[archy]

Natanel is a Buddhist and self-avowed "spiritual person," a 53-year-old divorcee who lives alone in a liberal-leaning suburb near Boston. She's a tai chi instructor who invokes the benefits of meditation. And at least twice a month, she takes her German-made Walther PK380 to a shooting range and blazes away.

And the point is?

"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun."

-- The Dalai Lama, at the "Educating Heart Summit" in Portland, Oregon, May 15, 2001.

[Kenton]

Americans who have acquired handguns for protection are living with "serious delusions," says Caroline Brewer, a spokeswoman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. She contends that few are trained rigorously enough to deploy their weapons in the shock and heat of an attack, that they'll shoot innocent bystanders, and that more times than not their firearms will be turned against them.

Yeah, they've been trying to make that argument for years. I think they've lost that one.