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To: DaveLoneRanger
I return to comparing this to driving. No one seems to have a problem with having to train for a driver’s license, and having to take a test, and renew the license every so often...

Well, in the state of California, at least, the law is very explicit that driving is a privilege, not a right. So, that explains the driver's license, the test, the renewal fees, etc.
345 posted on 03/18/2008 12:42:51 PM PDT by Mariebl
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To: Mariebl; All

The state of Illinois makes that clear as well - that driving is a privilege and not a right... (Well at least back in 1990 it was that way — I had a friend who got busted at 17 when she used a DL to try to get into a bar when she was visiting a college, and she had her license suspended immediately for a year before she ever even went to court - no proof she had really done the crime she was charged with and she lost her license for a year anyway... It was her own fault for using a fraudulent ID, but it astounded me that they could suspend her license before she was even “convicted” of any wrongdoing...)
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The thing about rights and freedom — in order to have them, and protect them for EVERYONE we must be willing to live with some risk...

As for gun laws — the only ones who follow those laws are the law-abiding citizens who are the responsible ones. Criminals will always have guns or other weapons if they really desire them... No law will prevent that.

You can’t make things “perfect” in human society. That is the delusion the gun grabbers/socialists/communists live under...


355 posted on 03/18/2008 1:05:07 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (The Liberty Rocks Blog - http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ also see; http://www.libertyrocks.us)
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