Opinion: Left Loses Gun Battle

It's worth pointing out, though, that, by carrying a gun, one will not turn into Chow Yun Fat and suddenly be able to take down the bad guy, particularly if an assailant who's already brandishing a weapon besets you: you'll have to decide very, very quickly if you want the situation to turn from robbery to kill-or-be-killed, and whomever is attacking you will already have his/her weapon out.

Would-be gun owners need to understand that, over time, they're more dangerous to themselves with their weapons than to a hypothetical burglar, particularly if they don't use trigger locks and if they don't get some training*, and that hitting a moving target with a handgun is far more difficult than it looks... it's a huge responsibility, especially if you have kids in the home.

* I recommend a trip to the shooting range, even if you don't want to/plan to own a gun: it's useful to separate the myth from the reality when it comes to how these things work, and (speaking as a guy) it's kinda fun to shoot stuff in a controlled environment. 

[I don't own a gun, by the way, but know several people who do]

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mpress, I like this story. It's good stuff.

I own, more than one.My belief is that anyone who owns a gun should be required to take a 4-hour orientation session, to include how to use it, the laws in that area and how to secure it safely.

Here in OK with a background check and a full day of schooling anyone with a clean record can carry a concealed weapon. Note: concealed really isn't as big a deal as it sounds. If, say, I'm traveling at night and I have a big tote bag, my gun can be in my tote bag instead of out. Simple.

Of course, criminals won't go to school. Then again, most criminals get their guns illegally one way or the other.

And don't think for a minute that having a gun doesn't make a difference. I had a home invader one time. When confronted with a steady weapon and crisp command, the gentleman in question peed his pants and the situation was secured.

I was so relieved--and surprised--to read of the Court's decision. Yes, we have the right to bear arms. Just because some people are idiots about using that right doesn't mean we all should lose it.

If we lost the right to drive cars because some people are idiot drivers and some drive drunk or drugged, people wouldn't accept that. But cars are deadly--they kill a lot of people. A car is nothing more than a guided missile with explosive onboard. So I never got the logic of wanting to stop gun ownership for safety reasons but never applying that to cars.

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"Do you feel lucky Punk? Do you?"

Bottom line is the control freaks lost. The desire for people in crime free zones who take limos to work with security and are busy trying to deny the average home owner the right to defend himself in his own home failed. The scary thing is that they almost took that right away. All I need is some metro-sexual liberal telling me having a gun as a law abiding citizen in my home might backfire. Well I am willing to take that chance...If the bleeding hearts had won you would see media outlets screaming to confiscate Americans guns.  They would have to bring the swat team to take my Glock 40 away.

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Here in the UK we have some of the toughest gun control laws in the world, yet we have ever increasing gun crime.

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mpress, I like this story. It's good stuff.  Hey, you have to protect yourself, when your life is in danger, it is either you or him, as far as I am concerned, I would rather be the one after shooting someone and standing in front of a judge and jury explaining my actions than the criminal doing it, cause I am dead!

Like Jordan says, carrying a gun doesn't turn you into a superhero/chow yun fat, shooting someone can be devastating , but if your life is truly in danger, one day you'll get over it! For me those days are behind me, I use a microscope, Ghost wipes,  assorted chemicals and my electronic sampling and testing equipment to fight crime. Though I have my Superman cape somewhere in a suitcase somewhere.