Sorry I haven't got time to check in here on a Daily Basis, Gents & Maam's...

I think Gun Ownership should be MANDATORY for the Law-Abiding Citizenry, along with Mandatory TRAINING in its Proper Useage..(Sorta like Driver Ed in HS...) (The Swiss have Universal Miliary Training to this day..AND..ya don't hear of any Schweitzers "Running Amok" & killin' off large groups of The Citizenry, now do you?)

What BETTER Deterrent to those bratty little Carjackers than swift and PERMANENT Justice-Rendered?

We waste TONS of Time and Taxpayers' Money TRYING to Be "Fair". Yet a Victim IS a Victim IS a Victim.

MOST of us already KNOW an "Exhibit A"... Here's Mine: My Producer Buddy, Gene Allen, got his Way-Back in the Branson Woods Home Invaded...2 Punk Kids. His fairly-new Pistol malfunctioned as they broke through his door. He ended up being pistol-whipped with his own pistol, terrorized for 3 hours, house looted & they even swiped a Grand Ole Opry ring off his finger Little Jimmy Dickens had given him years ago.

While I visited him, Gene slept sitting up in a chair WITH his lever-action Winchester Rifle...(And this was 2 months AFTER he'd been Victimized.) Gene's 73 years old, I'll add..the gashes on his face at least healed-quickly.

Now, IF his pistol HAD functioned Properly, no more Local Crime Wave, whatsoever. Case Closed.

Sadly-enough, even though Gene's pretty-sure it's the same 2 kids he fired for NOT mowing his lawn while he was away, BUT the Sheriff can't prove it (No evidence was ever found.)

Now, Big Jim..do you REALLY wanna take this guy's RIGHT to have a gun AWAY?

We don't ALL live in Big Cities.. And..even in Big Cities, the Police can't ALWAYS come Right Away when ya dial "9-1-1".

Bad Guys will ALWAYS have guns, somehow. But it's GREAT to read in the Paper the next morning that Grannie had a .38 and that Bad Boy AIN'T gonna grow up to be a Bad Man any-longer.

If criminals have "Nothing to Lose", why NOT be a Criminal?
Free Meals, roof-over-head, Learn New Tricks from your Cellmate.

But it's that seemingly Weak Victim-to-Be..the one with the Smith & Wesson tucked-away, ready to USE it..that makes a Creep Think Twice. They can spot a Cop a Mile Away...but Grannie with a Gun...What an Unpleasant Surprise, eh?

Yours for Keepin' That "Element of Surprise",
Stan