03-03-2004, 12:07 AM
If I have to shoot somebody (and I have but we wont talk about that) I do not try to kill. I am a good responsible gun owner. I have deadly accurate aim. I have a well developed sense of morals. I am a pacifist who dislikes violence. I am a model gun owning citizen. If I should have to shoot you, I will shoot you in the leg or the arm and make sure you live, performing first aid if need be, and lecturing you sternly the whole time explaining in small simple words on why you shouldn't be acting like a jackass and putting other people at risk and why crime does not pay. Believe me, the lecturing would be far worse then me depositing a chunk of lead in you. If I blew a leg off, being the kind and good citizen I am, I would even offer to buy an artificial replacement. Make no mistake, I am a nice guy. But that will not change the fact, if given the chance, I can and will engage, and have no problem plugging somebody.
America does need some better gun control laws, there is no doubt about that. But taking guns out of the hands of citizens would be a HUGE mistake. If only criminals have guns, then the average citizen becomes nothing more then a target. People will get guns. Bad people will do anything to get guns. Good kindly citizens, like the random passerby with the .357 or eccentric nutcases like my self, are the sort of counter measure that this country needs. Check your local laws, citizens in many cases have rights and abilities that have actually been stripped away from law enforcement, allowing us to be the deciding factor. Don't go running around in a mask and cape though looking for trouble. But if it comes to you, you might have the power to end it.
Mayhap there should be an "adopt an officer" sort of thing, where folks can adopt an officer like they do a section of highway. Help pay for weapons and armor. Sort of like how a group of churches would sponsor a knight way back long ago.
America does need some better gun control laws, there is no doubt about that. But taking guns out of the hands of citizens would be a HUGE mistake. If only criminals have guns, then the average citizen becomes nothing more then a target. People will get guns. Bad people will do anything to get guns. Good kindly citizens, like the random passerby with the .357 or eccentric nutcases like my self, are the sort of counter measure that this country needs. Check your local laws, citizens in many cases have rights and abilities that have actually been stripped away from law enforcement, allowing us to be the deciding factor. Don't go running around in a mask and cape though looking for trouble. But if it comes to you, you might have the power to end it.
Mayhap there should be an "adopt an officer" sort of thing, where folks can adopt an officer like they do a section of highway. Help pay for weapons and armor. Sort of like how a group of churches would sponsor a knight way back long ago.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."