On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Fred Holmes<[email protected]> wrote: > The potential for a citizen to shoot back is a _very big deterrent_. Crime > rates go down.
A woman I know who lives in Florida thought that a fellow who was visiting her at her home was becoming aggressive. She grabbed her gun, given to her by her husband, and aimed it at the guy. He quickly wrestled it away from her, and had he actually had evil intentions, he could have killed her right on the spot with her own gun. As it was, he called the police and now she is charged with a crime. She admits that all she really had to do was call 911, but her husband had told her to grab that gun if she ever felt the need. Suppose that gun had accidently gone off as she was aiming it? On another note, Texas has pretty wide open gun laws, and there is a hell of a lot of shooting of people that goes on down there. Guns are everywhere. However, that huge gun presence has not seemed to have deterred much of anything in that state. The murder rate is through the roof and people are shooting each other for the slightest of provocations. A lot of guns doesn't seem to have done much there except wreak havoc. Maybe a computers for guns trade-in program would work wonders there to teach people that there are more civilized ways to settle issues. Smack 'em with a laptop instead!! Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
