Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!topaz!josh From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: handgun control Message-ID: <184@topaz.ARPA> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 21:33:48 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.184 Posted: Mon Jan 7 21:33:48 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 04:53:15 EST References: <> <265@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> <2223@randvax.UUCP> <2228@randvax.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 25 >... a pretty simple job to acquire an "illegal" handgun in, Philly, and take > the traim back to Manhatan. > > That's the whole point of NATIONAL gun control...making it harder to > get a handgun anywhere. One of the most pernicious characteristics of > a handgun is its size; it's not at all difficult to carry one from > point A, where there are no or lax gun control laws, to point B, > where stricter regulations may exist. A national law could be quite > effective in preventing this traffic in semi-legal weaponry. > > Remember, most "illegal" handguns were legal at some point in their > travels... > > --- das Wrong! You and the other prohibitionists seem to have the idea that passing a national registration act would cause all pistols to magically disappear. Remember that there are over 50 million of them floating around out there... First, for honesty's sake you should make it plain that you are talking about confiscation, not just registration/ licensing (cars are licensed, and there an awful lot of them around...). Then please remember that only 0.02 percent of handguns are used to kill... and try to think of a law that is more than 99.98% effective. --JoSH