[geeks] its what you carry with you

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: The Renaissance Man <alaric at caerllewys.net>
" 
" 
" "There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous people."  Sgt.
" Zim, _Starship Troopers_, Robert Anson Heinlein.
" 
" A lesson which, sadly, most of our politicians haven't forgotten only
" because they never knew it in the first place.  Personal weapons do not
" enable the commission of mayhem; they facilitate the commission of
" mayhem in an appropriate and discriminating manner, and their lack does
" not prevent the intended committer of mayhem from doing so -- it merely
" tends to have the effect of causing him to utilize more indiscriminate
" means.

they may well know it - and also that it's much easier/safer
[politically] to regulate weapons.  if you try to regulate people they
call it discrimination and violation of equal rights...  and even if
you -can- get something passed, before you know it you have all sorts
of exemptions for special interest groups...
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