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From: rjc@snow.UUCP (R.caley)
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Subject: Re: another twist on the gun issue
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Date: Mon, 18-Feb-85 22:47:33 EST
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> 	     REPRINTED FROM AN EARLIER BROADCAST:
>
> The real flap over gun control is that EVERY TIME WEAPONS HAVE BEEN
> REGISTERED, GOVERMENT HAS EVENTUALLY CONFISCATED THE WEAPONS.  Democracy is
> a delicate thing - and the political party you agree with may not be the
> party in power when the confiscation begins.  I'd be a very unhappy German
> if I were a registered gun owner when Hitler came into power.  "Good" done
> for "bad" motives has a way of spoiling on the shelf.
>


Guns are regulated over here and I know several people who own some.One guy
even owns a couple of cannons!Nobody is trying to take his guns away :-)


                        RJC
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