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]]> By: Papa http://matchingtracksuits.com/2008/02/18/thud-on-northern-illinois-university/comment-page-1/#comment-5145 Papa Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:24:18 +0000 http://matchingtracksuits.com/2008/02/18/thud-on-northern-illinois-university/#comment-5145 Boy this is a tough call! On the one hand - being prior military and trained in the use of firearms - having a gun makes sense. On the other hand how many 'average' Americans are trained with weapons. Still, when you imagine the consequencies of a mistake you find yourself wondering. For instance with a new granddaughter you realize that THERE CAN BE NO MISTAKES. No gun - even if found or discovered by a curious little mind - cannot and will not be operational. Now I don't subscribe to the looney idea that guns kill people - people kill people. Just like pencils don't misspell words - people misspell words. In the final analysis, the big issue is over "who decides who can have guns." Our cosntitution mandated that all citizens can own guns - for whatever reason. By the same token people are responsible for the consequencies of operating a gun just like they are responsible for the operation if their automobiles. More on this later. Have a staff meeting in 5 minutes. Boy this is a tough call! On the one hand – being prior military and trained in the use of firearms – having a gun makes sense. On the other hand how many ‘average’ Americans are trained with weapons. Still, when you imagine the consequencies of a mistake you find yourself wondering.

For instance with a new granddaughter you realize that THERE CAN BE NO MISTAKES. No gun – even if found or discovered by a curious little mind – cannot and will not be operational.

Now I don’t subscribe to the looney idea that guns kill people – people kill people. Just like pencils don’t misspell words – people misspell words.

In the final analysis, the big issue is over “who decides who can have guns.” Our cosntitution mandated that all citizens can own guns – for whatever reason. By the same token people are responsible for the consequencies of operating a gun just like they are responsible for the operation if their automobiles.

More on this later. Have a staff meeting in 5 minutes.

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