-=> Quoting Paul Nixon to Steve Gunhouse on 25 Jul 96  19:58 <=-
 Re: lost messages 
 SG> Handgun License.  If you have failed to pay taxes, defaulted on a
 SG> student loan, or failed  to pay child support then you are not eligible
 SG> for a CHL. They don't  check your credit rating or income, but they do
 SG> check that you have kept  up on any either court-mandated payments or
 SG> payments owed to the  government. Which as long as it is the government
 SG> issuing licenses is  within reason (they also revoke a driver's or
 SG> professional license for  child support). Of course, we shouldn't need
 SG> licenses, but that's another  story.
 PN> *ou consider that to be "within reason"?
Well, yes, in the sense that we have allowed them to grant us permission 
in the first place. As long as they are granting licenses, it is within 
reason for them to withhold a license for an offense against them. Why 
should they trust you if you've demonstrated to them that you can't 
fulfill your responsibilities?
As I say, we shouldn't need licenses in the first place. But as long as 
there are licenses, they have the power to revoke them or refuse to
issue them given sufficient cause. Totally reasonable. Built upon a false 
premise, but logically consistent.
Steve
... Dominate the subversive paradigm. Don't buy the lie!
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