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ABC's 20/20 Take on Gun Control...
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"If someone gets into your house, which would you rather have, a handgun or a telephone? You can call the police if you want, and they'll get there, and they'll take a picture of your dead body."
I heard this story replayed today on the ABC Radio weekend show "Perspectives". I like Tom Palmer's quote:
"If someone gets into your house, which would you rather have, a handgun or a telephone? You can call the police if you want, and they'll get there, and they'll take a picture of your dead body."
on numerous occasions i've actually been told by some of people i used to know that they prefer the latter. go figure, i guess it's just plain Darwinism.
.......Personally, I would RATHER have every one of MY neighbors armed to the teeth and Packin' heat. Why? Because these are the Law-Abiding Citizens and it makes sleeping a lot easier.
+1 Wagon Wheel. There are 16 houses on my street, I know all the people except the last one who isn't finished building yet. The other 15, including mine, are armed. They are all good, law abiding citizens. Give me South GA over NYC or DC any day. We may be viewed as rednecks.......so what?
The nearest house to mine is @100 yds or so through the woods, far to close for my taste but I can't change that. He's armed. Can't say the same for the newest folks in the new sub-division that went up to the east on the other side of the creek bottom. It's a mixture to the south on the other side of the creek/swamp. I'm sure they know this side is armed though. For good or bad, as misunderstood as the label is, Redneck has more than one meaning. I can't say I EVER met an unarmed, anti-gun Redneck!!!
My second marriage was to a city girl. She said there were never any firearms in their house. She and two young teen daughters viewed me as sort of a nut UNTIL: late one night we were headed home from Atlanta. After we turned onto I-16 at Macon we hit a dead zone for cell service. The serpentine belt on my Jeel broke and there went the water pump. Immediate overheat. White hanky on the antenna, nobody would stop. Kept trying 911, no success. Finally a drunk stopped and backed up to the Jeep. His license plate was turned down- you figure his motives. He pulled a chain out and started to attach it to the front frame horn, saying he was going to pull us to the next exit which at the time had no service station. When my Glock 17 became visible he said "reckon you don't need any help after all" got his chain and took off. After an hour a trooper finally came along and called a wrecker.
My wife and girls all have handguns now, they tell their friends that they never have a problem losing a signal,
Speaking of girls, I just posted a help for advice on the youngest girl, now 25, living in VA with her handgun, but working in DC = no gun allowed. Any advise would be appreciated. She feels safe in VA but afraid to risk felony by carrying weapon in her car in DC.
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Whompuss.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html
This directive is mostly classified, but allows the president to take over all levels of government (federal, state, local, and tribal) and even private entities that he/she deems useful during a catastrophic disaster. In such a scenario, the president would effectively have dictatorial power.
There was a fellow on Michael Savage last week that discussed a supposed component of this policy that has to do with the construction of concentration camps within the United States during such a catastrophe.
-WoundedWolf