Re: Imprisoned for Not Having a Gun?

[Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>]

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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> Regarding that town nearby that passed a _requirement_ that all
> households have a gun:
> ...
> Pro-gun fascism is just as bad a anti-gun fascism.
> 
> I do recall that the "you must have a gun" town had some
> exemptions for folks opposed to guns, blah blah, but it still
> is intensely revolting to me that any town could ever pass
> such a law...

I can't find the exact quote, but Will Rogers quipped that every
time Congress made a law, it was a joke.  And every time Congress
made a joke it was a law.  The town near Morton Grove was not
making a real requirement that every household have a gun, they
were just making a joke at Morton Grove's expense.  In addition
to the "exceptions," there was no penalty for violation of the
law, thus making sure it was unenforceable.  It was not a case
of "pro-gun fascism" but of rough American political humor.  At
the very least it kept the city council out of more serious 
mischief.


 S a n d y

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