[NRx]

Well worth reading in its entirety.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Has the NYT snapped or something? Guns cause global warming.

[rktman]

Kinds worrisome when it starts out by grabbing a rifle in one hand and some ammo in the other. Thinkin’ tryin’ to load up in a crisis situation might be a problem. Especially with those long rifle bullets. If was bigger than a .22. But, yeah, in the nyt? WTH?

[Travis McGee]

[Bodega]

I loved this post. What a wise mother and, now, wise daughter.

My dad was an NRA instructor in the 50’s. He taught all us kids how to shoot rifles. He repaired and, I understand now, made some, too. We treated our guns almost reverentially though they were never left to be “easily picked up in every room of the house”.

I have retained that reverence. They are beautiful, as beautiful as pieces of sculpture can be. The care with which they are milled and put together is amazing. And a good gun with small kick and very accurate is a godsend to smaller and weaker than men women.

I have a concealed carry permit and have been shooting for years. My only real fear about guns is not that trained people will shoot them, but that untrained emotionally immature people will use them irresponsibly.

I do not think emotionally damaged people whether by genetics or by actions of man should be allowed to buy guns. And I do not think there is a test, per se, that will necessarily identify them. But I do think tests can give a hint but then talking with that person and getting written affidavits from friends and families might help to identify them. After that, I truly think it might be a crap shoot.

I do know that people who are familiar with guns and the people who shoot them have a good eye for people who shouldn’t have them. Maybe people who sell guns have that eye if they are also competative shooters. It might be worth investigating.

[Blue Jays]

Seems to be a lengthy amount of dialogue between the indignant homeowner, the child in the room, and the man retreating down the ladder.

[moovova]

“Our side insists that people are the problem, not guns, and to make good on that we need to come to the table with ideas on how to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous individuals...But it is a middle ground for gun-rights supporters and gun-control activists to meet.”

If the author REALLY thinks there’s a table out there that both sides will sit down at and come to some “common sense” solution...I’d like to direct her to that bridge just up the road in Brooklyn. It’s for sale.

[mulligan]

Have said this before - if you love kids you love guns - if you hate kids you hate guns. Anyone thinking or believing otherwise is bit unbalanced.

[Lazamataz]

I gotta give the NYT rare credit.

This is the second pro-gun article I’ve read coming out of their paper.

[MosesKnows]

I do not carry a pistol so I can impose my will on someone else. I carry a pistol so someone else cannot impose their will on me. Lynn Givens