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To: fella

Don’t know.

If this is about crazies,we have some here.Strange how they straighten up when they know you carry or even own a weapon.


30 posted on 02/01/2011 2:29:03 PM PST by silentreignofheroes
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To: silentreignofheroes

Under long-standing English law, there has been the concept of “Persons of Virtue” (well, it used to be that way in Merry Olde England). As I recall, Malcolm and others (Holbrooke? sp?) have described this. There are clearly individuals who should not have the LEGAL ability to have a gun (felons, small children, insane people...). Of course, the main problem is that the criminals will not obey that any more than they would obey any other law.

How do you define “insane”? It should be fairly obvious, but when we have groups like AMA, the American Psychiatric Association etc coming close to categorizing those of us who own guns as somehow “not right in the head”, I’m not so sure any more.

In the end, I as a Florida CCW holder (I live in Miami) would rather be able to exercise my right to self defense. I have the utmost respect for most of our police, but it is still true that:

“When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”


52 posted on 02/01/2011 2:46:21 PM PST by Sigurdrifta
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