[45Auto]

Not only do we have the right to be armed, under the Constitution, we have a duty to be armed.

[.45MAN]

I couldn't agree more.....

[FourtySeven]

Righteous bump.

[aomagrat]

We do not live in a pleasant world. Those who are against firearms unjustly and unfairly believe that depriving people of legal firearms makes us safer. They are wrong!

BUMP!

[LurkedLongEnough]

Awesome. Thanks.

[stevio]

I agree with almost everything, except I think guns are cool.

[alley cat]

Allan Saxe is a UT-Arlington associate professor.

See? Not all academics are liberal pinheads.

[Blood of Tyrants]

But it is a duty that should not be forced on the unwilling. A lot of people give Cassius Clay (aka Mohammed Ali) grief over his decision to avoid the draft. But at least he stood up, didn't run away, and accepted the prison sentence for his actions. It is a lot more honorable than what many other draft dodgers did.

[Khepera]

And we don't have to have no stinkin' training to qualify either.

[Psycho_Bunny]

"I have always believed that humans are inherently violent creatures. That gives no comfort to those who hope for human progress and enlightenment. But because of the violent nature of man..."

No need to read any further; the author is a fool.

[MissAmericanPie]

I agree that fire arms ownership carries a responsibility that should call for harsh prison time if not met. Most people with guns are law abiding, responsible, and non-violent.

When Charles Whitman began his killing spree from that tower in Texas, it was armed citizens that kept him penned down until he could be delt with. At that time citizens were better armed than the local police and gave the police much needed aid in bringing the massacre to an end.

If one person had been armed in Luby's when that nut drove his pickup truck through the wall and began shooting, that tragedy would have ended very quickly with a minimum loss of life.

If pilots had been armed the Towers would still stand in NYC, the Pentagon would be damage free in DC and thousands of people would be going about their daily routines instead of laying in their graves, their families denied their presence and comfort.

If the government wants gun control, make crimes committed involving guns a term deserving life in prison. As for me I will not obey any law that infringes on the rights afforded me by the constitution. I am not the one that has stepped away from the law of the land, those that oppose the law, gun grabbers, and the politicans that support them have.

[99tango]

35 ¶ And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, Mt. 10.9, 10 · Mk. 6.8, 9 · Lk. 9.3 ; 10.4 lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

[scripter]

Bump.

[shekkian]

Just last night when I was in bed, I heard a noise that I was sure to be my imagination. But it didn't stop me from reaching for my gun that I keep in my bedstand drawer, just in case.

[Billthedrill]

I dislike hunting intensely and believe all firearms to be symbols of a violent society.

I'll pass on the obvious comment about meat originating in styrofoam plastic-wrapped supermarket containers... Here we have a truly classic problem. The author thinks of firearms in terms of symbology - they are not "symbols," but objects. What an object symbolizes is entirely up to the individual's point of view, and many liberals think this a complete description of reality. It isn't. There isn't a more perfect example of hard, cold reality than a .45 pointed your direction. You can close your eyes and pretend it'll go away or think of it in terms of fuzzy bunnies or any other symbology you want to put onto it, and it remains a .45 pointed your direction. I think the author is beginning, but only beginning, to realize this.

[in the Arena]

bang !

[vannrox]

The incident with the car reminded me of a story involving my wife. In 1994 when we lived in Hattiesburg MISS, she was driving alone late at night. When she started to be followed. No one was around. He pulled along side her and motioned for her to pull over. He kept it up. Finally she pulled into a gas station. Unfortunately the station was isolated and closed.

She kept the car running and with the windows up she screamed at him. What do you want. He just sat there grinning, but didn't do anything. Then he started to get out of his car.

At that time my wife pulled out her LADY SMITH and pointed it straight at him yelling hysterically. He put his one hand up and the other he kept around his back. But he took some steps backwards. She took off and she was not followed.

When she called the Police they told us that there were a number of calls about this guy. They never found him. But in the next two months three women ended up missing. This is a true story.

[turk99]

Damn right!

[CWRWinger]

I have always believed that humans are inherently violent creatures. That gives no comfort to those who hope for human progress and enlightenment. But because of the violent nature of man, we must deter violence by armed means.

Very rare to see the truth in print like this. I agree with this 100%.

[wcbtinman]

My only problem with this article is that the author seems to want to limit carry to licensed, trained people.(Although he does mention this as a "right".) While I think training is always preferable and desirable, I don't agree with the concept of "licensing" or "permitting" a right under the Constitution.

[timestax]

OH yeah!!bump