"Doug Huffman" <
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> So the National Reasonable-regulation Ass and its 'members' decide whose Rights are infringed?
When did I say that? It was just a way of saying that I'm pro second amendment, although I'm against
dunderheads and downright criminals possessing firearms.
>We flee tyrants. We depose tyrants. And we grow our own.
??? This is NOT Nazi Germany, or the USSR, or the Middle East. This country is not perfect (far from
it), but it's still the best situation that ever existed ... or are you just accusing *me* of being
a home grown tyrant?
> The 'gun' is not illegal but possession by this individual was.
You knew what I meant so there is no need to argue semantics. Whatever the case, he is being charged
with illegal possession of a firearm ... if he didn't know you had to be licensed to carry or
possess a handgun he was an idiot, if he did know he was committing a crime and still carried, he
was an idiot. We can argue about how crappy the "tyrannical" government is and all that ... but in
the end it sounds like this guy is just a plain old moron.
> This is the agenda of the NR-rAss - to make felon of all but their friends and legally disarm us.
Since when? It's the intention of the GOVERNMENT to disarm everyone by passing draconian laws. At
times it's unfortunate but that's how things work in the country. We are a nation built on laws.
The N.R.A. are just about the only ones who stand up for gun rights in this nation with the power to
do something about it. They fight against passage of unreasonable laws but once those laws are in
place we have to respect them. A lot of the laws are reasonable though ... I don't want convicted
child molesters possessing firearms legally, for example. I am *very* curious to find out why the
cyclist in this case had lost his drivers license.
I suspect when more information on this case comes to light we'll see that the shooter was just
another looser who couldn't fit in. Let's face it ... It's not that hard to keep a drivers license,
and the guy probably should have just let the driver get on his way without chucking the finger, but
nooooooo ... he was Mr. Tough Guy with his big bad gun and he wasn't going to back down from
anything. Those kind of people make us all look bad. He's lucky to still be alive.
> Gun control is not missing your target - philosophical or physical.
I agree, but more to the point; as a society trying to further civilization we must get away from
governing this nation through spewing political pap feed through the media, and start actually doing
something constructive. It will happen, it must happen, or we'll loose this war we're in now. This
whole war on terror is really a war between primitive ignorant society and modern civilization.
Gun control is often just a sound bite ... what it really embodies is the fear people have of
violence and a perception of controlling violence by passing (ineffective) laws. If "gun control" is
going to embrace what people actually want ... an end to violence in this society ... there will be
a lot of hard work ahead. It's not a simple as our dumb ass politicians make us believe.
> The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.
That's a great catch phrase but what does it mean ... especially in this context? Is there really a
conspiracy going on, or are people just ignorant by choice?
I remember a great Non Sequitur cartoon with the character of "Obviousman". People were standing
around talking about how dumb the politicians are ... Obviousman asked them "Who played Mary Ann on
Gilligan's Island?" They were able to answer that ... then he asked them who their local politicians
were. They didn't know (but one remember voting for the "good looking guy"). Then he pointed out
that politicians represent the people.
Grandiose statements aside ... I think when this all boils down it will just be a case of a couple
of stupid $#!t heads going at it. There was probably no good reason for the cyclist to make "obscene
gestures", no good reason for the driver to turn around, and no good reason for the cyclist to pull
the trigger.
C.Q.C.
