Thanks,
Stephen
On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Matthew Hawkins wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Dave Cinege wrote:
> >
> > > Since the right to own weapons (a subset of the right to own property)
> > > is a natural right, this has little to do with any so called government
> > > or the bondries it may claim.
> >
> > Er, yes it does. This 'right to ...' thing stems from the Constitution of
> > the United States of America. Those pieces of paper have no legal power
> > whatsoever in the other 250+ countries that make up this planet. So it
> > very much is related to one particular government and the boundaries
> > thereof.
> >
> > I personally am an Australian citizen, and have no rights whatsoever.
> > (even the rights we don't have are being taken away ;)
>
> What he's saying is that all 'people' have certian rights that can never
> be taken away. All people have these rights, even minors and people that
> live in opressive countries. As humans we understand these rights without
> ever being told them.
>
> Governments can't grant these rights because we already have them, and
> they can't be denyed.
>
> One of them is the ability to own properity. The use of your properity
> should also be unhindered, unless it interfears with others.
>
> Personally, I dont believe in guns but that doesn't mean I care about
> other people having them. Unfortunatly, it's difficult to defend yourself
> from a person with a gun other then having a gun (or other simmlarly
> deadly methods at your disposial.).. Hopefully someone will invent
> 'personal energy shields', such a device would severly lower the risk of
> guns.
>
>
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