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Thread #71757   Message #1233511
Posted By: GUEST,Clint Keller
25-Jul-04 - 03:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: Virginians Wearing Guns in Public
Subject: RE: BS: Virginians Wearing Guns in Public
I'm with Rapaire on this. Maybe it's because I live in the other end of Idaho.

But practically speaking, how are you going to enforce prohibition law against guns or drugs or dirty books? Why don't the places with restrictive laws always have fewer shootings?

(Why don't we have a law against crime on Sunday so the cops can have a day off?)

A long time ago I read this in a book whose name and author I've forgotten, so I quote from memory:

The major means for effecting social change today are preaching and legislation. Both are ineffective because they aim for results in a short period of time and they do not affect ritual.

So here we are all preaching about legislation...

clint