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[Marc <cram3813@uidaho.edu>]

At 09:31 AM 9/19/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Your points make a lotta sense and a guide to citizen thinking about the 
>place of lethal weapons in our lay society. Except for guns for hunting 
>purposes and perhaps a small household weapon -- all of which should be 
>registered within 24 hours of purchase -- individuals should not have 
>legal access to any other kind of gun w/o law enforcement control. 

And who decides which "small household weapon" is OK to have?

I do hate to mention this, but the Constitution--the very social contract
upon which this nation should use as its foundation--never even mentions
hunting.  The most skipped over part of it is the Preamble to the Bill of
Rights.  In fact, many printings never mention this short clause.  It
states why we have the Bill of Rights.  It is not because we want to seem
sophisticated and look cool.  It is to protect the citizenry from a
government that no longer is of the people.  Basically, we have freedom of
speech to talk about the government and to protest it if it is doing bad.
Right to a jury trial to ignore laws (jury lawlessnes) that are bad.
Protection from quartering of troops, from incriminating one's self, from
illegal search and seizure.  And, ultimately, the right to own firearms in
case all of the above fail--we have the ability to  overthrow a bad
government!!  "Legitimate sporting use" and other phrases like that are an
absolute assault on the Constitution!  We have the right to own firearms so
that we can overthrow the government--no other reason.  

Marc
Still believing in the Constitution