Comments on: An Individual Right

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:50:30 +0000

The Judge said what we already know – banning guns does not reduce crime because it will be the criminals that will have the weapons and not the law-abiding citizens.

By: martian

martian — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:03:41 +0000

On the point made in Maggie’s link, Robert Heinlein once wrote "An armed society is a polite society." Has anyone noticed that public civility, not to mention crime, has gone up in inverse proportion to the trend of less and less people carrying weapons? Think about it.

A few years ago there was a town in Georgia, I don’t remember the name of the tow offhand, that passed a law requiring residents to own at least one gun. After the the law was passed, the crime rate in that town plummeted. When I still lived in NY State, around the mid 70′s, there was a citizen action committee that announced they would give a $1000 reward to any homeowner that shot a burglar breaking into their house anywhere in the state. Within two weeks two homeowners in different parts of the state collected the reward. After the second burlar shooting the burglary rate in New York State dropped by over 50% for a while.

By: The Conservative Reader » Blog Archive » The Second Amendment is All About Self-defense

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:17:22 +0000

[...] Hat Tip to Blue Crab Boulevard. [...]

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:17:19 +0000

Gauis -
Since the end of summer I have made a couple big changes in my life … all in an effort to take control as I turn the friggin’ corner to 50. One was to be certain I look no older than 40 … heh!
One is to take a trip all by myself … the first time ever … and I will be doing such the end of this month.
One of my "changes" will also be to take gun safety and shooting classes this spring … and then decide on which gun to bring into my home. I don’t know what brought me to this, or why I have come to this in my life, but I feel very strongly about it.

To me, the trip is more scary than the whole gun thing …

By: Gaius

Gaius — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:28:29 +0000

Kind of says it all, doesn’t it? Meanwhile, I’m looking hard at an FNH 9mm with 16-round magazine capacity. I’m hearing nice things about it. I love my Taurus PT-92 but it does lack a rail.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:19:54 +0000

Gaius - Here ya go ... The MOST important Gun Control Soundbite you'll hear: http://patdollard.com/2008/03/video-most-important-gun-control-soundbite-youll-hear-today/

By: Gary Gulrud

Gary Gulrud — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:27:35 +0000

I don’t yet have a handgun and have never fired my street sweeper bought for cheap when Slick banned assault weapons. Nonetheless, I am encouraged that even Kennedy can parse post-Enlightenment English and tacitly acknowledge the 2nd as protection against government.
Why else the care re: the branches of government? A Bill of Rights included in the constitution of that government?