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To: MrLeRoy
I don't see why the law should be changed for Dynamite. It seems to work. The number of accidental Dynamite deaths is kept to a minimum.

If you own or keep Dynamite, you just have to handle and store it in a responsible manner, or face strict liability. What's wrong with that? If some schmuck leaves Dynamite sitting around unsecured on a construction site, and somebody takes it and blows themselves up, the owner should have some liablity.
29 posted on 09/29/2003 11:44:24 AM PDT by gridlock (All I need to know about Islam I learned on 9/11/01)
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To: gridlock
The number of accidental Dynamite deaths is kept to a minimum.

Protecting adults from the consequences of their own actions is not a proper function of law or government.

you just have to handle and store it in a responsible manner

I can go along with that, which is a much weaker statement than, "The person who owns or distributes the dynamite is responsible when somebody blows themselves up, no matter how many labels there are."

30 posted on 09/29/2003 11:54:49 AM PDT by MrLeRoy (The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
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