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To: sinkspur
What you are missing is that in order for you to exercise your God given Second Amendment Right, you have to have a license FRom a government agency.

No license, no "legal" carry.

Pray tell, where is it stated that the government has the authority to license a God given right?

Government "assumed" the authority, and have never relenquished it. And, since the legal system is mostly designed to protect the government FRom the people, it is unlikely that We the People will ever (except in Vermont) be able to FReely exercise our Second Amendment Rights.

The law once was that if you misused a weapon (and got caught), you got punished for your action. Clean. Neat. Cut and dry. Break the law, go to jail. Deeds have consequences. "Commit the crime, do the time."

Now, just the mere ownership of a weapon is a crime and is grounds for incarceration, if you get caught with it and do not have permission FRom the government to carry. That, of course, assumes you can get permission in the first place.

I don't believe in CCW, and refuse to accede to the government's demand that I register as a gun owner. It is none of their damn business whether I own weapons for my and my family's self-protection or not.

If I should misues one of my weapons, I must be prepared to bear the consequences of my actions. Just carrying a weapon does not, IMHO, constitute "misuse."

Consequently, I ignore the CCW laws.
90 posted on 05/04/2003 6:33:41 AM PDT by Taxman
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To: Taxman
Amen!
96 posted on 05/04/2003 10:03:05 AM PDT by MatthewViti
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