humanities.philosophy.objectivism

"David Buchner" wrote in message
news:1ie1mpf.1fkc61417wjpcuN%buchner@wcta.net...
>
> I
> mean, Dude: this is the Supreme Court here. Seems like you'd get a
> little more fancy and intellectual. But no: "well, gee -- they're small.
> They're, like, portable. That's *dangerous*" and "we have a crime
> problem already -- so we don't want more guns around." Weak.

That sounds about right. Like why does Israel allow machine guns for
individuals but the US does not? It seems if we are going to make laws they
should also allow for changing conditions, not just for the present condition.
What if the USA is invaded someday? Then I would think the government would be
quite happy for individuals to have automatic weapons. So lets not paint
ourselves into a restrictive corner that gets us into trouble later.

- Brian