That is well stated, Derek. But, England has been a modern democracy with most of the rights granted to their citizenry centuries also(well...they DO still have that pesky little Peer thing going on and maybe still have to a small degree a mindset of a "Class System") and they haven't had to keep handguns in order to fight off the some supposed "tyrannical" government.
And so my question is to all those who still believe that their collection of firearms are an "Insurance Policy" in this regard.....Are you so unsure of our abilities in this country to continue this experiment in self-rule, and the foundations of this exercise that those wise men laid down in the 1780s, that you feel your last gasp in CHANGING these foundations comes at the end of a gun, and not through these very civil and reason based guidelines, also known as the Constitution Of The United States Of America.
It seems to me that for a bunch a "Believers" out there, your "faith" in the FRAMERS is pretty shaky.
And, once again, THIS particular sub-issue of this very complicated issue of gun ownership in this country, is often brought up as a "cornerstone" and "the bottom line" in those who feel strongly about their guns.
Now...Crime, and the perception of deterent of it by gun owners, is a separate issue, and one in which violent crime to the degree that we here experience it is both assisted AND deterred because of the now proliferation of weaponry in our country, and the annual body count bears this out.
And THAT'S why I have a shotgun AND a handgun in my position...AT HOME.....as I said earlier, "....'cuz almost every other swingin' dick here NOW has at least one also"!
Cheers,
Dwight
