>>>>>No matter what you are going to say, you can't tell me that guns improve security.
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>>>>I can for a fact tell you they do. I have seen, with my own eyes, an incident where having a firearm stopped a crime from happening. And, if I had been alert on another occasion, could have stopped one myself.
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>>>Again, You can't draw conclusions on incidents. Statistics is what we need.
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>>You asked me a direct question. I gave you a direct answer. If you are suggesting that personal beliefs should ONLY be founded on statistics - which we have demonstrated through this little back-and-forth can be twisted to suit any purpose - then we have a problem.
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>>>>Define for me please the "gun lobby". The NRA? I'm the NRA - a life member, in fact. I pay them to defend my rights as a gun owner.
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>>>and they pay political parties: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/guns/
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>>So what? I pay them to make sure that our legislatures do not erode my rights as a gun owner. Ah, but since they pay political parties that makes them evil, doesn't it?
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>>Try again, Walter. The NRA was founded to promote gun sports, gun safety, and gun rights. They are my voice on Capitol Hill, since I can't be there in person. I don't agree with everything they do, but for my money they've done a pretty good job. The 2nd Amendment is law in this country, remember?
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>So then, if I understand correctly, all the bozos (and non-bozos too) running around in the U.S. with guns constitute your idea of "A well regulated militia"?

Alan;

You better believe it! We have enough nuts with guns to scare away any potential invader. Why, what nation in their right mind would dare attack the United States? Woops! There are many countries out of their minds! :)

Tom