NPR interviewed some people in DC and I just had to shake my head in disbelief. The logic was essentially, 'handguns are illegal, criminals still have guns, if handguns are legal, then non-criminals can get guns...therefore overturning the handgun ban is a really bad thing.'
Of course logic of the street (per Katrina) also says that if the rescue helicopters are not rescuing *you*, it's okay to shoot at the rescue helicopters. "The problem is how, in practice, gun "control" really works. Liberals have always mocked the "If guns are illegal, only criminals will own guns." slogan of the NRA, but that is exactly what happens. Reasonable restrictions are fine, but people need to be able to defend themselves. Look at Mexico. Guns are illegal in Mexico, and yet they have incredible problems with gun violence and kidnapping. Hell, look at DC. The SC recognized the problem, which is why they struck down the DC handgun ban." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:263140 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
