Posted on 10/14/2001 2:35:05 PM PDT by FSPress
Modified from a previous message. They keep getting worse.
Further, people who are looking for protection and solace during this time would be better served to visit a grief counselor, priest, or rabbi, than to buy a gun.
Sure. The grief counselor HAS a gun, and can protect you.
Everyone agrees that airline security has been lax over the years, yet we did nothing about it. But our gun laws are also lax, and we need to be aggressive in strengthening them for the sake of our future security.
My dog is a Schnauzer, therefore the boiling point of water is twelve degrees.
ROTFLBMO!! What is that, post hoc ergo propter hoc? Did I remember that right from logic in H.S. English?
Unfortunatly, we've dumbed the masses down to the point where all too many believe this "logic".
On 9-11, 'the government' stopped exactly zero deaths...while private citizens, once they had collected enough intelligence to know the highjacker's likely intentions with the aircraft, armed themselves with anything at hand, and gave their lives to save thousands of their fellow citizens on the ground in Washington, D.C. They probably prevented the destruction of the White House or the U.S. Capitol, as well.
Open the armories, distribute automatic weapons (with ammo) to every American who is of age. Over the long haul, 'homeland security' will not be a problem worth worrying about again, thank you very much.
By the way, that was exactly the intent of the Founders. They believed that every adult male should possess an up to date military rifle, with ammunition, and know how to use it.
If their IQ was one point lower, they wouldn't be able to keep their hearts beating.
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