Which is more evil?

[mrnoodle]

Originally Posted by richlevy

Look on the bright side mrnoodle. At least noone can shoot you in the head for coming to close to a military convoy or bomb your house because suspicious looking people may have run into it.

As for the slippery slope argument, I wish the people who are willing to apply it to even full automatic weapons would apply the same logic to flag burning and other free speech issues.

No disgruntled worker ever walked into his office and talked his coworkers to death.

Couple things.

First, I'm not sure that people are getting shot simply for coming too close to a military convoy. Of course, if you're talking about a checkpoint that has been bombed 3 times already and has a sign in 5 languages saying "If you try to drive through here without stopping, you're going to be shot", and I try to drive through it without stopping....well. And if a terrorist hides in my house, it will be because I'm already dead. Otherwise, the good guys can come pick up his bullet-riddled body at their convenience.

Secondly, I take issue with the slippery slope argument as it applies to free speech. At least, I think we're talking about vastly different grades of slope. It's a looooooong slow ride from "you can't display your feces in a jar here" to "you can't say anything derogatory about the government". It's almost a vertical drop from "that gun looks military, so it's banned" to "that's a gun, it's banned."