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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Oh, BOY! "there was an armed COP at Columbine, and he didn't even HIT the two kids who did that awful deed. That's right: he had a gun, he didn't have a trigger lock, and FAT LOT OF GOOD HE DID." He wasn't IN the school, either. Lot of good you can do shooting through six inces of brick and concrete... "I suppose you'd've liked it if every kid at Columbine had been armed. I can see the hallways now, with kids shooting each other trying to hit the two badguys. Sheeeesh." No, but an inside security guard might have been able to handle it... but like I said, he WASN'T inside. "I know! Maybe the teachers should have guns too! You know what, maybe we should arm all house pets too, would you like that?" Re: teachers: it's illegal for civilians to carry weapons onto school grounds. The teachers know that, even those who own guns AND have carry permits, like my father. Too bad the kids' parents didn't teach them that. "Omega, hundreds of children are killed every year because of handguns. It's sad. It's also sad you think that the death of a child is a worthy sacrifice for people to carry a killing machine with them." Hundreds? where up your tuckus did you pull THAT one from? Or are you, like HCI, including juvenile gang members and all persons, whether homicides or suicides, under the age of 22? "One day, you'll realize this for yourself. I used to think everyone should be allowed to carry a gun, too." You were wrong. Not everyone should. Only responsible people with no criminal record and a desire or need to defend themselves against bad people. "You wanna know what happened? I grew up. Hey, maybe its just that I'm blessed to live in an area where I'm not in danger. Keep in mind: I live in Towson, MD, just north of BALTIMORE, and near Washington, DC. Keep in mind, D.C. used to be known as the murder capital of the world," It still is, despite the fact that it's completely illegal to possess a gun within the city limits. "and Baltimore has the 3rd highest murder rate in the U.S.!" Likewise. "So what does that mean? I'm probably in more danger than you are, living where I am, but I don't feel the need to carry a gun. Why is that, I wonder? I don't have a death wish. Maybe it just means that carrying a gun isn't an answer." Or perhaps you just haven't been robbed, beaten, mugged, threatened, etc. "If you depend on a gun to "protect" yourself, how can you have a life?" Ask a cop, soldier, security guard, how they can have a life, and they'll probably laugh in your face. What's the diff? What do YOU use as protection, your inherent trust in the goodwill of people? "Do you look over your shoulder every five minutes expecting to see someone with an AK-47 aiming it at you? Oh, I know, Little Jimmy wants to pick your pocket. Go on, shoot him." Why, should I? And you know, guns are used far more often (on the order of 2,000,000 times a year according the the FBI's Uniform Crime Report) as a DETERRENT, without actually having to be fired. Hypothetical situation, Omega: You're licensed to carry a gun, and you're coming out of a supermarket. You walk to your car, and someone surprised you, aiming a gun at you. "GIVE ME YOUR MONEY!" he demands. Are we assuming I'm carrying at the time? In that case it's easy. Toss him my wallet (since I don't carry much there anyway, but have a secret pocket). As he turns to go, draw and fire. Retrieve wallet, go home. Pick up medal later. Well, that's what SHOULD be legal. Probably, though, you'd be charged with some kind of manslaughter homicide, under a stupid pity-the-poor-criminal law, so the next thing you should do would be pick up the other guy's gun in a covered or gloved hand and fire a shot or two in the direction in which you were standing a moment ago. Then plead self-defense. Everybody wins. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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