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....
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04/19/2002 1:01:27 PM PDT by
NukeMan
To: NukeMan
the angels-on-a-pinhead disagreementsIt is upon these 'angels-on-a-pinhead disagreements' that policy is formed and well-argued.
Remember the original premise of this thread: Antigunners use this Nuke Possession strawman to try to knock down the reasonable possession of long arms and handguns. The purpose of the original article is to defuse that strawman argument.
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