[lbo-talk] The right to own bloody great weapons: was nominallyabout clemency

[Dorene Cornwell]

What if I don't really want a nuclear weapon but I just want to have
my own convenient nuclear power plant?

DC

On 12/6/08, Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
>> At a campaign appearance back in the 1994 Republican sweep, the  Indiana
>> Congressman-to-be John Hostettler was asked what his principle  of gun
>> regulation was. He said that anything the gov can own, private  citizens
>> should be free to own as well. When asked if that extended to  nuclear
>> weapons, he paused a moment and said yes.
>>
>> Doug
>
> I recall some extreme libertarians making the same case in the 80s, along
> with the abolition of speed limits, traffic lights and signs. Imagine living
> in that world!
>
> Dennis
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