On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:45 -0500, "Upscale"
wrote:


"Charlie Groh" wrote in message
enforcement. You're still on the arrogant side..

Maybe, but so what?

....so it colors whatever you say with bias. I figured loooong ago
that there were a helluva lotta really smart people on this planet of
ours...what produced that epiphany isn't germane here, the fact that I
*got* that concept most assuredly is.

"average" citizen to be pretty far down on the evolutionary scale,
apparently. What *is* average?

You're right about that. I don't have a very good opinion of humanity in
general. Despite thousands of years of culture and development, at the drop
of a hat, man will turn into greedy, self indulgent animals without a shred
of consideration for their fellows. *That's* what I consider average. So no,
don't expect me to support arming people based on personal choice.

....but that isn't the point. The point is *defense* against those who
have an illegal means of arming themselves against *you* and *I*...and
it doesn't really matter where on this continent, eh?! (...couldn't
resist, LOL). Whatever you think of your fellow man, rest assured
plenty of *bad* folks out there relish the though of an unarmed and
vulnerable *you!* And, no, they might not be as smart as you, either.

cg