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So the magic combination seems to familiarity with firearms and a perceived need to protect oneself. Perhaps what we need is universal military training. All of our young men, as such young women who wished to participate, would at least have the basic familiarity with firearms.

I was never an anti, but the event that really made me a radical gun nut was a burglary of my house years ago when I lived in the country. This was back in the '80s when William Wayne Justice was releasing thousands of violent convicts from TDC because there weren't enough recreational facilities for the poor darlings. It occurred to me that I was at least 12 minutes away from law enforcement, realistically more like an hour, and that in a confrontation with a home invader, I'd find a helping hand at the end of my arm. Best to fill it.

I'm sure everyone's noticed all the news stories about runs on gun stores whenever there's some public danger. Some credit the passage of the concealed carry law to the unprecedented crime wave loosed upon us by ol' William Wayne. I'm just wondering whether antis are more likely to be converted by fear than by logic.

nitrogen wrote:As a former Anti, i'll just say this:

Just as a matter of curiosity, were you converted by someone who explained things to you in an adult, patient manner? Or did your opinion change when you, or someone close to you, became a victim of crime?

pbandjelly wrote:

TX Rancher wrote:

MikeJ wrote:Personally I'm much more worried about easy access to the voting booth. Just about any idiot can vote, including the one wrote that silly letter

So what should the criteria to be to allow a person to vote?

I think he was making a passing joke about stupid people voting.

Yup.

Personally I'm much more worried about easy access to the voting booth. Just about any idiot can vote, including the one wrote that silly letter to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. If we ever get around to rectifying this situation, we'll probably need to use our guns.