actually, that's true. New Mexico recently passed a concealed weapons law. We just had our first homicide by a permit holder and it was found to be justified. A deranged ex was stabbing his wife in a WalMart and another customer shot him to protect her. She lived, the ex didn't, and the shooter was detained, questioned and released.
Dana On 9/1/05, Matthew Blatchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with you G......only a small handful see this tragedy as an > opportunity to exploit what little they can get, which might very well be > more than what they started with before this took place. > > >One could argue that if there were no guns in the first place, you wouldn't > >need guns to shoot people with guns. > > One could argue it, but it doesn't make much difference now since it's > not going to fix what's already taking place. Gun laws are only stopping > legal gun owners anyway. The majority of criminals don't get guns legally, > so in a criminals mind the law doesn't matter much anyhow. They'll get the > guns on the street, or by stealing them, not by buying them at Wal-Mart. > Check out the stats on crime rates in states that allow carry and conceal > laws. They are much lower.... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171988 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
