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From: dbongard@netcom.com (Dan Bongard)
Subject: Re: Quake, Violence, Guns, Constitution, et al
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Jason Nyte (nyte@ods.ods.net) wrote:
: Dan Bongard <dbongard@netcom.com> wrote in article
:> Jason Nyte (nyte@ods.ods.net) wrote:
:>: James R. Shiflett wrote:

:> Furthermore, since when do the actions of a few loonies and criminals
:> invalidate basic rights?

: They don't and I didn't say they did. But I would like to know what 
: "gun owners" are doing about the supposed "governmental tyranny"

In my case, I actively promote the Libertarian party and other pro-
Constitution political entities. What individual gun owners do is,
of course, their own affair. Protecting oneself against government
tyranny through gun ownership is a person's right whether or not
he chooses to actively oppose that tyranny, just as free speech is
a person's right even if he remains silent.

What the previous poster wanted to know is what people like youself,
who actively seek to disarm the populace, are doing to prevent 
government tyranny. The answer: jack shit. You're promoting tyranny
by encouraging the government to assume ever-greater power over an
ever-weaker populace.

: I've been asked if I want to got "beat a nigger"

You've been asked to go "beat a nigger", ergo the government is free
from tyranny and I can't be trusted to own weapons of my choice?
Could you please explain your reasoning?

-- Dan
