tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531348249471219806.post8287060555528702697..comments2023-08-28T07:41:29.198-07:00Comments on Ready, Set, meh.: Anti-Gun nuts take aimJake the Ripperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07895438661223191140noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531348249471219806.post-46304534394194018722011-05-20T07:49:42.770-07:002011-05-20T07:49:42.770-07:00The Constitution give the american people more fre...The Constitution give the american people more freedom and rights than any other nation. Why do we pay, with tax dollars, the salaries of elected officials who try to strip us of those rights?Derek Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531348249471219806.post-37650050620253465052011-05-19T23:59:33.150-07:002011-05-19T23:59:33.150-07:00It's like I said, If you make it a crime to ha...It's like I said, If you make it a crime to have guns, only criminals will have guns. That crazy kid will still get an assault weapon somewhere, and go on a spree... unless there are responsible people present who are ready and willing to stop them. And the police can't always be there in time. Maybe not everyone is as logical and even tempered as I am, but it's not the people who obtain guns through legal means and wear them openly who people need to fear. They're the ones people should hope to have nearby when the people they do need to fear show up.Jake the Ripperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895438661223191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531348249471219806.post-25931221038507596742011-05-19T21:09:46.037-07:002011-05-19T21:09:46.037-07:00so Lynda, what are you saying? I'm simply goin...so Lynda, what are you saying? I'm simply going to say to get over your fear of guns in general. It's called being a hoplophob.... I will happen to agree with you that the times (technology) was different but human nature still is, and will be the same. There is a right, not given by our government, but endowed by our creator (I call God by the way), that let's us use self-defense to preserve our own lives. Some may choose to use their fists, run away, call a police officer, use pepper spray, stun guns, and yes, firearms. <br /> <br /><br />Here's a quote from a famous guy during that "time the constitution was written"...<br /> "The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes....Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. Thomas Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776, quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in Chapter 40 of "On Crimes and Punishment", 1764. <br /><br />I personally like this one:<br />"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government" -- Thomas Jefferson, 1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334<br /><br /> I would also have to agree that you're right that words don't kill people. Well, guns don't kill people either. People kill people with not just guns, but knives, bats, poisons, cars, etc....I think it's safe to say it's already illegal to commit homocide. <br /><br />FUNKMANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2531348249471219806.post-9504616633562495162011-05-19T19:08:07.597-07:002011-05-19T19:08:07.597-07:00Words don't kill people. And not every person ...Words don't kill people. And not every person is as logical and even tempered as you are. And when the constitution was written times were very different. They didn't have automatic weapons that are only used to kill humans and that any crazy nut or kid can get their hands on and wipe out their school or shoppers in a mall.Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714796239749631266noreply@blogger.com