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To: Cpt Sir Richard Burton
"But if it turns out to be a young, single, crazy eyed individual, that looks as if he has just come out of an Al-Qaeda training camp"

Oh, I see, so you discriminate against young and singles. Also, the official granting the permits could pick and choose who to give the permits to on his pleasure by deciding who, on his perspective have "crazy eyes". And finally, notice that it is not necessary that it be determined, or at least strong suspicion based on real evidence, that the single youth actually came out of an Al-Qaeda camp, but only that he looks like he did. Again, the permission is then totaly arbitrary to the official's whim, in which case it is a priviledge not a right.

Cpt. Sir, pardon me if I am wrong, but from the racist and discriminatory tones of your posts, I am on the impression that the only reason you have guns in England as you state is because that "Cpt Sir" in front of your name gives you sympathies among the permit-granting officials as you seem to belong to a different "cast" from the peasants around you, and that you are glad that the peasants around you aren't allowed to have the guns you do.

Aren't you just upset that, perhaps because Americans don't like cast systems, Taxachussetts doesn't recognize your distinction and denies you access to firearms just like they do with everybody else?

67 posted on 10/26/2002 11:32:58 AM PDT by Sorcha
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To: Sorcha
"...because that "Cpt Sir" in front of your name gives you sympathies among ..."

It's just a screen name - it in no way reflects my status... just somebody I admire from history.

It's true, some officials in the UK have more freedom to exercise their judgement.

My brother, for example, wasn't able to get a firearms certificate until he was 27 - he never broke the law; but he was a tearaway as a youth. The local copper knew he would probably end-up using a gun in a irresponsible dangerous manner.

Once he "grew-up" there was no problem.

Anyway one can always appeal his or her case.
68 posted on 10/26/2002 11:52:44 AM PDT by Cpt Sir Richard Burton
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