Comments on: Note to Obama - Guns are good for business

By: PABelshaw

PABelshaw — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:50:41 +0000

This is one of the reasons that I have never, nor ever will visit your country unless your gun laws are changed, plus the fact your Government allows the death penalty, puts you on the same level as certain 3rd world countries that are too numerous to mention. It doesn’t say much for your “American way of life” If you have to carry guns to feel protected. Isn’t that what a police force is for?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:20:40 +0000

Hi guys im 14 and all I would like to say is this:

The gun-haters start with the basic premise that guns are bad. You shouldn’t have them in your house because they’re dangerous, they say. I should let you know right from the start that handguns are used for protection against criminals in America nearly 2 million times per year. That’s up to five times more often than they’re used to commit crimes and nearly 128 times the total number of murders in the United States. Those stats alone are good enough to blow any anti-gun argument out of the water, but there’s more. According to the National Crime Victimization Surveys, people who use guns to defend themselves are less likely to be attacked or injured than people who use other methods of protection or don’t defend themselves at all.

Does that about sum it up for you thank you for your time.

By: air&water

air&water — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:10:43 +0000

As a mid-west business owner who just received in the mail my RIGHT TO CARRY license. I believe that in these economic times that gun vs gas is a no brainer. You can get gas anywhere anytime, but you have to submit your drivers license, ss#, & two other forms of id & have a background check before receiving your right to carry license. I live outside one of the 10 cities in the U.S. that has the worst crime rate anywhere. These crimes are generally due to lack of education for kids & adults who expect to receive something for nothing or have a chip on their shoulder because they didn’t get it for free.

By: Micki

Micki — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:08:56 +0000

“small-town Americans bitter over hard economic times sometimes “cling to guns and religion.”

Every time I hear something else that Obama spews, I taste bile. This blowhard evidently doesn’t know who he is asking to pay his salary…

My religion and my guns have NOTHING to do with hard economic times… The fact that I pay WAY too much in taxes has a lot to do with it, though… I’m not bitter about economic CYCLES… I work hard, I pay my taxes, I provide for my family, I teach my children values, I try to save for a rainy day… and GUARANTEE that we’ll be looking forward to 4 years of rainy days if he is elected (OR Hillary, for that matter)… and We’ll likely be spending more of our rainy day fund on guns and ammo…

We’re in need of a new car… If anyone knows of a dealership in Colorado r surrounding states offering this deal - Have cash, will travel!

By: RealityCheck

RealityCheck — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:38:47 +0000

Once again law-abiding Americans demonstrate their affinity to self-defense, freedom, economic success and personal responsibility and the anti-gun crowd runs over itself to demonstrate their ignorance on the issue of guns, gun control and crime.

The overwhelming empircal data clearly show that more guns in the hands of the good people leades to lower rates of violent crime. This has been demonstrated by studies at the University of Chicago, Florida State University, The National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control.

When will the gun-control advocates abandon their hysteria and start facing the facts?

By: dlyn

dlyn — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:34:26 +0000

Travis, as an Indian, AND a Native American, I assure you we managed killing quite well in the LONG history of this country before white folks brought the gun. When the Whites had the guns and the Indians did not, we were indeed “less free”. Now we are armed and equal. Unlike the native peoples of certain other countries. And my professors were not “ALLOWED to teach”. They were before your PC and Speech Codes. They taught what they knew and could demonstrate by the historical record. It is called Free Speech, guarantied by the 1st Amendment and protected by the 2nd.
Guns are not at all necessary for genocide and mass murder, or have you not noticed Africa lately?
As for the French, yes they helped when we needed it, and we returned the favor in a little incident you may have heard of called WW II. But NEITHER one would have been won without the American proficiency with firearms.

By: dlyn

dlyn — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:54:38 +0000

Oh Travis–so many errors, so little time. Since I must go let me just take the easy one. You DO NOT have to have a license to own a car. Only to operate one on the public roads.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 25 May 2008 22:23:35 +0000

Criminals commit crimes! Law biding citizens DO NOT, whether they have a gun or not…if they did, they would be criminals!

Punish the criminals not the law biding citizens!

BTW, UK posters, how’s your crime rate going since you outlawed handguns?????? It’s skyrocketing!

Criminals buy guns (and drugs) illegally and that will never change! Drugs are illegal and anyone can purchase them in less than an hour!

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:45:29 +0000

I haven’t seen so much hyperbole in one spot in about 4 hours! Good thing I discovered this blog. My hyperbole tanks were getting low.

Really, what do they teach people in schools? They are seriously allowed to teach people that we are independent because we were allowed to carry guns? How about we’re independent because we convinced the French navy to intervene on our behalf?

Guns have been more of a contributing force to everything terrible on this countries short history. From the partial genocide of native Americans, to Political assassination, to prolific mass murderers.

How owning a gun ever got linked to ‘freedom’ is beyond me. Owning a gun makes you no more free than anyone who doesn’t own one, and while in theory the right to own and carry is a ‘freedom’ it does not enhance your freedoms as people make it out.

Guns should be like cars. You should need a license to own one. Both are fairly similar in that they are deadly in the hands of a fool, yet we see no problem in selling guns to fools?

By: Loves2hunt59

Loves2hunt59 — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:37:31 +0000

All of you proud gun bearing Americans, if you really believe what you’re saying, check out the”Appleseed” program at RWVA.com. Try it out, you’ll have a blast.