Comments on: The Bureaucrats Answer http://www.pagunblog.com/2007/11/30/the-bureaucrats-answer/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:53:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Hawkins http://www.pagunblog.com/2007/11/30/the-bureaucrats-answer/#comment-15383 Michael Hawkins Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:42:47 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2029#comment-15383 Yeh, Interpol's been screaming for a system like this for quite some time, but the EU was more concerned about the appropriation of agricultural subsidization than international crime. And now it finds its way into the news after that high-profile shooting. Yeh, Interpol’s been screaming for a system like this for quite some time, but the EU was more concerned about the appropriation of agricultural subsidization than international crime.

And now it finds its way into the news after that high-profile shooting.

]]> By: Jani http://www.pagunblog.com/2007/11/30/the-bureaucrats-answer/#comment-15370 Jani Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:06:09 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2029#comment-15370 The EU started creating this bill well before the Finnish shooting. The shooting really had very little to do with it. The EU started creating this bill well before the Finnish shooting. The shooting really had very little to do with it.

]]> By: Linoge http://www.pagunblog.com/2007/11/30/the-bureaucrats-answer/#comment-15359 Linoge Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:55:16 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=2029#comment-15359 Well, all that said, it is still pretty damned horrible... 200 years ago, it was considered uncommon for a man to be without the means to adequately defend and protect his family. Today, if we try to do the same, we are fingerprinted, background-checked, monitored, limited, scrutinized, and generally treated like second-class citizens, if not outright criminals... and 95% (probably more) of us legal gun owners do not commit crimes... <em>ever</em>. Just as taxes are never for the benefit of the taxed, I am starting to doubt that laws are at all for the benefit of the lawful... Well, all that said, it is still pretty damned horrible… 200 years ago, it was considered uncommon for a man to be without the means to adequately defend and protect his family. Today, if we try to do the same, we are fingerprinted, background-checked, monitored, limited, scrutinized, and generally treated like second-class citizens, if not outright criminals… and 95% (probably more) of us legal gun owners do not commit crimes… ever.

Just as taxes are never for the benefit of the taxed, I am starting to doubt that laws are at all for the benefit of the lawful…

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