See, I'm somewhat in the other camp. I do own guns. Always have, probably always will.
But, for the most part, my guns are not meant for "personal protection". I'd probably use a bat or frying pan before I could get to my guns. And have you ever tried to _find_ your powder horn fast, let alone load and prime? It isn't all that easy, and just about impossible in the dark. On 3/14/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230210 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
