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- From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
- Subject: Re: ALERT! Anti-gun meeting in NoVA
- In-Reply-To: drury@helix.nih.gov's message of Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:06:01 GMT
- Message-ID: <WARSAW.92Dec28134732@anthem.nlm.nih.gov>
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 18:47:32 GMT
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- >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Drury <drury@helix.nih.gov> writes:
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- Richard> Oh yes we do. You pay your money, you get your car.
- Richard> Nobody at the dealership cares about your driving skills
- Richard> or your safety record. In fact, if all you want to do
- Richard> with your car is drive it on your own property, you
- Richard> *never* have to worry about licensing, insurance, driving
- Richard> tests, etc.
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- I'm not sure how far the car/gun ownership analogy can be stretched,
- but here's my contribution to elasticity. Are all guns stamped with a
- unique identification number similar to the VIN that all automobiles
- must carry? Also, a driver's license isn't the only thing you need to
- operate a car -- that car must also be registered with the state its
- owner is resident in. Furthermore, the federal gov't and some (most?
- all?) states mandate a certain minimum compliance for autos re:
- seat-belts and other saftey devices, emission controls, etc. Some
- states require cars to be periodically inspected, etc.
-