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- I apologize for not stating the following earlier. I do not know where Mr. Paul Helmke gets his information at, but maybe he should look at the crime rate statistics of Kennesaw, Georgia. Where they have an ordinance requiring heads of households (with certain exceptions) to keep at least one firearm in their homes. Yet there have been only three murders: two with knives (1984 and 1987) and one with a firearm (1997). After the law went into effect in 1982, crime against persons plummeted 74 percent compared to 1981, and fell another 45 percent in 1983 compared to 1982. And it has stayed impressively low. One would think that a city that requires gun ownership would be the center of a media feeding frenzy. It isn't. The fact is one can't remember a major media outlet even mentioning Kennesaw. has anyone? The reason is clear and common sense. Kennesaw proves that the presence of firearms actually improves safety and security.
With the proper training one would be able to handle one and - Reply to this comment
- Just a few words for thought-
"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free" Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
and one by one of the Founding Fathers themself..
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" -Benjamin Franklin
and last but not least..
"Those who beat their guns into plows will plow for those who haven't"... unknown. - Reply to this comment
- Don't bother me with arguments about gun control. I live in a rural state where even counties with populations greater than 30,000 have no more than four or five shieriff's deputies on duty at a time. One county that is 50 miles long from north to south has a grand total of five deputies - no more than two on duty at any one time. Think they'll arrive in time to help you? Not exactly like living in a big city in the northeast where police cars go by every few minutes, is it? Two years ago, two burglars broke into my house in the middle of the night while I was home alone. I actually saw one of the guys walk into my bedroom. Fortunately, he did not see me and I got out of the house unseen by him. When the police finally did arrive, every single officer told me I should have shot the guy. That will happen next time. Gun control advocates, if a situation like this happens to you, see if you can maintain your argument that guns shouldn't be available for protection.
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- One more thought -
Hitler, Stalin, Mao
Mass Murders Agree - Gun Control Works! - Reply to this comment
- For the Democracy issue, this country is NOT a "Democracy" as they call it. Democracy is nothing more than "Mob Rule". This country is what is called a Constitutionally-Limited Republic, (another subject that most have been hoodwinked into believing that it is a so-called
Democracy). Even though, a majority may not exist, it IS still their right to speak out- their right to redress their grivances.
It does NOT matter what kind of gun/weapons laws are in effect, because a criminal is going to get a side-arm/weapon whether anyone likes it or not, that IS why they are called a CRIMINAL-which should not be so hard to understand, that is just something there called common sense.
In closing, Gun-Control kills. One example, Virginia Tech. Had they been allowed to carry sidearms, those many deaths could have been prevented. - Reply to this comment
- This here I can only do in a number of postings, so please be patient with me, In some areas, I agree with Greg, and some may differ. For starters, The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is exactly what it is, A God-Given RIGHT and NOT a law!!! and what the founding fathers intended to begin with. After all that is why they call it the Bill of Rights. 232 years ago yesterday, is when the first battles of the American Revolution (Lexington and Concord)started due to the confinscation of arms and supplies. As for the Politcal Rhetoric that swarms around and surrounds this issue, the politics is mostly what is called a political paradigm with the 2 sides (both repulicrat and demoblican) fighting each other just for show. Because if one looks at their voting records and compares them, they are almost identical(even though there are very few such as Rep. Ron Paul - who hardly ever gets any press at all- that votes against such driconian legislation that currently tries to get rid of that right).
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- I respect your right to your opinion.
I don%u2019t agree with you at all.
The right to bear arms is not some fuzzy interpretation of the Constitution like abortion or the separation of church and state.
It is the second amendment of the Constitution!
It is the law.
Like it or not, it%u2019s the law until it%u2019s changed.
Please don%u2019t waste the patience of the people who uphold this law.
A) If you don%u2019t like it, work within this great democracy to gather a majority of people that want the law changed.
B) If a majority doesn%u2019t exist, you have the right to remain silent.
C) You have the right to leave this country and live anywhere you choose.
Please select one of the above options and act quickly.
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- Katie,
Another nice interview. Keep them coming. Good observation: politicians on both sides of the aisle see this as a hot potato before an election.
I believe I cannot say it better than I already have:
Law enforcement is hopelessly outgunned in this country, both by criminals and terrorists. Assault weapons and automatic pistols have no place in the hands of civilians.
If you are a hunter, hunt. If you are a sport shooter, shoot with sports-type firearms.
But these weapons are weapons of war, and our streets are full of them. All, gang members, lunatics and grandmothers can purchase them. Openly and on the black market.
And it will take more than background checks to get rid of them now. If you ban them, are you willing to support law enforcement's fight, a real War against the McVeigh-like Americans who have them stockpiled already?
The only people who should legally be able to possess and carry these assault-type weapons should be law enforcement and military personnel.
Have a great day commenting on this one, guys & gals who think it is every American's right to contribute to anarchy in this country by obtaining high-tech weapons of war (remember, this nation's forefathers and their contemporaries had muzzle-loaders and shotguns!).
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- Only people who are willing to casterate America for the since of false security will push for gun control. Teaching respect of one another is a more powerful control. Kate has no respect of others rights. Guns don't kill, people kill.When Kate and other Liberials teach respect by showing it while reporting the news then that will change everyone else. Right now you talk like you have two faces .One of concern and one of vindictive punishment. Your opinion is worthless until you respect your self and others.
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