More important than getting weapons out of the hands of the general population is getting them out of the hand of governments, surely. Civilization was nearly destroyed once and certainly cannot survive another major war.
> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 08:36:06 -0800
> From: dorenefc at gmail.com
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The right to own bloody great weapons: was nominallyabout clemency
>
> 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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