Bouler added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

Read all and I agree.


In short, if one reads this Amendment and has ANY knowledge of why it
is there, they can easily see that it does NOT guarantee you the right
to own a rifle, shotgun, handgun, assault weapon, sub-machine gun or
anything. But, the threat IS real even today. In New Orleans,
Lousianna, the city hit the hardest by Hurrican Katrina in 2005, the
Mayor actually sent his police around and confiscated over 1,000 guns
presumeably to prevent deaths due to looting. I don't want to start
some gigantic flame war about guns, so I'll stop now.

You're right, but we have a lot in common.

Which part do we have in common? Does The Netherlands have some
equivalent to our 2nd Amendment or do you just mean you think we share
views on guns, specifically gun control? I'll just crack the door open
just a bit. If I were running things, I'd hardly ban guns except for the
kind which only are used to commit crimes or terrorism, such as automatic
weapons, assault rifles, etc. But, I'd strengthen the laws similar to
Great Britain where you could OWN pretty much anything you wanted but
must keep it in a controlled armory and apply in writing to take it to
wherever you proposed to use it for target shooting, hunting, or perhaps
a collecting show.

--
HP, aka Jerry

"If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck"