[LucianOfSamasota]

“Ideally, handguns, which account for more than half of all homicides in the United States, should be banned completely, but we recognize that this is not currently politically feasible,”

Over 99% of the violent deaths of innocent victims over the Twentieth Century occurred as a result of government excess/oppression. When one considers the 75 million murdered by Mao, 50 million by Stalin, 25 million by Hitler, not to mention Pol Pot, Castro,etc., it becomes apparent that homicides by individual shooters are a negligible occurrence statistically.

So what safeguard against such government violence protects the individual? Fortunately, the US Constitution provides for such protection in our 2nd Amendment.

[appalachian_dweller]

Screw the whole lot of ‘em.

They are welcome to try. I realize I won’t survive such an encounter. Question is, how many of them are willing to die to take my weapons....