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To: Peter J. Huss

That was a very long post, eating up my bandwidth. Seriously though, I'm not for making gun ownership illegal. I've been trying to convince my wife to let us get a gun for the house for over a year now. She's just about ready to do it. Her brother told her not to let me, and yet that same person survived an encounter with a couple of muggers at the beach by pretending he was going to get his gun. They came out of nowhere and demanded they (him, the kids, wife) hand over the cash. He said, "I'm getting my gun." and they split. In his shoes, I would have wanted a real gun there. Also in this same family's history: a guy in detroit was outside their door pounding away with a shotgun, demanded that they take their white asses out of there (something like that)- they called the cops, but I would have wanted a gun there (they lived). A friend of mine had some folks break in, and he cocked his gun while they were pawing around the kitchen - they fled when they heard him. I'm all for guns. My worry is someone opening up with an automatic. I'm sorry if you folks think I'm being irrational, perhaps I am - I also am afraid of flying because I don't trust the mechanics, nor the airline security in general. If I'd avoided one of those 9/11 flights I would have been right.

35 posted on 04/06/2004 11:16:28 AM PDT by mudblood

My worry is someone opening up with an automatic.

Unlikely. There has been one recorded death from a full auto in the US in modern times and that was a cop who stole it from his department in the gun free zone of Chicago and popped his x-wife. There are many other more rational things to fear. Wear your seat belt, eat reasonably, don't smoke or drink and you will be 100% safer than you are today. Ban full autos from the hands of collectors and you are 0% safer.

38 posted on 04/06/2004 11:27:00 AM PDT by Peter J. Huss

I've been trying to convince my wife to let us get a gun for the house for over a year now.

I feel sorry for you.

48 posted on 04/08/2004 12:02:12 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)

I've been trying to convince my wife to let us get a gun for the house for over a year now.

That's not a particularly good trade.

53 posted on 04/08/2004 12:49:58 AM PDT by archy (The darkness will come. It will find you,and it will scare you like you've never been scared before.)

I've been trying to convince my wife to let us get a gun for the house for over a year now. She's just about ready to do it.

Are you looking for a weapon solely for home defense, or do you also want it for concealed carry outside the home?

66 posted on 04/08/2004 6:33:28 AM PDT by dirtboy (John Kerry - Hillary without the fat ankles and the FBI files...)

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