I agree with Nick, actually... I don't have any guns but I have lived in places where I could see the point. In Real County Texas (population 237 in 500 square miles or something equally silly) there is one and a half sheriffs for the entire county. Calling 911 may get you help, but not all that quickly. In Tecolote New Mexico, coyotes and bears are a very real possibility. So are strange people wandering up off I-25. See previous comments about Real County -- San Miguel County New Mexico is somewhat more populous but most of them are in the actual town at any given time, which is NOT Tecolote (pop perhaps 150...)
I've given some thought to this though, and my opinion is that local government should be able to regulate this if they see fit -- in DC the problem is not coyotes, at least not the four-legged kind ;) I might want to keep a gun in case Armegeddon or Hurricane Katrina happens, but didn't guns in New Orleans do more harm than good? THIS part Nick may not agree with. Apart from the philosophical questions, this does seem to trash home rule... Dana >Not in some places it isn't ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
