Quote Originally Posted by kygorski View Post
OK you have 3 weapons, one in your car, two in the house, ready for bear. your neighbor is equally armed. You live in gated sub division, fear of home invasion is nil. The other side of town, not the same. BUT they are also armed, butthey are a "criminal" element according to your estimate.In the middle is a police force. They feel ALL of you are wackos. Right now if I toot my horn to wake up a cell phoner at a light, will he wave, or get out and shoot? The seventh day adventice at my door, or is a home invader? This second amendment didn't come into being in the last 10 years, but now its becoming extreme.You NEED to have a weapon, because EVERYONE does. My parents didn't. My in laws didn't. My married childrens in laws didn't. How about your mom and dad. Not sporting arms, personal weapons, for self defense.My kid think I'm a wacko cause of the guns, think about it. we are becoming a paranoid country.
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I don't have a problem with gun ownership, have never in 69 years felt I needed a defensive weapon outside of vietnam... There is a handgun here someplace but I couldn't find it and any ammo for it if I needed it in a hurry... The thing about guns is the hype gun owners are always preaching about, I do not believe guns make the average citizen of this country feel safer... There are about one third of the people in this country that own guns, that makes two thirds that do not own guns... I do not believe we as a country "feel safer" because of gun ownership and the crime/murder rate in this country that is chocked full of guns seems to bear that out.... An individual that has access to a firearm might feel more secure whether or not he/she actually is....