
> 
	I agree that we are our own worst enemy.  People do not become responsible
by insulating them from responsibility.  It's not fun believing in the
right to keep and bear arms, but its the only thing that makes sense.

	Dave

> NOYB [SC]