[hoosierskypilot]

"Then the guns should be sold by the owners and they keep the money - after all, the guns are their private property."

No argument here. But, in CA, for example, there was a case where the local policemen took the guns and sold them for personal profit.

I don't think guns should be targeted any more than kitchen knives and baseball bats. After all, these can be used for nefarious purposes, also.

[Ohioan]

I don't think guns should be targeted any more than kitchen knives and baseball bats. After all, these can be used for nefarious purposes, also.

As can matches, rags, and any sort of container in which one could put gasolene or any other inflammable liquid.

Actually, George Washington repeatedly urged a well armed population--see The Right To Keep & Bear Arms. The BATF didn't get the message; but then we got to see how American the BATF were when they dropped onto a roof in Waco, dressed like masked thugs. And it was not for a Holloween party. But the idea of going out of your way to harass those who follow Washington's loving admonitions to his fellow countrymen, certainly demonstrates one of the modern low points in "public service."

William Flax