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[David Morris]

I understand your line of thought regarding relinquishing power to the
government, but that is a part of what government is for.  In the end
everything is a balancing act, and maintaining balance is a constant
effort, not a "once-and-for-all now it's done" thing.  BTW, Co was not
the "government."

But really, NRA folks are saying that if EVERYONE on campus had been
carrying guns they could have taken out Cho before he'd killed those
32 people.  This is absurd logic.  Are we supposed to set our
standards of everyday behavior by assuming that a murderous rampage by
a deranged psycho is likely to occur at any given moment?  I'd say
making rules based on extremely outlying possibilities is a bad idea.

David Morris

On 4/19/07, mikebailey at speakeasy.net <mikebailey at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> I don't have a gun, wouldn't keep one if you gave it to me, and the world is a better place because of that fact...
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> I find it hard to buy into the idea of government, while not giving up any of its guns, taking them away from those who want them.  When you look at the habits of government, doesn't that make you just a bit uneasy too?
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Morris [mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com]
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> > On 4/19/07, mikebailey at speakeasy.net <mikebailey at speakeasy.net> wrote:
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> > > (and although Va is a concealed-carry state, the campus had unfortunately a weapons ban, so the killer could be pretty sure none of his targets could shoot back)
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> > I'm assuming that the statement above is a joke, although it is an
> > absurd NRA talking point.
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> > DM
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