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Subject: murder laws vs. handgun restrictions
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 12:18:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 28 12:18:31 1983
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Dave Decot says, "Simply that a law is not 100% successful does not
imply that it is useless.  People still murder, although it is ille-
gal.  Should the laws about murder be removed?"

Of course not.  The point with the laws restricting handgun possession
in NY is that they make the blanket ASSUMPTION that you are untrust-
worthy and a danger to society.  Regardless of any evidence, agencies
such as the NY Department of Mental Health must give permission
(which I resent) in order for a pistol permit to be issued.

The laws about murder allow for society to stop a murderer, and to
exercise some sort of restraint on him or her, in the form of either
life imprisonment or, in the extreme case, execution.  The laws for
handgun restrictions in NY do not accomplish anything of the sort.  They
simply restrict based on this assumption that you're fundamentally
wrong, that government is somehow more intelligent than the average Joe,
even though government is COMPOSED of average Joes.  I don't believe it.

Karl Kleinpaste