[Apollo 13]

First: I am not a troll. You will notice that if you take the trouble to read all my other posts. Second: I stand corrected. But my statement is not an example of liberal thinking, not by far. It is, however, an example of not knowing the details of a situation. I should have informed myself better before writing what I wrote. All of which leaves untouched the fact that the American and European perspective on bearing arms differ hugely. I support the European view; and that is my good right as a citizen in the free part of the world and has nothing to do with liberalism or socialism per se. I hope I could clarify a couple of things here.

[Dutchgirl]

Retired Marine `used his training'

Free republic has many threads where law abiding gun owners act in self defense. They have much happier endings than this Greyhound bus one.

I can't find it now, but one of my favorites happened in Spain, when a tour bus was attacked by bandits, apparently a common practice in Europe. The robbers thought they were preying on a bunch of defenseless elderly Americans- until a retired officer pulled out his service revolver. Now the bandits are taking the proverbial dirt siesta.