Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 13:18:19 -0400
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Subject: Jim Ray On Clueless CATO Institute Thinks Ban On Knives A Good
 Thing
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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:05:05 -0400
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: "James M. Ray" <jray@free-market.net>
Subject: Re: Clueless CATO Institute Thinks Ban On Knives A Good Thing
Cc: dboaz@cato.org, ieland@cato.org

Dear Mr. Boaz.

The position taken against knives is illogical, and will extend the
unsafe condition that the FAA has thrust upon the American public.
Please click the following link:

http://www.tlknapp.net/bieser091101frames.html

that's how I and dozens of others feel about all this. I'm also thankful
for the Internet, because many pilots are very eloquent, and they've
described speeches they've given, telling their (few, these days...)
passengers that because everyone's disarmed, there may have to
be a command to swarm any potential suicidal hijacker, suggesting
using the blankets, etc. This obviously happened spontaneously on
(at least) one of the hijackings.

Think about it. Does CATO want law abiding citizens to be better able
to help the captain (who, but for the FAA, could have a revolver with
highly frangible ammo if he/she chose to) in an emergency? Matt is
being kind with the word "clueless." You've been inside the beltway
for too long -- it's a cultural thing (and I perfectly understand, those
are some fabulous parties -- the best!) but this isn't cluelessness, it's
STATISM! -- Yep, the ultimate libertarian-insult. Of course, it's also
clueless in that there are ceramic knives. They exist! Deal with it, if
you have 19 people willing to die things can get bad, and will.

CATO has done just what the news media have done, and failed to
blame the results of FAA-disarmament on (shudder) the FAA! You're
either turning into statist idiots, or the mushrooms on your pizza are
better than you think. Anyway, when CATO spouts stuff like this, it's
time to look at Brookings just to see if there's ANY difference left!

JMR
Regards, James M. Ray

"It is disappointing, but perhaps not surprising, that Supreme
Court justices and other constitutional interpreters have typically
fled from the hard moral judgments called for by the Ninth
Amendment." -- Steven Macedo, _The New Right v. The
Constitution_ p. 7.

PGP = 0xAE141134 <jray@cryptorights.org>


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