[at-l] Maine re-considering gun laws on AT

[Tom McGinnis]

What did Orwell famously say?

Something like "We sleep peacefully in our beds because hard men stand at the gates ready to do violence on our behalf."

Something like that.

--- On Fri, 2/5/10, nightwalker.at at gmail.com <nightwalker.at at gmail.com> wrote:

> How about "It doesn't matter to me
> either way." Have all the guns and ammo you can afford. It's
> just not my thing.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom McGinnis <sloetoe at yahoo.com>

> ### Guess that man doesn't care too much about those around
> him, either -- nor that his government (the government he
> empowers as its citizen through his vote) seeks to make him
> a criminal when he exercises the most basic natural law,
> being that of self-protection. I guess.
> 
> routinelycriminalQuakertoe
> 
> --- On Thu, 2/4/10, nightwalker.at at gmail.com
> <nightwalker.at at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > If a man is not afraid of death, he doesn't need much
> protection. :-)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RockDancer <rockdancer97 at comcast.net>
> > Maine is considering legislation to reimpose gun
> > restrictions, a change from the Bush administration's
> > allowing visitors to carry guns, both concealed and
> openly.
> > --RD
> > 
> > "The new federal law, as well as LD 1737, would only
> affect
> > gun owners who desire to visit Acadia and the St.
> Croix
> > Island International Historic Site or to hike
> Maine’s
> > section of the Appalachian Trail. The laws would not
> affect
> > Maine’s federally owned national wildlife refuges or
> the
> > White Mountain National Forest, where hunting is
> > permitted."
> > See for the entire article:
> > http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/136137.html
>