Reason to be armed...

[WormGod]

Heck, you don't need to be wheelin' to get filled with lead. Just walking down the street in some parts around here in a nice pair of shoes that someone else wants will make you "holy".

[don moore]

that sux.....

[mdwyer]

Holy crap! That's crazy!

I've got a couple acres of land that sees its fair share of ATV and 4x4s. I've mentioned it before on the list when we were talking about booby-trapping trails. I'd really rather they didn't tear up my meadow, but injuring someone, let alone SHOOTING them is not the way I want to do it.

This year, I got a bunch of posters etc from Stay The Trail, and I'm hoping that asking nicely will work...

I guess I'm one of those liberal pinko commie types, because I'd really like to see some controls on guns. Still, I'm pretty sure there's no way to tell who should get one and who shouldn't. I really wish there was some way to test for crazy. It would make dating a whole lot easier.

[HOT_WASABI_JUNKIE]

You know what I've noticed...
The worse conditions become economically...
The worse people become..
I'd be scared to death to fire anyone in this economy,
having to worry he'd come gunning for me for 86ing him.
My lady cried herself to sleep last night about the little girl who was missing and found dead in our state...she looks just like ours.
Don't get me wrong, I am not for taking guns off the street,
I wish there were better controls on them, but I am not for restriction.
It is getting to the point that everyone is gonna have to be armed, because all the criminals are, good people are gonna have to match firepower.
I know this does not sound very left coast liberal, but f it...

[nfpgasmask]

I know this does not sound very left coast liberal, but f it...

That's ok, Jo takes care of all the left-wing, pacifist idealism just fine.

Bart

[Nerve_Gas]

Yeah its things like this that are why I carry 90% of the time. But on the flip side the US has a lot of people that carry that have little to no training other than going to a range and shooting paper. I'm a gun nut don't get me wrong haha, but I think for carry laws and such there needs to be a lot more training. You could spend your entire life shooting paper and as soon as a real situation comes up you will A: freeze up and forget about your gun completely and probably get shot anyway or B: draw down and hit a civi or have your own gun used against you. I've spent a lot of time training and being trained to deal with situations like that using everything from knives to assault rifles so I can deal but most can't. Reguardless its all about know the laws though. This old guy was in the wrong for shooting the guy but if they had shot him they would have been in the wrong to. So please, if your going to start carrying, please learn the laws in your state and the localities there in and get some training. There are a lot of training centers out there and I know its not cheap but life is priceless and lawyers are expencive.

[JoFotoz]

I do my best!!

That's ok, Jo takes care of all the left-wing, pacifist idealism just fine.

Bart

Yea , its too late to disarm a nation....

...Sometimes "idealism" ....is just that!


jo

[nfpgasmask]

I do my best!!
Yea , its too late to disarm a nation....

...Sometimes "idealism" ....is just that!

Yup, you're right. I think of all sorts of cool ideas all the time that would work in "ideal" situations, but then I stop and remember that this country was founded on F R E E D O M and with that comes several less than ideal situations.

Thus:

LOCK & LOAD brothers and sisters!

Bart