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Guns and Grammar
in response to reader comment: Police are there to protect us, and so are gun laws

Submitted by Gerald Munson, Mar 20, 2008 12:43

Ruth Cavanaugh you live in a make believe world! Remember when seconds count the police are just minutes away! So Ruth, if someone breaks into your home by all means call the police. When they arrive they will be taking pictures of your dead body because a criminal is going to do his business as quick as possible. You are sorely underestimating the mind of a predator. I read that there were twenty two children last year ages ten and under who were accidentally killed from gun use. There were also seven times that many children who drowned in bathtubs. Do we outlaw bathtubs? That I'm sure isn't going to happen! Remember if guns were totally outlawed all of your, (our) other freedoms would be hanging from a thread! Please do your homework and try to be less emotional. Guns don't kill! Along with bathtubs we should outlaw liquor, cigarettes, automobiles, aircraft or anything that could kill you. One last point. Since the Supreme Court is discussing the D.C. handgun ban it is interesting that there are no shortage of handguns with the big demand for them, making a very lucrative business for anyone dealing in illegal guns. Prohibition didn't work and neither will unresonable gun control!

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Jay Wallace

Mar 13, 2007 22:28

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Frank in FL

Mar 13, 2007 12:29

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Lee McGee

Mar 13, 2007 10:17

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Michael Kotch

Mar 12, 2007 21:03

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Michael Kotch

Mar 12, 2007 20:43

To all the gun people out there, perhaps my reasoned comment was not emphatic enough. It had no misspelled words,... [MORE]

Ruth Cavanaugh

Mar 14, 2007 10:11

The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution was written with reference to a sparsely populated, loosely connected 13 states and several... [MORE]

Ruth Cavanaugh

Mar 12, 2007 09:59

Ruth, the police have no duty to protect you or any other individual. This is a matter of settled law,... [MORE]

Frank in FL

Mar 13, 2007 12:37

Ruth. The Right for an individual to protect them selves is just as important 200 years ago as it is... [MORE]

Steve laub

Mar 13, 2007 21:51

The police are there to see that the law is obeyed. If a man has a gun he shouldn't have,... [MORE]

Ruth Cavanaugh

Mar 14, 2007 13:55

Ruth Cavanaugh you live in a make believe world! Remember when seconds count the police are just minutes away! So...

Gerald Munson

Mar 20, 2008 12:43

Thank you for providing a straightforward description of the decision. Let us now move on to the probable full court... [MORE]

Andrew Barr

Mar 12, 2007 08:10

Since there is always a risk that the high court will ignore the plain meaning of the 2nd Amendment and... [MORE]

Donald Palke

Mar 12, 2007 11:22

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