Re: Gun Story

["Wayne H Beebe" <whbeebe@turbonet.com>]

Let's see, there are licensing laws.
There are auto registration laws
There are laws dealing with legal age to drive
There are laws governing speed
There are laws governing drinking and driving
There are laws requiring safety features on vehicles
There are laws that permit confiscation of a vehicle
There are laws that allow implied consent.
There are laws dealing with environmental issues.
There are laws requiring insurance.
There are laws that insure proper traffic flow.

No they haven't prevented all deaths, but consider how much higher they
would be if we considered driving a right (as in the case of guns) rather
than a privilege.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert C. Tindall <rtindall@fsr.com>
To: Wayne H Beebe <whbeebe@turbonet.com>
Cc: Vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Gun Story


According to the NHTSA there were 41,471 traffic fatalities in 1998.

I wonder how many automotive control laws are pending to solve this crisis
in
our country.

At 04:07 PM 11/19/99 -0800, Wayne H Beebe wrote:
>
> I don't know if any of you saw this story about gun violence. I thought I
> would send it to you just in case.
> Note there were 39,000 deaths due to guns in the last year. A decrease,
yes,
> but look at the last comment at the end of the article