I certainly don't want a gun lying about wtth kids running in and out of
my flat.  I think it's irresponsible not to have the guns under lock and
key.

I am also sure that if I did have a handgun, the intruder would get to
it before I could and wrest  it away from me.
Kat

ken barber wrote:

>  dear, kat, if a gun is locked and you awake to find
>someone in your house, you'd better be pretty swift of
>hand to unlock it, then put in a bullet or two before
>you could be beat to death.
>   i was raised in a house where each and every male
>had his own gun. most of my friends were too. there
>was no question in our minds, "is it loasded?" of
>course its loaded, otherwise we'd just as well have a
>baseball bat.
>   if the founders were alive to see this country now,
>they would lead another revolution. and it is now to
>the point that they would have not much trouble
>assembling an army.
>
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>wrote:
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>
>>Yes, yes, it is my right, but I think far too many
>>registered owners
>>shouldn't be allowed to own guns because they don't
>>keep them under lock
>>and key and out of children's hands.
>>
>>Frankly, I think if the Founding Fathers were to
>>have seen what it's
>>like today, they never would have allowed citizens
>>to own guns as they
>>do now.
>>
>>Kat
>>
>>ken barber wrote:
>>
>>