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Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ?

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On 7/12/2016 6:59 PM, Snit wrote:
> On 7/12/16, 4:42 PM, in article
> 57858068$0$55946$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com, "benj"
> <benj@nobody.net> wrote:
>
>> On 7/12/2016 7:06 PM, Snit wrote:
>>> On 7/12/16, 3:37 PM, in article slrnnoasa3.8gb.jedi@nomad.mishnet,
>>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-07-10, Jeff-Relf.Me <> wrote:
>>>>> <PRE Style='Font-Family: OCR A, monospace !important;'>
>>>>> Why can't we disarm lunatics ?
>>>>
>>>>      It would require severe fascism.
>>>
>>> How about we just stop socializing the costs / risks of arms? Make those who
>>> want guns pay for those costs?
>>
>> Hey the gun-free crime-free USSR murdered millions and millions of their
>> own citizens. Who paid the cost of that?
>
> Not relevant to the question. And look at the open carry advocates in
> Dallas. They made things worse, not better. They rarely help in any
> situation... with the exception of ex-police or ex-military.


most open carry advocates are ex military.


>
> But why should the cost of guns be socialized? Why not have gun owners pay
> for the costs and risks?

that is already covered, a gun owner that shoots someone gets sued and 
taken to court.  If they were justified, no pay, if they were not, they pay.

>
>> If you want to stop crimes BEFORE they happen, the answer is simple. You
>> simply put everyone in the country (except those and power and those who
>> work for them, natch) in prison. Worked in the (former) USSR. They had
>> an official crime rate of ZERO. You can only DREAM of something like that!

you can also do that with taxes, take all income except what is 
nessicary to live on, and the people are in a finiical jail, can only do 
a little.


>
> Stop them before they happen?

ask Tom Cruse and his Pre-Cogs

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Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-07-12 17:37 -0500
  Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-07-12 16:06 -0700
    Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? benj <benj@nobody.net> - 2016-07-12 19:42 -0400
      Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-07-12 16:59 -0700
        Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? Sergio <invalid@invalid.com> - 2016-07-13 10:09 -0500
      Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2016-07-13 15:45 -0500
        Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-14 06:55 -0500
          Re: Why can't we disarm lunatics ? chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-07-14 08:05 -0500

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