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Tahna Los
Member # 33
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Before you read this, let us not go into the usual bitching and complaining over the concept of Gun Control.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/opinion/1002/11guns.html
Who is right? The NRA or the Police?
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First of Two
Member # 16
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A little bit of both.
However, I'd like to use this paper as an example of the "liberal bias" in journalism.
The NRA's views on the second amendment, as shared by more than half of the US, according to polls, and supported by recent Federal court decisions, are hardly "extremist," and it is highly disingenuous of the newspaper to suggest that they are.
Then there's the point that the so-called "database" would only track legally-owned guns, not stolen or illegally imported guns.
I'm not ready to believe that the sniper legally owns the gun he's using, or that they couldn't track him through other means.
I mean, we know he can't be from DC, because you can't own ANY guns there, right?
quote: Ashcroft, you may recall, refused to let the FBI use a law-enforcement database to investigate whether suspected terrorists have purchased or tried to purchase firearms.
Good. Now let's see him refuse to let the same organizations rifle through libraries' circulation databases, and we'll have something.
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First of Two
Member # 16
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On second thought, I cannot say that the Police are partially "right," because their point of view is NEVER mentioned in the article... another bit of intentionally misleading behavior. There are no quotes from police or law-enforcement officers on this subject in the article. It is merely the author's opinion, with zero data backing it up.
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Ritten
Member # 417
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It does seem to be an editorial, no author, of the paper aimed at the NRA. If the weapon is stolen and the owner doesn't know it yet, this "fingering" (intentional) would only cause the owner grief. I only kept track of my rifle 20 days a year, during deer season, otherwise I would think that it was locked up in a box at the top of the closet. Had this been stolen I wouldn't have know till just before making sure the aim was on.
Can you find an article with more 'meat' to it to back this one up? Are the police bitching about that subject, or just an editor? If it is just the editor he/she should be flogged....
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TSN
Member # 31
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Assuming the data presented by the article are factual, I would say the NRA is completely wrong.
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Sol System
Member # 30
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quote: Now let's see him refuse to let the same organizations rifle through libraries' circulation databases, and we'll have something.
Why? Sacrifices must be made in the name of security. Whose side are you on, anyway? Ashcroft is obviously Pro-America. Which can lead to only one conclusion about the people who oppose him.
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TSN
Member # 31
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Well, I don't know how much storage space your library has, but we don't keep track of that sort of stuff. Once someone returns an item, the only way it will still be associated w/ their name is if they have an unpaid fine for it.
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Omega
Member # 91
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Ours was similar. We could look up the last person to check a book out, but only if we have a darned good reason, and The Boss has to do it. Privacy issues being the claimed reason.
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Daryus Aden
Member # 12
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I'd have to agree with Ashi-San. Privacy is a crucial issue. Now, if only they could stop the bastards monitoring internet data and stop them from tracking people via mobile phones.
Perhaps that is next on his list.
Nah....
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E. Cartman
Member # 256
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Oh, it's there, right under item #101: Fighting the Wah on Terroh.
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