Re: The Armed Citizen - Missouri

"Some Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > "David Lentz" <dlentz10@/*NOSPAM*/rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
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> > > > > Gun registration is too inherently risky to risk in a free
> > > > > society.  History has shown that gun registration enables gun
> > > > > confiscation.  First the state asks you to register our firearms
> > > > > and then the state takes them.   You can't argue it, because it
> > > > > has happened too many times.
> > > > >
> > > > > The state has no need to know which of her citizens are armed or
> > > > > not.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you sir!
> > >
> > > Which is the most realistic threat: government tyranny or armed
> criminals?
> > > Registration seems like a small thing to ask to reduce armaments in
the
> > > hands of thugs.
> >
> > 1. Government tyranny is a huge threat, especially given the recent
> tendency
> > of the people to give the government ever more power.
> >
> > 2. how many "thugs" do you think bother to acquire their weapons
legally?
>
> No matter what is done, some bad guys will be able to get guns.
>
> What a workable registration system would do would be to make it harder
for
> the less serious criminals to get one.

Yea, that certainly has worked in DC. After all the registration system
there is no workable that NO ONE can legally register a handgun in the
district, and since it's mandatory for all handguns to be registered.....

Yet, the criminals have and use more handguns for crime than ever before.

Seems like your "workable system" doesn't apply to criminals, and never
could.