Right on Stan!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sieler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 12:29 PM
> To: Dave Darnell; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT:election
>
>
> Re:
>
> Getting really off topic:
>
> From: Dave Darnell <[log in to unmask]>
> > Likewise the right to own, possess, or bear firearms.  It
> is common for
> > repeat offenders who have lost that right to be arrested
> for a crime while
> > in possession of a firearm to be charged for the crime but
> not for illegal
> > firearms possession.  This is the primary reason why our
> current gun laws
> > are inadequate - because they are not enforced.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> "A doesn't work, therefore B is bad"...that's the kind of thinking
> that leads to a loss of freedoms and rights!
>
> The current laws are clearly "adequate".  As you point out, it's the
> *enforcement* that isn't adequate.  That doesn't mean we need
> more laws,
> or different laws!
>
> "Operation Exile" has *CLEARLY* shown that the crime rate
> drops dramatically
> when the laws are actually enforced:
>
>                     Since Operation Exile took effect in
>                     1997, Richmond's crime rate has
>                     dropped more than 40 percent. The
>                     program has also become a political
>                     success, with both President
>                     Clinton and the National Rifle
>                     Association (NRA) calling for its
>                     expansion. Nearly two dozen other
>                     cities, including Atlanta;
>                     Birmingham, Ala.; Dallas; Denver;
>                     and Oakland, Calif., have adopted
>                     the program.
>
> from:
> http://www.apbonline.com/cjsystem/findingjustice/2000/01/18/gu
ns_prosecutions011
8_01.html

The right to keep and bear arms is an *important* one.  There are
literally millions of dead people who would like a chance to agree!

Freedom, like free will, isn't always easy.
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