Warp wrote:
>   If that kind of law (ie. all handguns illegal, confiscated without
> recompensation) was enacted in the US, it would most probably result in a
> civil war.

It just wouldn't get enforced. The federal government has no forces to do 
that other than the military, and a fairly recent poll (like a few years 
ago) asked "would you assist in wide-spread confiscation of firearms from US 
citizens" of the general soldiers and about 70% said they wouldn't.

But yeah, this is the whole "we don't trust our government here" that also 
drives having juries and etc etc etc.

That's why all the arguments here over whether a firearm is appropriate for 
hunting game or something like that are simply smokescreens.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   The question in today's corporate environment is not
   so much "what color is your parachute?" as it is
   "what color is your nose?"

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