[ezo4]

Nice article

[robertpaulsen]

"That handgun is designed to kill people. That's about it. Other than acting as a paperweight in the "in box," there's not much else it can do effectively."

Baloney.

It can also scare the bejezzus out of a bad guy intending you harm, without even being fired.

It's used that way thousands of times every day.

[A Navy Vet]

"One result of the terrorist threats is a steady business in the gun shops. Many thousands of Americans have been purchasing their first weapon,..."

Brings a smile to my face on this clear sunny morning.

[Travis McGee]

Bump!

[Ohioan]

It is not just our right to protect home and family, it is also our duty. Police are spread thin in most communities and usually stay busy. We are our own first line of defense.

Excellent point. I like to draw the analogy between an armed citizenry, where everyone feels involved in the safety of the community, and the economic dynamics of a free market. Just as the market (as opposed to the planned economy) works--and brings out the best in everyone, because by its nature, everyone is involved; so a community where everyone is involved in protecting that community, is a much safer community than one depending upon a few "experts." Put another way, as the ratio of the armed and law-abiding rises as against the lawless with criminal intent, we begin to win the war against the latter.

For more, see The Right & Duty To Keep & Bear Arms.

William Flax

[spodefly]

BTTT

[dogfighter]

I wish NJ was a little more lax about CC permits. I hope to move somewhere eventually where I can get myself one. I don't live in an area where I'm worried about getting a gun pulled on me too often, but I would have loved to have my S&W 686 on my hip when some illegal tried to shank me in my own town.

[Eastbound]

Warms my heart.

[King Prout]

this has been a good day for gun articles. thanks for posting this.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[freekitty]

I agree.

[Drammach]

Keyword: Banglist added..

Without Banglist it don't go where it needs to go..

[Paul_Denton]

Very good article. No country is truley free unless its people can be armed.

That handgun is designed to kill people. That's about it. Other than acting as a paperweight in the "in box," there's not much else it can do effectively.

Going out shooting either at the shooting range or at an abdandoned gravel pit is always fun. I do it as much as I can get out.

[lodwick]

Carry - it's the freaking law. See your 2nd Amendment folks.

It is your God-given RIGHT.

[Lancer_N3502A]

I know what your thinkin'...