tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post8790339460194383650..comments2024-01-16T17:26:15.321-05:00Comments on Legion's Fate: Stand and be judgedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post-25179175329728183132008-04-11T12:01:00.000-04:002008-04-11T12:01:00.000-04:00I agree with both of you. I do see licensing as a...I agree with both of you. I do see licensing as a tool for control, but I wish we would let good ol' capitalism lead the way as far as careers go - non government ones anyways - and let us be judged for our actions, not for what could potentially happen if we were to be fully trusted with our liberty.<BR/><BR/>I am a strong advocate for the carry of all types of arms, concealed or otherwise. The one in a thousand parable is right on, and is also the reason why I feel like I do.<BR/><BR/>Why bend the 999 over a barrel with pointless laws when the 1 miscreant is going to act against them anyways. <BR/><BR/>I just don't like asking for permission for something I already have.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post-53565706735098014562008-04-10T16:30:00.000-04:002008-04-10T16:30:00.000-04:00ctone, i don't think it's a matter of everyone goi...ctone, i don't think it's a matter of everyone going around armed so as to keep each other scared nice...it's more that, like i told breda in the allen story,<BR/><BR/>http://poetnthepawnbroker.blogspot.com/2008/04/allen.html<BR/><BR/>all but one out of a thousand strangers you meet are just people of one sort or another and have no reason or inclination to do you harm...<BR/><BR/>but knowing that the lady who is small enough to be snatched into his car or have her purse grabbed easily just might plug his forehead with a .38 is quite a deterrent for the one in a thousand who is compelled -for whatever the reason- to hurt and prey on innocents...and innocence.<BR/><BR/>and that way, the rest of us can go around, do our own thing, look others in the eye...(not acknowledging other people sure is a big price to pay to avoid the one in a thousand bad guy; and a direct stare might just do his twisted soul some good, too)...and the confidence of knowing that he can be neutralized if you do run across him becomes not only comforting but enlightening as you see others in a differnt light.<BR/><BR/>and sailorcurt, your licensing tirade is pretty straight on...while there may be some nebulous body of standards, the primary function is to limit availability, affecting supply, demand, perception, and therefore value...and one should always follow the money.<BR/><BR/>but certain licensing has also become a tool of control; ask anyone who has had a federal firearms license or a state pawnbrokers's license and they will tell you that the onerous threat of liability and punishment is inheretently limiting...in this case, though, it is less about controlling the money and more about restricting access, availabilty, and control...and all that that implies...jtcthe pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post-54830449196695847312008-04-10T15:19:00.000-04:002008-04-10T15:19:00.000-04:00Excellent post.I truly believe (and I've seem some...Excellent post.<BR/><BR/>I truly believe (and I've seem some evidence to support but don't have time to dig it up right now) that many (if not all) "licensing" requirements were instituted not as "protection" against untrained persons presenting themselves as experts, but as a form of job protection.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a licensed electrician, but I've got a background in electronics and I've been doing my own electrical work for years. I know I do quality work and I do it for myself (and pass code inspections with no problem...which is another scam...but a different subject) with no problem.<BR/><BR/>Were I to decide to go into, say, law...what right does the Bar Association have to tell my prospective customers that they can't hire me? If I do a good enough job for them, why should some "organization" have any say in it?<BR/><BR/>By requiring training, apprenticeships, testing, and licensing, they effectively control the pool of available workers in their field. They control the supply of labor. By controlling one half of the supply-demand equation, they effectively control value of that supply...the wages and fees that may be charged.<BR/><BR/>If any old redneck with an voltmeter and pair lineman's pliers could be an electrician...why...electricians wouldn't get paid crap. Same for plumbers. How freaking hard is plumbing? Can you glue two pieces of plastic pipe together? Solder copper? Can you measure how far a vent is from a drain? Can you figure out that water flows best downhill?<BR/><BR/>Why the heck do plumbers rate $65 an hour??? I guarantee you that my wife's job in business administration that requires no license or mandated training and pays less than a quarter than a plumber makes is beyond the ability of your average plumber to master. <BR/><BR/>Get a government mandate for licensing of secretaries and see how quickly their wages increase...and how many small companies realize that they can make due with significantly less administrative personnel.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm ranting...sorry about that, you hit on one of my sore spots.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that the perception of the common folk is that licensing is in place to protect them. Being the lazy, irresponsible louts that the majority of the public is, they think that's a GREAT thing. It means that they don't have to worry about protecting themselves.<BR/><BR/>One less thing to get in the way of their grueling schedule of American Idol and Lost.<BR/><BR/>Sorry this got so long...shoulda made a post out of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post-19598845477217976312008-04-10T14:51:00.000-04:002008-04-10T14:51:00.000-04:00Definitely. Violence of action, or the threat of ...Definitely. <BR/><BR/>Violence of action, or the threat of it, had served mankind for its entire history.<BR/><BR/>Just about everyone I know is very armed, and we all get along great!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02544360303504618447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1540162652707616108.post-54803056260996061892008-04-10T13:55:00.000-04:002008-04-10T13:55:00.000-04:00don't know how many of these folks in kennesaw:htt...don't know how many of these folks in kennesaw:<BR/><BR/>http://poetnthepawnbroker.blogspot.com/2008/04/ignorance-and-bliss.html <BR/><BR/>are licensed for cc, but it's pretty obvious that house burglars are convinced that the homeowners are following their special law and are packin' a 12-gauge or something in there...<BR/><BR/>no reason to think the same pattern would not hold for wider personal carry...that delinquent ain't gonna grab momma's purse if he thinks she just might shoot his ass dead right then and there...and of course the morton grove illustration is a microcosm of the causeandeffects of an opposite approach...jtcthe pawnbrokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643081755036536592noreply@blogger.com