Heather Martens wrote, in part: > Mr. DeSua will feel safer, though he won’t be. As self-defense experts will > tell you, carrying a gun increases your chances of being shot with it. Eight > percent of the police officers who died last year were shot with their own > guns, we learned from testimony yesterday. But facts don’t enter into this > at all.
Mark Anderson responds: Your argument here seems to be that carrying a gun makes life more dangerous for the carrier, even police. So maybe police shouldn't carry either? I'd have more respect for police arguing against civilians carrying guns if they agreed that they shouldn't carry either. This is a Minneapolis issue because this is where most of the resistance to the "Shall issue" legislation is centered, and yet, ironically, this is where we need it the most. The police won't always be there, so we need to be able to protect ourselves. Mark Anderson Bancroft TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
