J. Clarke wrote:

You really want a gun ban don't you?

Me? Hell no! I carry a Glock 9mm and a .22 BUG (Back-up gun). I've
got either a Glock 10mm or .40 cal stashed in almost every room. We
won't even talk about the car. I've also got some armament that can
"reach out and touch someone."

I live in a fairly backward state (Texas) that won't allow open carry
or guns on campus.

I hold that all citizens should demonstrate acceptable marksmanship
before being allowed to vote or own taxable property and that the
laws on justifiable homicide be relaxed to include people who smell
funny.

If you don't want a gun ban then stop using inflammatory rhetoric
that makes you look like the sort of nutcake that the gun control
advocates want people to believe are typical firearms owners. You're
playing into a stereotype here.

Because I offered a hint about BUG SPRAY? You raised up on your hinder legs
over BUG SPRAY? You accuse me of outrageous pro-gun comments when we were
talking about BUG SPRAY? Guns weren't mentioned until you brought it up.
Listen up, slick, there's a big difference between a firearm and BUG SPRAY -
even a pro-gun nutter like me knows that. As to stereotype, I don't think
there IS a stereotype for exterminators. Well, Tom Delay excepted.


And before you say "freedom of speech" consider that every right
carries with it a duty to use that right responsibly.

First, every "right" I have imposes a "duty" on the government, not me. If I
have a right to worship as I please, the state has a duty not to interfere.
If I have a "right" to freedom of speech, the government has a duty to not
impose unreasonable restrictions. For constitutional rights, the methodology
is called "strict scrutiny."

Second, "freedom of speech" (actually the "duty" to not suppress) applies
only to a government entity, not newsgroups.