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Originally posted by Sir Krustin:
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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
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That's funny, I've _always_ viewed it as abuse!
The government is supposed to protect me from violations of my rights - not be the prime violator of said rights.[/QUOTE]Agreed.
and Magick: There are quite a number of people here who have the intelligence to realize that prohibition doesn't work, wether for alcohol, tobacco, drugs or firearms. As for helmet laws and seatbelt laws those are two prime examples of the national nanny movement.
Agreed again.
The number of people who find seatbelt laws silly (as evidenced on this thread) makes me wonder how it got passed into law (or stays that way).
As for the sniping wacko, I hope there is a pattern. Magick pointed out that you may not be able to see patterns until after the fact. Let's hope. Otherwise, it's incredibly more difficult to catch the guy.
Are we seeing the newest face of terrorism? Twenty terrorists plotting a large tragedy is one kind of thing to fear - but individual fanatics randomly causing havoc is quite another. I will be so very relieved if this does turn out to be your typical middle-aged mal-adjusted white man.