MaggieL |
01-02-2007 04:04 PM |
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Originally Posted by yesman065
I respect the fact that you want to own certain types of weapons, but it seems a bit overboard. What realistic purpose does a machine gun, a bomb, tank or a howitzer serve for Joe Average in todays society?
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Today's society is not composed totally of "Joe Average", and people's activities are not subject to your review for compliance with "realistic purpose" and assurance that it's not "a bit overboard". This whole principle of "prove to us you need this before we'll permit you to have it" is odious.
You certainly have a strange way of showing your "respect".
Imagine being legally required to prove to your local Green people that you *need* an internal combustion engine before you could have one. (And watch how many morons pipe up here with "Yeah, I think that would be a great idea!") Or how about being require to prove to the Pope that you "need" condoms...
By the way, there are over 13,000 machine guns currently registered by the ATF in Pennsylvania. I'm unaware that *any* of them have been used in a crime, although someone may be able to produce an anecdote or two.
Shouldn't you have to prove there's a problem before imposing a restriction on somebody else, rather than imposing a requrement on them to prove that there isn't? Awfully difficult to prove a negative...
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