On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:03:57 GMT, strabo wrote:

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 05:05:40 GMT, Carl Byrns
wrote:

Open carry will not protect you from a drive-by

It might.

In the movies, maybe. In real life, rarely if ever.

or being run down by a drunk driver

Irrelevant.

No, it's not. Ford is implying that having a sidearm protects you from
murder- but he doesn't take into account that not all murders are
confrontational (like a hold up) and that in many states a death
caused by a DWI driver is a capital murder charge. Like wise, child
abuse death victims are considered murder victims and it's pretty
obvious that an infant can't handle a sidearm. Ford is trying to
compare apples to oranges.

-Carl