Jeff,
Your point is well presented and well taken. It is obvious to me that there should be no more fundamental right that that of self-defense and necessary to that right are the tools of self-defense. But to some people (many people?) guns in the hands of the general public are a threat so they are willing to deprive themselves and the rest of us of these tools, instead leaving our defense to the police.
If I wanted to convince somebody who doesn't own and use guns that guns in the hands of the general public are a danger, I would just invite them to browse through this site. There are numerous posts touting the joys of vaporizing the neighbor's cat, the squirrels in the back yard, the pigeons living beneath the overpass or whatever other living creature that may be available as a target. My personal favorites are the ones who post things like: "Happiness is having Hillary [or whoever else has opinions I don't like] in my crosshairs."
These macho types who think that what's in their holster compensates for what isn't in their pants posting on this site are doing a lot to convince anybody who isn't a gun owner/user that we're all jerks.
I would ask those guys, as a favor to all of us, to think and not be so quick on the keyboard.
Doug DeVries
Your point is well presented and well taken. It is obvious to me that there should be no more fundamental right that that of self-defense and necessary to that right are the tools of self-defense. But to some people (many people?) guns in the hands of the general public are a threat so they are willing to deprive themselves and the rest of us of these tools, instead leaving our defense to the police.
If I wanted to convince somebody who doesn't own and use guns that guns in the hands of the general public are a danger, I would just invite them to browse through this site. There are numerous posts touting the joys of vaporizing the neighbor's cat, the squirrels in the back yard, the pigeons living beneath the overpass or whatever other living creature that may be available as a target. My personal favorites are the ones who post things like: "Happiness is having Hillary [or whoever else has opinions I don't like] in my crosshairs."
These macho types who think that what's in their holster compensates for what isn't in their pants posting on this site are doing a lot to convince anybody who isn't a gun owner/user that we're all jerks.
I would ask those guys, as a favor to all of us, to think and not be so quick on the keyboard.
Doug DeVries