And if a few women took care of a few thugs in cases like this; if a few stories like this one ended in a different way -- with a woman blowing one of these brutes to kingdom come -- it might be a deterrent. Lives upon lives might be spared.
They're starting to wake up in CT!!! I think that this crime has made it perfectly clear to people in CT that evil does exist and it needs to be stopped - with ALL available tools - including guns.
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Guns scare me.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Is it possable?
If we were meant to never shoot thugs, God would not have given us trigger fingers.
It's not unlike their awakening from deep sedation.
My guns don't bark, don't poop, dont need to be fed or taken for walks.........and they'll sit peacefully on my night stand all night long.
The Second matters more than the First. The Second is the one that puts teeth in all the rest of the Amendments.
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Well said, Mr. Burris.
Unfortunately, The JI has a pretty small circulation and the Hardly Courant is decidedly anti-gun
I can't tell if this is written tongue-in-cheek. If it isn't, this is one of the most assinine comments I have ever read.
“How do human beings sink this low?”
That’s not the question. The question is why do the authorities give them the opportunity?
People never seem to grasp that a "three strikes" law only makes a criminal's third offense one which he is desperate to avoid conviction for...so desperate that he may commit murder to avoid it.
Are home alarms really effective?
NBC reported that many of the people that had burglar alarms didn't have them turned on. They reported it in a story about increased gun sales in Cheshire.
... with a woman blowing one of these brutes to kingdom come -- it might be a deterrent.
Amen...It'll be a great day in America when the nightly news has more stories about maimed would-be kidnappers than it does about kidnapped women's bodies being recovered.
All in all, I'd have been happy if either or both of these guys had been shot to death while commiting whatever crimes they were paroled for.
My dog is a pet who might bark, but only if someone managed to wake him up. Only my teenage children are harder to wake up and get moving than my good, old lazy dog. And I think that’s as it should be. I wouldn’t have a dog around who even MIGHT attack somebody because that’s a liability I don’t want. But, the Mossberg and the various Smith & Wessons around the house - those I can control and make proper use of.
I strongly believe in the use of dogs over guns. You send the dog first and if the intruder shoots at the dog, you then shoot him.
Worth bumping.
Sam Ervin said, “The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey — undiluted and untaxed.”
Another one comes down from the clouds to earth.
These men claim that 'We, -as a society', decide which rights we will protect --- And if 'We' choose not to protect your right to [drugs, guns, - whatever], so be it. They argue that if and when a majority of the people decide that we should protect a right, then we will; given that we're a self-governing nation, there's nothing to stop the majority from deciding this.
--- For instance, if there's nothing in a state constitution about the right to keep and bear arms [and States can change their constitutions by super-majority decisions], - then --- States can ban all guns if they so chose.
With the restoration of the 2nd Amendment there also needs to be a systematic effort among the people to restore the “gun culture”, that is, knowledge about guns as tools, along with their proper use and maintenance.
There are popular shows on TV about how to properly use tools of all sorts. This is because just about any tool will cause accidents if not properly used.
From personal experience, I have seen a lot of people who shouldn’t touch a loaded weapon, or really, weapons of any sort to include swords, knives, blunt objects, etc., without safety training. They just don’t have an inherent grasp of safety for either themselves or anyone around them. Often they are aware of this themselves and so wisely seek training whenever they use a new tool or weapon.
The NRA provides a LOT of education to ordinary people who need it, but with everything it does, it is dwarfed by the need for gun culture education.
The one thing this doesn’t need, however, is government involving itself in the process.
I see one low cost possibility that would probably do a world of good: for gun manufacturers to include a DVD with the sale of their gun. A video of everything you ever wanted to know about general gun safety, use and maintenance of that particular weapon.
Such a 25 cent DVD could accomplish a world of good for both the gun users and the manufacturers. A wealth of information, with all sorts of mutual benefits. The gun maker would be able to put in advertisements for accessories specific to that gun and unrelated products. A description of applicable federal and State laws, which would be very useful to gun buyers, as these laws are confusing at best.
Every State has some gun restrictions, and of lot of them can be very strange. To know what they are ahead of time can avoid lots of grief.
Few guns out there are really maintained as well as they should be. Other things included in the video might be about online warranty registration, information about target ranges and gun organizations in the area, how to properly secure and safely store weapons and ammunition.
Such consumer knowledge also strongly benefits manufacturers, for when they sell a product, they want it to be used. If it is locked up and forgotten because the user never familiarized himself with it, its value is only as a future antique. If, however, the gun owner uses it, takes care of it, and is comfortable with it, not only is there a strong possibility of brand loyalty, but of the purchase of additional products, and sooner rather than later.
The consumer will also quite possibly interest his family and friends in that particular weapon, knowledgeably “selling” that particular kind to them.
Manufacturers can also build customer loyalty by offering online updates to the information available on the DVD, along with advertisements and useful information about where their guns can be purchased and maintained.