I'm not going to argue.... It does no good. I could give a hoot less if I'm the only one not carrying a dang gun. Guns are for killing, nobody I want to kill. When we were kids, things were different, laws were different or non existent. Cars have changed, way more people on the planet now, and way more guns, too. Do we just sit by and arm ourselves, and watch everyone else arm themselves, then wait for the wacko's to start shooting or what???? People do not behave the same as they did at the time the constitution was written. Morals and values are different. Many now feel killing is justified if they have been disrespected!!!!! When you defend your right to carry a gun, you are also defending the right of the wacko's and fringe elements to carry theirs...but it's ok cuz you won't shoot first....

No facts Mr. Sexton? You're right, didn't know we were going by points. Just personal observations of life as I've lived it. The fact is, every day people are killed with handguns and long guns. Is it necessary, is it right, does it have to continue???? Maybe in your world, but not in mine.

I still believe in sayings like give peace a chance. My guns stay locked up in the gun locker at Grandpa's. I also run E-85 in most of my cars. No, it won't change the world, but it feels right to me. I'm not for banning all guns....Just for taking a course of action that could somehow ensure that those carrying them are intelligent and stable enough to make life and death decisions..... I still like to go target shooting with the guys, but when I'm done the guns are cleaned, put away, and locked up....

Oh, and Uncle Bob I haven't killed anyone with the Louisville slugger. Just broke one arm and detained the individual until the police came to get him. IMO that's a bit better then shooting him just because he was trying to steal a few things....

Shouldn't our gun laws be at least as strong as our driving laws???? Gun training is still voluntary--would it really be an infringement on someone's blessed constitutional right to make training and certification mandatory????

Please, don't make me out to be a member of some fringe element that wants to see all guns cut up and recycled as Honda Civics. From my own purchases years ago, and from inheritance I have some very, very fine guns. Some of them of such quality that they are more an object of art then then they are a weapon.. What I would like is to know that the people carrying guns realize and accept the responsibility of carrying and using a lethal weapon.....