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To: SJackson

So, you're in favor of withholding guns to these people? Taking them away?


166 posted on 02/19/2007 8:36:09 AM PST by Fawn (LEMME IN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMIdfwo32Y&eurl=)
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To: Fawn
So, you're in favor of withholding guns to these people? Taking them away?

These people are people who may have been arrested for a crime, charged, but not convicted of a felony which would criminalize firearms ownership under federal law, or a crime which would bar it under state law.

So no, I'm not in favor of barring their right to own firearms because in the eyes of the judicial system they haven't done anything to warrant that.

The judges and prosecutors involved know full well what they're doing, and that's where the criticism should be aimed. As I noted earlier, the danger of an "unconvicted" child molester roaming the streets doesn't lie in the possibility he might buy a gun, rather the probability he might molest again.

167 posted on 02/19/2007 9:02:46 AM PST by SJackson (A vote is like a rifle, its usefulness depends upon the character of the user, T. Roosevelt)
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To: Fawn
So, you're in favor of withholding guns to these people? Taking them away?

If someone has committed a crime that shows they would pose an unacceptable danger to society if allowed to acquire a gun, that person poses an unacceptable danger to society period. Trying to prevent such people from acquiring firearms will not effectively mitigate any danger they pose.

Efforts that are supposedly aimed at keeping guns away from criminals invariably harm mostly law-abiding citizens. Not just as a side effect, but as a design function.

174 posted on 02/19/2007 7:32:24 PM PST by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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