I think the important point to remember in this story is that "arms" in anyone's hands are dangerous.
The gun is no safer in the vigil anti's hands than it is in the hands of the criminal. In either hands, it is capable of the same destruction. I wouldn't feel any safer in Minneapolis with some looney "cop wanna be" (and I have met many of them in my line of work) walking the street bearing arms under the guise of protecting the neighborhood than I would with a gangbanger packin' a piece. I have to admit that I've employed some pretty creative strategies to target crackhouses and crackheads in my time, but, none of them ever involved the use of a weapon. I remember the one thing I was the most grateful for after our burglary was the fact that neither the burglar nor my husband had a gun. The outcome would most likely have been a whole lot different if there had been a weapon involved. Barb Lickness Whittier ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
