On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:40:34 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

Folks that just read the local paper are not getting the full story.
We're lucky that, outside of burglaries, they seem to prefer going after
each other. So far...

Jon

There is a time and circumstance to revert to defending yourself with a gun.
Making it a cause celeb, a way of life, or a way to assert your resentment
about crime and its effects is a case of having forfeited the whole point.
As George Will once said, "...no society can be called successful where
violence is so prevalent and random that lawful citizens must go about
prepared to dispense violence in self-defense."

If you've given up on the idea of a successful society, or if you like
things the way they are, then making self-defense with a gun an acceptable
and unremarkable part of your life is a reasonable response. If you haven't
given up, it's something you do with great distaste and with a determination
to do what you can to change it.

Ed Huntress

So having a spare tire and a jack in your car means that you dispair of
having good tires?

They are for the **** Happens stuff, just like a defensive firearm.

And you can pontificate all you want..up till the moment you are
approached by a couple social misfits who want to share your wealth or
your life.

At that point..what you believe, what you want, what ever
philosophical mind set you have developed...all goes out the window and
you are suddenly given a reality check. With luck, you dont have to
cash it.

Gunner


The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty."
Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute -- get out of there fast! You may possibly
save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed. " Lazarus Long