[om-list] Re: Fw: [relatives] Tough Gun Question Answers

[Thomas L. Packer at home]

Luke

    Cool.  I just got another job.  I'll have to tell the OM group about it.
It's working on the Soar project, which is a unified model of cognition.

    More later.

tomp

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Luke Call" <lacall at onemodel.org>
To: "Thomas L. Packer at home" <ThomasAndMegan at Middle.Net>
Sent: Tuesday, 08 October, 2002 06:55
Subject: Re: Fw: [relatives] Tough Gun Question Answers


> Thanks. I got this while actually coding on OM! (slow, but moving....!)
>
> Luke
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> Thomas L. Packer at home wrote:
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Karl Pearson" <karlp at ourldsfamily.com>
> > To: "The List" <KLPFunnies at ourldsfamily.com>
> > Sent: Monday, 07 October, 2002 23:57
> > Subject: [relatives] Tough Gun Question Answers
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> >>How to answer the Toughest Question
> >>By Richard W. Stevens
> >>Editor, The Bill of Rights Sentinel
> >>
> >>Here's the question:
> >>
> >>"Why do you so strongly oppose the government's registering firearms and
> >>licensing gun owners? Every car is registered; every driver is licensed
> >>or should be. Cars are important and dangerous. Guns are important and
> >>dangerous. So what's the problem with gun registration and owner
> >>licenses?"
> >>
> >>It's a tough question because it draws on the everyday example of
> >>automobiles, and most everybody seems to accept state regulation of cars
> >>and drivers. Many pro-gun people have real trouble answering this
> >>question, and some among us have even surrendered the point.
> >>
> >>Logic and history prove that gun registration and owner licensing pose
> >>grave threats to life and liberty. But we need to deliver a powerful
> >>answer to the question without the social studies lesson. The answer
> >>needs to be a fast effective sound bite.
> >>
> >>So we are offering the following three-reason package below. This
> >>formula is the "long version." If you need to give a quicker answer,
> >>then just give the first sentence of each reason. You can deliver the
> >>"long version" in 45 seconds - and the "short version" answer in less
> >>than 30 seconds.
> >>
> >>Three Reasons in a Nutshell
> >>
> >>Here is the answer you can give:
> >>
> >>(1) Practically speaking, registration and licensing laws do not affect
> >>criminals, they only affect innocent citizens.
> >>
> >>(2) Fundamentally speaking, citizens in a free society do not have to
> >>get permission from anyone to exercise their right to self-defense, just
> >>as they don't need permission to freely speak or worship. Licensing and
> >>registration schemes require citizens to get permission to defend
> >>themselves, so those schemes don't belong in a free society.
> >>
> >>(3) Historically speaking, registration and licensing have been part of
> >>"gun control" programs that made possible the calculated mass murder of
> >>between 70 and 170 million people. Registration and licensing make
> >>genocide easier, not harder. I fight against genocide and I don't want
> >>to make genocide easier anywhere in the world.
> >>
> >>How to Use the Answer
> >>
> >>This answer is only 120 words at the most, so you can memorize it. It's
> >>pretty easy to memorize because it makes perfect sense.
> >>
> >>Why memorize it? Because, when you are challenged, you need to seize the
> >>initiative. A snappy but profound quick answer gives no opportunity for
> >>interruptions. Speed and power are critically important when the
> >>questioner is hostile or you are being interviewed for radio or
> >>television. You don't want to have to think of the answer - you need to
> >>deliver it immediately.
> >>
> >>After you give the "long version" answer, you can turn the tables on the
> >>questioner. Ask this zinger question:
> >>
> >>"Now that you know the truth about registration and licensing, how can
> >>you support those ideas?"
> >>
> >>Dealing With The Objections
> >>
> >>Objection # 1: "Driving a two-ton car at 60 mph is a privilege, not a
> >>right. Owning a lethal weapon should be considered a privilege, too."
> >>
> >>Your answer: "Driving a car on tax-funded roads might subject you to the
> >>tax-funded government regulations. Exercising the right to self defense,
> >>however, doesn't depend on tax-funded resources and should never require
> >>anybody's permission."
> >>
> >>Objection # 2: "Gun registration and owner licensing helps police solve
> >>crimes, just like the cars' license plates and the drivers' licenses."
> >>
> >>Your answer: "License plates and driver's licenses don't prevent any
> >>crimes, they only help track suspects after the fact. Serious criminals
> >>frequently use stolen cars and plates; many drive without valid
> >>licenses. Likewise, serious criminals will not be licensed and will use
> >>unregistered or stolen guns, and the tracking feature is worthless
> >>anyway if the cops don't find the gun."
> >>
> >>Objection #3: "You're just paranoid; don't you trust our government to
> >>license and register deadly weapons while preserving your right to
> >>shoot?"
> >>
> >>Your answer: "Wrong question. The government is supposed to answer to
> >>you and me. Why does the government so distrust the vast majority of
> >>decent non-violent firearms owners that it wants to identify and track
> >>every owner and every firearm?"
> >>
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