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9/12/04
Larry Williams
reports
from the heart of the Hurricane Belt :
Living in the Virgin Islands,
as I do, is interesting re: gun laws.
Since the Virgin Islands are a possession of the U.S., there
are some rights we do not have here. I can't vote for a
Congressman,
Senator or President. I have no direct representation,
also no IRS due to the old "taxation without representation"
issue.
I cannot own a gun here as I can stateside unless I dance
through lots of hoops, register, and all that. This law is
strictly enforced here. Don't try to burgle my house,
though, I have a flare gun!
Yet at least once a week someone is shot or killed here. So
much for gun control limiting crime and murder and such. Not
here, nor in Beirut, where I once lived, where it was highly
illegal to own guns, but everyone did!