gun control

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Fri May 21 08:34:19 PDT 1999


At 01:58 PM 5/20/99 -0700, jordan wrote:
> From sokol at jhu.edu Thu May 20 13:51:25 1999
>
> Amazing, but the only state that has meaninigful regulations is
> Massachussetts - everywher eelse you can basicall buy what you
> want with minor or no inconvenience.
>
>What kind of inconvenience are you looking for?
>
>For instance, in California, there's a 10 day waiting period for any
>purchase from a dealer; handguns require passing a test.

ten days seems like a minor inconvenience, even if you plan a stickup. What I measn by meaningful regulation (as I expressed that elsewhere) is a registration system that allows effective tracking of a weapon to its lawful owner. According to the source I cited, no such system exist, except in Massachussetts (which, btw, has a constitutional guarantee similar to the Second).

As I said elsewhere, the Second stipulates a "well regulated militia" - whereas our so-called 'elected representatives' confuse "well regulated" with "inconvenient to unpopular groups."

wojtek



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