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To: VW-Cat-Man
"The State is setting rules on an activity where you can easily kill or maim other law abiding citizens such as myself, my wife and my two kids."

Ok so you don't like people owning a gun without a license either. You like "gun control" laws.

Are you implyimg that responsible gun ownership "can easily kill other law abiding citizens"?

If I live in a suburb with eight houses to every city block and I decide to target practive in my back yard with a backstop consisting of a styrofoam cooler, does the State have a right to regulate such activity or is it protected by the Second Amendment?

If the State of Washington checks my eyesight during my driver's licenses renewal and discovers that I have cataracts that result in my having 20/800 vision, does the State of Washington have a right to prevent me from endagering other citizens of Washington State by suspending my driver's license?

Ok then why is hitchhiking illegal in may states?

I didn't say "hitchiking". I said "hitch a ride" as in "Hey Fred, I'm stinking drunk tonight. Can I hitch a ride home with you tonight".

"An untrained driver is very likely to kill or maim other citizens once he gets behind the wheel of an automobile that can travel at 85 MPH."

Even a trained driver can do that!

A trained driver can do that. An untrained driver is very likely to do that. Big difference. Again, as in the case of target shooting in the suburbs without a backstop, it comes down to exercising reasonable care.

Sure it start with cars and then your guns and then every other piece of you live.

Again, reasonable care. You can also say, "Sure, first they say that you can not target practice in your back yard just because you live in a suburb and then they will come and consfiscate your guns".

127 posted on 09/09/2001 5:29:43 PM PDT by Polybius
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