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I applaud the to the effort to make home gun sales more accessible . I make no secret... I hate guns, and would like to see them out of my community.
Since I can't expect that, I would propose that all gun owners in the city have to register their firearms with the city police department so that, in the event that they are burglarized, weapons can be traced to the criminals who would steal them to use them in the commission of a crime (which happens all the time).
Any second amendment nuts who think this is an infringement on their rights, well... you have a 19th century idea of what a civilized society is.
Rights come with responsibilities. Live with one, or give up the other.
the Second Amendment, etc. rightly belongs to the institution best qualified to address this issue: JPFO. Inc. at www.jpfo.org. Read "Dial 911 and Die" (1992) at this same site. Also, JPFO, Inc. "No Guns For Negroes", "No Guns For Jews", and "The 2nd Amendment Today" can likewise be viewed online at this site.
http://jpfo.org/filegen-n-z/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm http://jpfo.org/articles-assd02/open-letter-to-apa.htm
"Good people don't shot [sic] innocent bystanders, hoods to." Is this supposed to be some sort of conclusion or just a banal claim? By definition, anyone who shoots an innocent bystander is a murderer. Since everyone agrees on that, it hardly seems worth stating, and doesn't support anything you said.
I think that you would get a better response to your letter if it wasn’t so rude and hostile. By referring to those that disagree with you as “nuts”, you have effectively closed off any chance for dialogue. I have to wonder if that was your point. Furthermore, I don’t really think that calling people names is appropriate on Patch and I wish that this letter had not been published. We are all one community and should treat each other with respect even if we have different opinions on political issues.
I'm sure you're right: the chances that the government is going to pose a physical threat to me, a law-abiding citizen, is far greater than the likelihood I will by shot by some gun-toting citizen who has easy access to the vast world of armaments.
I'm not defending the original article, BTW (not particularly helpful in my view), but the responses are indeed predictable, regardless of whether they have anything to do with facts.
That way, when they come to confiscate our guns, they can come to confiscate your computers, too! Sound like a plan?
heres some self defense incidents oldest dated 2/26/12 from just one website, all police incidents and media reported so an claim of bias is insane. Keep & Bear Arms Review of KC3, Armed Citizen, American Rifleman, Guns Save lives and others show on average 80 incidents per month. Resident Shoots and Kills Armed Home Invader (TN) • Victim of attempted robbery shoots, kills suspect in Detroit, police say (MI) • Resident Shoots and Kills 2 Home Invaders (NC) • No charges filed in Ringgold shooting (AL) • Homeowner Shoots Machete Wielding Home Invader (TN) • Bakersfield police: Robber shot, killed in self-defense (CA) • Store Clerk Shoots Knife Wielding Robber (NC) • Police: Santa Barbara homeowner shoots intruder, suspect in custody (CA) • Renton homeowner fires shots at burglar, suspect at large (WA)
• Chief Monroe: home-invasion shooting “clearly a case of self-defense” (NC) • Homeowner Shoots Suspected Burglar as His Family Sleeps Nearby (OH) • Dallas, TX Homeowner Shoots 1 of 3 Teens Kicking In His Door In Broad Daylight (TX) • Detroit, MI Woman Shoots and Kills Armed Teenage Home Invader (MI) • Vidor shooting possible self-defense (TX) • Two Intruders Break In, Woman Finds Gun, Kills One (MO) • Redford woman claims self-defense in shooting (MI) • Sheriff: Leesburg man may have killed guest in self-defense (FL) • Officials: Shooter may have acted in self defense (MS) • NY Convenience Store Owner Chases Off Armed Robber With Pistol (NY) • Two Separate Instances Of Homeowners Using Guns For Self Defense in Pierce County, WA Last Night (WA) • Retired Police Officer in WA Shoots and Kills 1 of Multiple Daytime Burglars (WA) • Female Store Clerk in FL With Carry Permit Shoots and Kills Armed Robber (FL)
• Homeowner Shoots Late Night Home Intruder In The Hip (IN) • Couple Shoot and Kill Crazed Man Who Confronted Them in Their Bedroom (WA) • Elderly MO Couple Shoot, Kill Home Invader Who Violently Attacked Them (MO) • Slaying may have been self defense: 'This was over a girl' (IL) • Detroit senior kills break-in suspect: 'As long as I can fight back, I will' (MI) • Michigan Homeowner Fires Shotgun at Would be Thief (MI) • Neighbors: Drop charges against man, 80, in shooting of burglar (IL) • BSO: Man shot dead in Pompano Beach appears to be case of self-defense (FL) • Conceal Carry Permit Holder Stops Shooter at Church (SC) • Shooting of spouse deemed self-defense (MA) • Store owner shoots teen in self-defense, killing him (FL) • Retired cop turned security guard shoots and kills armed robber (MI) • Pawn Shop Customer With License to Carry Chases Off Would Be Robber (TX)
