>Yep, and I see no reason to add guns to that list. Certainly, in an urban/suburban area, they offer no benefits, and we'd all be much better off if no one in these areas had them.
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>OK, fine....you taught your kids about the other dangers of life that they might encounter....but believing that a gun for protection in an urban/suburban area offers no benefits, is naive. Did you have discussions with your kids about guns?

You bet we did. My kids feel as strongly as we do that one of the best things we could do in this country is cut down the number of guns in private possession.

>Do you recall the incident in Manheim township back in May? That's one of many that occur in "peaceful" areas. A good shot to that teenager's shoulder might have saved at least one life.

No. But I do remember the kid who killed himself in Springfield Montco last year with his father's gun, that was locked up in the home.


>Sure, we'd all be better off if NO ONE had them....but that's not going to happen. I don't like owning a gun, but I prefer it over the alternative.

The only way we get to no one has them is for those of us who believe in that to act according to our consciences.

Tamar