Two further comments and then I'm going to abandon this thread. You can have the final word if need be.
1. I don't want to be the unexpected visitor who gets shot. I could go to the houses around here and bang on the door in the dark and no one would shoot me. They might not answer the door if they were afraid of me, but it is very unlikely that they would attack me in any manner. 2. Do you not think that one of the problems for law enforcement officers is the fact that they fear the folks that they are dealing with have guns? Shoot first and ask questions later. One way to stay alive when it is your job to go in and deal with something that might go bad. Cops are human too and no doubt afraid on more occasions than they care to admit. Randy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mitch Haley Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 3:08 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Supreme Court upholds gun rights R A Bennell wrote: > However, I am concerned about the less than responsible citizens who also have firearms and may well lack the > common sense required to make good decisions. In USA and UK, we call those people Certified Law Enforcement Officers. The really funny part about the boobies is that something like 45-50% of the people they shoot (all shootings, not just killings) are coppers, lots of 'friendly fire' and self inflicted wounds over there. The exchange student you mentioned was newsworthy, it's the only such death I can recall in the last ten years, and it was at least five years ago. The homeowner probably thought the Japanese guy was hispanic and then assumed a robbery would happen in the next few seconds. We've probably had 50,000-100,000 people killed by bathtubs in USA in the last ten years, so the rare death of an unexpected visitor is a drop in the bucket. In fact, the few hundred who are slaughtered by cops, or the few hundred who die on bicycles every year, are also a drop in the bucket. But that doesn't stop me from going on High Alert if there's an armed deputy on my property unless I invited him here. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
