Comments for If A Man Loves A Woman, Should He Give Her A Gun? at http://ts-si.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://ts-si.org Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:37:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://ts-si.org/global-warning/3301-if-a-man-loves-a-woman-should-he-give-her-a-gun.html#comment-849 Being your ex-roommate we always were on the same side of the political fence. The Constitution and the writings of our founding fathers are very clear on this issue. Take care, good to see you again. - Sue Robins Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:37:25 +0100 http://ts-si.org/global-warning/3301-if-a-man-loves-a-woman-should-he-give-her-a-gun.html#comment-848 I spent part of my childhood on the farms of Iowa. By the time I was 8 I was a marksman with a BB gun and .22 long rifle, and could handle a 410 and 12 gauge shotgun. During my 20 year Naval career, I qualified on the M15, 12 gauge shotgun, and became a marksman with the Colt 1911A1 .45 pistol. I have fired the M60 .50 cal machine gun, grenade launcher, M16, and AK-47. I hit what I shoot at. I learned from an early age proper gun safety. I've never had to shoot anyone, but I had to make up my mind if I could, because I had to carry a .45 on watch and if I couldn't I had no business carrying it. Needless to say, I can, if I have too. I currently don't own a gun, but I'm lusting after a Kimber Desert Warrior 1911 .45ACP. Here in Florida, a law abiding Florida resident has the right to own and carry (a carry permit is fairly easy to get). It's one of the reasons most criminals choose to attack people from out of State, because they are pretty sure they aren't armed. If you had read any of the writings of the Founding Fathers, you would find out that the intention of the Second Amendment is the Federal Government will fear an armed citizenry; It was intended as a check on the powers of the Federal Government. That was the fears of many of the Founding Fathers; that the Federal Government would become too powerful and stop being a servant of the people. Guns don't kill, people do. If not with a guns, then with a knifes, scissors, bats, tire irons, rocks, logs, poisons, fists, hands,...almost anything. I've studied martial arts, and it really doesn't take much to kill or maim. I can kill someone with just my hands. It doesn't mean I will. It's easy to crush a windpipe, or break a knee, or an elbow. It's not that much more difficult to damage kidneys, or rupture a heart. I think I've made my point. The saying is true; when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will own guns. Washington D.C. has one of the most restrictive, or had, gun laws in the country, and you have a greater chance to be killed violently there than in Baghdad. Tabby - Tabatha Basco Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:44:27 +0100 http://ts-si.org/global-warning/3301-if-a-man-loves-a-woman-should-he-give-her-a-gun.html#comment-847 I was raised around guns (rifles) - Pamela Dunn Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:17:52 +0100 http://ts-si.org/global-warning/3301-if-a-man-loves-a-woman-should-he-give-her-a-gun.html#comment-845 This ruling the Supreme Court handed down smells rotten.... The Second Amendment applies to all Fifty States, the ruling appears to be centered on DC. What stinks about the ruling is it an affirmation of the conversion of a right into a privilege. Moving from The People's Republic of Kalifornia (California) to Texas was a relief, Texas has a Castle law anyone trespassing for the purposes of doing harm to life or property is subject to the use of deadly force. People carry guns in Texas I felt safe there, The Republic of Texas is a good Second Amendment state.... I could never live in DC it is worse then Kalifornia is when it comes to disarming the victim and leaving the victim open for civil action from the perpetrator. In Kalifornia you can defend yourself against someone who enters your house to take your property or do you harm but you will be subject to civil action by the man who tried to rape you when you put a bullet in his chest and now he is paralyzed from the waste down and must sit in a wheelchair and wear depends for the rest of his life. BANG!! More and More i feel like i am trapped in a really bad Twilight Zone episode. Make it Stop..... BANB! BANG! BANG!!! - Sue Robins Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:49:28 +0100