[quote]Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
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Originally posted by Night Stalker:
Well, so much for not introducing the gun debate. Does that mean you can't outlaw something if it is considered a social ill? What about drugs?? A proactionary law (outlawing something seen as a social ill BEFORE it can be put to ill use) abounds in the law. Sorry, but if the government can tell you you must wear a seatbelt, it can certainly tell you you can't own a gun. (Note - I'm NOT saying it *should*, just that it *can* and *does* and it is not seen as abuse).
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Depends on who you talk to TL. IMNSHO I cant stand seat belt laws. And I find it incredibly offensive, as well as a violation of my rights, that the govt *tells* me that I *must* wear a seat belt. Same thing with helmet laws. If I choose to wear one then it's my business and noone elses. I happen to think that it is a gross abuse of power on the part of the federal govt. It's not that I object to wearing a seatbelt(I almost always wear one), I just dont feel it's the place of government to tell me what I can and cant do as regards my personal safety.
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As for the sniper issue. I agree that it is completely heinous(sp?)! When they catch this SOB, I hope they string him up by his thumbs, do a few unspeakably vile things to him, then execute him. Unfortunately, I think Maryland is a 'No Death Penalty' state.
PS: To Grojlach...As a courtesy to other posters, could you not make comments patently designed to invoke the issue that you're supposedly 'not invoking'? It's petty and rude.