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Old 04-05-2001, 07:32 PM
matthewg matthewg is offline
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Originally posted by Jeff OTMG:

In other words a democracy works for the majority so that the most people can get what they want, but only until it begins to infringe on the rights of the minority.

And the Republic???

I am sorry, but if you use your sheep/wolf picture you have got a school of sheep and one little wolf that has a gun going after the sheep.....

The point in gun restriction laws is that it might restrict the rights of some people - I agree on that one - but it promotes safety for the unprotected majority!!!!

And now you decide what is worth more: a single life saved or reasonably applied restrictions.....

And please don't argue with cites from the dark ages of the war for independence. Things have changed quite a bit since then and people have a lot less common sense than in these days.
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