tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post7911030402797568815..comments2023-06-16T09:13:46.330-05:00Comments on gabbygeezer: Sandy, Get My Gun!Dick Kladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-62150926323373463222014-06-24T09:43:48.425-05:002014-06-24T09:43:48.425-05:00As a 'Brit' living in a country which is a...As a 'Brit' living in a country which is a "gun free zone" (Well, Almost), I can only say .. Un-bloody-believable !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-28922696842677301502014-06-23T11:32:44.584-05:002014-06-23T11:32:44.584-05:00I've ranted on this subject 'til I'm b...I've ranted on this subject 'til I'm blue in the face. All the laws are written to allow gun carriers almost unlimited freedom. None are written with an eye to keeping the rest of us free and safe from those guns, free of the anxiety of not knowing whether that gun is being carried by a good guy or a bad guy. I can't imagine anything much more unnerving than walking into a local supermarket or theater or mall and seeing some guy walking around with a gun on his hip or rifle on his shoulder -- and no uniform of any kind. Those gun owners love to talk about how responsible they are, while deliberately, knowingly, and unnecessarily causing anxiety to the rest of us -- and then they blame us for feeling that way. That's not responsible behavior.<br /><br />The Founding Fathers, wise as they were, were not prescient enough to include in the Bill of Rights the right to be free of guns. They did not codify the non-gun owner's rights as they did the gun owner's rights. And now we're paying for it.PiedTypehttp://piedtype.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-47717534112277944302014-06-22T13:37:03.962-05:002014-06-22T13:37:03.962-05:00Dianne . . . I have no problems at all about respo...Dianne . . . I have no problems at all about responsible people using appropriate guns for hunting, target shooting, and special situations such as your son-in-law's business. Beyond that, our firearm controls are terribly inadequate and relaxing them rather than strengthening them, which is what is happening in most places, is absolutely ridiculous. Dick Kladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-69345811236298656142014-06-22T13:26:48.102-05:002014-06-22T13:26:48.102-05:00I just got into a discussion with a WI cousin (ret...I just got into a discussion with a WI cousin (retired police - AZ) who thinks we should have no restrictions on guns. Gun haters ( he says) invented the words assault weapon. I stopped arguing with him after a while. These people are very extreme and need to be regulated. <br /><br />I reminded Paul(cousin) that our ancestors were farmers with rifles who as members of militias fought British regulars in the War of Independence. No one could foresee the advent of what passes for 'guns' today. <br /><br />Several members of my family, including my daughter own pistols for target shooting. My SIL owns a gun he uses to slaughter hogs on his free range farm. Not my cup of tea, but I would defend his right to kill meat animals in what is a comparatively humane manner.schmidleysscribblins.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-57679874461486184302014-06-21T09:38:36.101-05:002014-06-21T09:38:36.101-05:00Yikes! Don't know whether to laugh or cry.Yikes! Don't know whether to laugh or cry.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.com