Large one,
She told me I could Copy and paste this:
In all honesty, I don't have the stomach for joining a gun debate. I view the gun control situation as one part of much larger issue: Personal responsibility. Or maybe part of another large issue: The wholesale confiscation of private property. This second thought is a Siamese-twin of my opinions on taxation.
Generally speaking, I'm not happy with the trend toward ballot-box robbery -- the most widespread crime in our society. Why circle the stage-coach or ambush the payroll train, face the risks of injury or uncertain spoils, when casting votes of self-interest will put people in positions of power who are willing to do the dirty deeds on our behalf?
I once posted on Silicon Investor that I defined democracy as a system where the most responsible, informed, and civil minded person gets one vote: the same vote as given to the Viliage Idiot. However, democracy is still the best system. It's just that our version of it (representative democracy) isn't yet perfect, and we must do the best we can, given the flaws.
Back to the gun issue...
Removing citizen's ability to provide for their own protection will make them dependent upon some external protection provider. I feel quite strongly that dependency is a cancer in our society, relentlessly devouring our nation's health and strength. Any policies which further dependency is bad policy, and most policies advocated by the gun fearing fall into this catagory.
Cheers, PW.
PW is a classy lady.
I like her and her philosophy.
Khar near at hand,
Have fun,
Phil
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