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She said it like most of us think, we hope to NEVER have to use it. It really is a shame that these stories, that happen everyday, where a Law Abiding Citizen uses a weapon to stop a crime aren't reported by the Main Stream media. You would think they would want to have an honest discussion which includes all the facts. Think about it, there are 3 million of us with what the media calls "assault rifes", and yet, we don't go out robbing, raping, and killing. You only hear about this type of weapon when something REALLY bad happens. What about the old 90 year old man that just recently used one on 3 bums that broke into his house at 3:00 in the morning to rob and who knows what else to him. One of the 3 won't make it to trial, he's passed on.
When CNN's Piers Morgan goes on his anti-Second Amendment rants, he never acknowledges the drop in the overall U.S. violent crime rate. In the past ten years, more people than ever have received concealed carry permits and are arming themselves in their homes and on their property. As a result, rape, murder and assault are down. Responsible armed citizens stop violent crimes from happening everyday. The latest news comes from Wisconsin where an armed grandmother stopped the robbery of a grocery story and saved herself from a knife slashing in the process.
Robberies happen far too often,...
Some Liberals DO want to ban all guns & repeal the 2nd amendment, I guess. But I suspect that far more of us just do not accept that any & all attempts to reduce Gun Violence are assaults on the 2nd amendment. The tougher straw-purchase laws that the NRA fights here in PA, the massive GunShow loophole (that I think could be resolved technologically these days), these are measures supported by much of the NRA membership, and they are NOT an attempt to "take away all the guns".