• Elderly NE Homeowner Fires a Warning Shot at Home Invader Who Is Then Captured By Police (NE) • Homeowner Shoots At, Scares Off 3 Burglars (MI) • Las Vegas, NV Homeowner Shoots and Kills Burglary Suspect (NV) • 78 Year Old Kentucky Man Shoots 1 of 2 Home Invaders with Antique Walther and Shotgun (KY) • Store clerk fires shot, scares off would-be robber (IL) • Montgomery County man kills alleged home invader (TX) • Police: Attempted Robbery Suspect Shot By Shop Owner (CA) • Robber killed, owner hurt in mini-mart heist (PA) • Homeowner Shoots Sword Wielding Home Invader (FL) • Police say witness shoots way out of encounter with suspects (FL) • Homeowner Shoots Intruder in His Home (NM) • Man shot, killed in St. Augustine (FL) • Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Lucky to be Alive Edition (PA) • Store Clerk Shoots and Wounds Would Be Robber Who is Then Captured (NC) • Homeowner in AZ Confronts and Shoots Daytime Burglar (AZ) • Check Cashing Business Owner Exchanges Fire With 2 Armed Robbers (CO) • Store Owner Fires Warning Shot at Armed Robber Scares Him Away (MN) • Father arrives home to hostage situation, is shot and still manages to return fire and stop his attacker (OH) • Citizen Shoots and Wounds 1 of 2 Burglars (TX) • Cleaning man fatally shoots burglar at Queens grocery store (NY) • Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Vance West (MO)
• Homeowner Exchanges Gunfire With Truck Thief Who is Shot, Captured (TX) • Rural IL Homeowner First 5 Shots At 2 Home Invaders (IL) • Homeowner Shoots and Kills Daytime Intruder (SC) • Defensive Gun Use of the Day: Parking Lot Edition (MI) • Video: SC Convenience Store Owner Shoots, Kills Career Criminal During Armed Robbery (SC) • Woman Shoots and Kills Home Invader (NC) • Off-duty deputy shoots two dogs for allegedly attacking turkeys (UT) • Homeowner Shoots Knife Wielding Burglar Several Times (AR) • Auto Store Owner Uses Taurus Judge Pistol To Scare Off Armed Robber (PA) • 71 Year Old PA Man Pistol Whips 29 Year Old Street Robber (PA) • Homeowner Shoots Intruder Who Was In His Bedroom at 3AM Demanding Money (UT) • Armed CO Doctor Helps Over 50 People Escape Deadly Hostage Situation (CO) • 7-11 Owner Shoots At, Fights Off 2 Armed Robber (PA) • Woman Shoots and Kills Home Invader (OK) • 15 Year Old GA Resident, Shoots and Kills 1 of 2 Home Invaders Using .22 Rifle (GA) • Man Holds Man Robbing Neighbor’s Home At Gunpoint Until Police Arrive (GA) • Homeowner Holds Burglary Suspect At Gunpoint Until Police Arrive (CO) • Video: AR 12 Year Boy Grabs Gun, Shoots, Stops Burglars At His Neighbors Home (AR) • Video: CO Check Cashing Clerk Shot 1 of 2 Robbers After They Maced Him (CO)
For ages man has been looking for that missing link that bridges the gap between primates at the Chimpanzee level and humans. I say we have found the missing link, and they are anti gun extremists. They have an opposable thumb, but like chimpanzees are incapable of controlling and handling their emotions, prone to fits of anger and fear. Needing to lash out and try to make sure everyone else is afraid of an imaginary boogey man just as they are. Actions that are easily recognizable in any film or biologists experience with a troop of chimpanzee's or lower order primates. Are you indeed that missing link Tim? Then again, just treated you in the same fashion as you treated people whom never did any wrong to you and if you dont like, suggest you get some real facts to back your opine as there is absolutely nothing that says or prevents free speech from blasting a stupid opinion posted in public like yours.
Since you are so convinced you are right paul, prove it and refute with actual government data the above appropriately referenced reports and let us know when you have that data as we will need to dress warm for hell freezing over. You want to know what bothers us paul, lame ass lies and people who repeat them in the forlorn hope the idiots believe them as facts as you are prone to do. How about you go talk to the BATF who refuses to prosecute more than 1% of the 930,000 felons stopped from buying from a licensed source since 1994? How about demanding the government actually do something about the 95% of felons who dont even buy from a licensed source to begin with? How about rescinding the Haynes vs US 390, 85 1968 Supreme court decision that makes 85% of all gun control laws not applicable to felons because of that little 5th amendment thingy.
Why is it that violence never reduces when law abiding gun owners are restricted? There is no right not to have a lame assed opinion blasted by facts and if you cant handle them, you really shouldnt be commenting in public. Yet understand this, once a Marine, always a Marine and we never quit so when you get the itch, do yourself a favor and base your irrelevant opinion on something more than emotional ka ka as we will be watching and responding.
Did you somehow manage to miss the subject and content of the letter? Do you see any other amendments mentioned? I know some have presented suggestions that bring to mind the 4th amendment. Would you like to discuss that instead? Why not just go ahead and state your opinion? "The volume of their comments is not statistically representative of anything." Has anyone made such a claim of statistical representation based on comment volume? I must have missed that one. "It would be nice to have a feature on patch where the geographical location based on IP address of the commenter was included." Why?
I'm wondering if Tim is still embarrassed and/or re-thinking his misfired (intentional pun) advertising strategy.
No one is debating your right to an opinion. Why would you assume such? Angry people should not own guns. Thank goodness we agree on that one!