Guns

[KEmperor]

Well, I finally managed to get through the whole thread.  A lot has been said.  I should just add that I agree with the notion that the Bill of Rights applies to individuals, not the government.  This includes the second amendment.  John Lott's book is dead on, i've read most of it.  And I enjoyed that quote from Condi Rice, I had never heard it before.

[KEmperor]

Well, I didn't post more than that because everything has pretty much already been said.  And yes, I was an independent, but I recently rejoined the Republican Party.  I was a Libertarian, and I still am, but I have become disillusioned with the idea of third parties.

[KEmperor]

Im surprised you remembered, I only have a handful of posts here.

[KEmperor]

Haha, well, that's true.

[KEmperor]

Yes, I did.  I went to Tulane University in New Orleans.  Now I am moving back to my home state.

[KEmperor]

Well, I grew up in Levittown/East Meadow in Nassau County, but my parents moved out to Middle Island in Suffolk County while I was away at college.

[KEmperor]

Remember the thing in Atlanta a few weeks ago where a man took a gun away from the bailiff and killed the judge.

Well, on CNN they had a judge on who said if there were no guns in the courtroom that bailiff could definitely detain them. With guns however, it would be more difficult. Guns don't always work for self-defense. What if the person you are defending yourself against takes the gun away from you.

Guns were created for killing, period. Not self-defense. Killing. I'm against devices that are made for killing. If I'm attacked, I'll instictively fight for my life with all of my natural strength, but without a gun. If I may be killed. So be it. It was my fate and you can't get around that.

Now you don't even want cops to have guns?  Yeah, that's a real brilliant move.