On Oct 6, 11:15 pm, Bama Brian  wrote:
> Daniel wrote:
> > On Oct 6, 12:59 pm, Bama Brian  wrote:
> >> Daniel wrote:
> >>> On Oct 4, 6:19 pm, "RD (The Sandman)" <rdsandman(spamlock)
> >>> @comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>> Daniel  wrote innews:44b98dc4-d0b0-4f18-aed9-fbfefd0fa6e5@m20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com:
> >>>>> On Sep 28, 2:32 pm, nraclaptrap <nraclapt...@invalid.invalid> wrote> >>>>>> Bert Hyman  wrote in
> >>>>>> news:Xns9C947EFFAE7DBVeebleFetzer@ 216.250.184.7:
> >>>>>>> Innews:Xns9C8E753094C71piotu0345go2r3ndec@216.196.97.131nraclaptrap
> >>>>>>> <nraclapt...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >>>>>>>> Well if everybody's carrying guns how do you tell the criminals
> >>>>>>>> from the law-abiding citizens?  You wait until they murder
> >>>>>>>> somebody, righ
> >>>>> t
> >>>>>>>> Spaniel?
> >>>>>>> That's the way the law works in a civilized society; you have to
> >>>>>>> wait until a crime's actually been committed before locking someone
> >>>>>>> up.
> >>>>>> Actually, preventing crimes by requiring background checks on every
> >>>>>> gun transaction, whether FFL or private, would be a big step in the
> >>>>>> right direction.  So anybody who has a gun who hasn't had a
> >>>>>> background check
> >>>>> is
> >>>>>> automatically a criminal.  
> >>>>> And how many criminals bother to legally purchase a gun?
> >>>> If they are felons, they cannot legally purchase one.  Period...
> >>> Exactly.
> >> Which brings us back to my original point.  Why should those who have
> >> served their time and so paid their debt to society, continue to be
> >> punished by the removal of their civil rights?
>
> > So you think a felon should be allowed to buy a gun once they have
> > served their sentence?
>
> Served their sentence and their parole, then absodamnlutely.  Certainly
> for the non-violent offenders.  The true filberts should be kept locked
> away and never let out.


And you call us gun loons.