-> JP>If true, I find that last one **REAL** curious.  What kind of REAL
-> JP>libertarian doesn't own guns?
->
-> One who doesn't want to.
->
-> That's about as deranged a question as asking what sort of *real*
-> pro- choicer doesn't have a few abortions.
I don't think thats a good analogy, Nolan.  Being Pro-Choice is about
the Freedom to choose to have an abortion or the Freedom to choose to
have a child.
The interesting question is:  **WHY** doesn't he want to own a gun?
Does he think he doesn't need one because the police will protect him?
Is he a pacifist, who believes it is more ethical to allow someone else
to kill him rather than kill another human being himself?
Neither of those possibilities say anything good about his judgement.
If he truly understands that the 2nd Ammendment *AIN'T** about hunting
and target shooting, that it's intended to keep the government in line,
and he chooses NOT to own a gun himself, what does that say, Nolan?
That, he, himself, would not put his OWN life on the line and oppose
tyranny?
I'm trying to do a little conciousness raising here, Nolan.
Larry Pratt, of Gun Owners of America, wrote an article that appeared in
one of the gun mags a few years ago. (Guns & Ammo, I think)  It was
something along the lines of "Ten Mistakes Gun Owners Make in Politics".
One of the mistakes was this:  ANY politician can buy a Life Membership
in the NRA simply by writing a $500 check to the NRA.  Many politicians
do.  Whenever some gun owner gets up at a meeting and asks a question
about gun control, instead of answering it directly, the politician
simply says, "I'm an NRA Life Member."  The gun owner then sits down,
satisfied that the politician MUST be a good guy.  Right?
Right!  Remember George Bush?
Now I'm getting concerned that some people seem to be treating the
word "libertarian" the same way.  Politician says he's a "libertarian",
you can stop worrying and just vote for him.  Right?
I fear it 'taint neccessarily so, Nolan.
Regards
John
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