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To: HaveGunWillTravel
I disagree. As far as I am concerned, I can own nuclear weapons.

I'm not sure that there is a law aginst you owning one, but there are laws against you stealing one or receiving a stolen one, or the fissionable material required for one.

Do you think a lot of private citizens can enrich Uranium from 0.7% U-235 to 90.0 %U-235 on their own?

113 posted on 04/18/2002 8:03:18 PM PDT by Castlebar
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To: Castlebar
Heh! Finally someone gets to a different argument other than the angels-on-a-pinhead disagreements entertained on previous posts. I wondered how long this would go on before I had to remind all that even if it were legal to own nukes, you as a private citizen couldn't do it because the environmental, safety (explosive + chemical + radiological), and cost factors push it wa-y-y-y beyond John Q. Citizen's ability. Notwithstanding the legality of owning Pu-239 or U-235....
132 posted on 04/19/2002 1:01:27 PM PDT by NukeMan
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