[neverdem]

Form 979 asks, among other things, about recently ended romantic relationships!

[Toadman]

Good Article thanks for posting.

Bookmarked

[the anti-liberal]

In those societies, no one had to worry about his safety -- until he saw the gestapo.

Good article - thanks for posting.

[Chode]

In those societies, no one had to worry about his safety -- until he saw a policeman.

and there it is...

[Ancesthntr]

The problem is that gun control in any form practical in a free society -- certainly in any form currently proposed or practised in Canada or the U.S., such as demanding details about Professor Lemieux's love life -- doesn't keep guns away from criminals. It only keeps guns away from law-abiding citizens.

What is left unsaid is that in societies in which the gun-ban zealots get their way and virtually no one can get a gun (even criminals), you have thereby created a new criminal class...otherwise known as the government. That's because creating a set of laws, regulators and enforcers strong enough to disarm virtually everyone in society gives those in charge the absolutely perfect tool to become a dictator. Its happened before, and it'll happen again - just, I pray, let it not happen in the US.