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A Nation Arms Itself -- For What?

erick24 Wrote: Apr 03, 2012 9:19 AM
Congratulations.You make a valid point. Just carrying a gun without proper training, mentally and physically can be disasterous. However, all of us are not physically intimidating. And even YOU may lose to multiple/armed assailents. Note to all: please remember gunpowder and alcohol do not mix. See : frontsite.org

With the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer who was legally carrying a 9-millimeter handgun, the familiar wail has arisen from our cultural and media elite:

America has too many guns!

“Open carry” and “concealed carry” laws should be repealed.

Florida’s “Stand-your-ground” law, replicated in two dozen states, threatens to turn America into the Tombstone of Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. This is insane!

The United Nations agrees. This year, the world body takes up the global control of firearms, including small arms in the hands of citizens.

According to Sen. Rand Paul, the U.N. “Small Arms...

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