I haven't heard a better idea coming from the 0Bama admin. which is not surprising. If you're going to need to be prepared for a gun fight, it may make sense to be armed with adequate firepower. Wouldn't it? I don't see any alternative.

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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.--Ben Franklin

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Some people have no issue with trampling your liberties in an effort to preserve their own.... even if their liberties are already infringing on others.

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1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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This is a misleading statement (if not intentionally so).

How does one infringe on the others?

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Putting kids daily into an environment where armed guards are necessary tells them (and ourselves) that we have given up trying to build a better and kinder world for them.

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It does no such thing. It eases their minds and frees them to study.

Taking rights that affect them is admitting defeat and weakening their positions later in life.

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They said the same about security guards...yet, nearly every HS across the nation has them.

They said the same about metal detectors...yet how many schools have them installed across the nation?

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Going for a statement that either side of the discussion would feel at home using...

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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If you look back, I have not advocated taking away rights. I'd like to see citizens retain their rights and gun owners become more responsible with their cache. In this case, locking the guns up could have thwarted the killings. If everybody locks up their guns, there will be far fewer accidents, period.

That wouldn't have prevented Columbine though. An armed guard on the premises didn't stop it either.

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Mmmm, is that not what I'm saying all along.

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Break ins and murdered home owners aside.

The utopian solution you propose leaves out the criminal equation. With that nothing changes but the rights of the law abiding people.

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So you're saying I am being duped by gun-sellers?

Really?

Because of this latest attack on my rights I I'll probably rejoin the NRA. I haven't been a member in over 30 years. An attack on my rights is an attack on me and I will join with other like-minded people as an act of self-preservation.

Signed,
A. Pawn

I mean keep them locked up unless you are in possession and control.

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

In my house weapons are in my possession and control whether I am present or not. See, my assumption is that my home is inviolate. A person present without my permission is a criminal and it is not my responsibility to protect him.

In fact, the opposite.

Well if you gun gets stolen out of you house and is used to murder someone I would like to see you in jail for a very very long time.

I do not understand the issue with locking up guns when they are not in use and no one is present.

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- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
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