MORNINGMANIAC's Blog

Why don't you wonder about all the gangs that are running aroung Atlanta with guns.,there are sooo many of them that the feds have to get involved. wake up! maybe we need to get a army helmet and a machinegun look like Jane Fonda to protect ourselves.

Too bad the bicyclist on the silver comet trail wasnt carrying a gun so he could have blasted the little pricks who robbed him....

Just look at countries like Japan; no guns, period, and they just so happen to have the lowest violent crime and gun crime in the world. Problem is that even the "trust worthy" will lose their temper, power trip, miss their target (innocent bystanders beware), and/or have an accidental discharge. All these things can and will put you and I in harms way. Leave the guns to the police and military and ban guns across the board; this way when us law enforcement types run into anyone with a gun, we don't have to wonder about their intentions; we just automatically draw down on them and give them an ultimatum keeping us all safer.

Well Dodo,
It is really hard to compare apples with oranges. The endless about of variables that differ from Japan to the US is enormous. However our culture is much more like England in its ethnic diversity and a ton more cultural similarities. And in England since they have banned all pistols and long guns their crime rate has risen 40%. Also the police now are carrying guns for the first time as well. And here is the latest Harvard study on the matter which shows that your point is totally invalid.

http://www.theacru.org/blog/2007/05/harvard_study_gun_c
ontrol_is_counterproductive/

I own a Heckler and Kock .45, I don't have a permit, I know I can get one, I had a permit in the state of alabama, but I rather not, just think of all the folks out carrying guns, it's going to get real ugly, I will attempt to walk away from any fight and I am 6'4" 280 lbs but if I have my gun, I might just stay and someone may get hurt.

I carried already, before the law was passed. I assumed that was what the permit was for in the first place. Who's to say i won't Brian Nicoles one day. I mean what was his record before that day... Guns don't kill people, people kill people.(NRA)..., an based on our criminal justice system and our commitment to the death penalty some people deserve to die. Look i'm black and when I reference history i find that the law more than not doesn't favor me. Therefore I must take measurements to protect myself. Death is for certain. Life is the only thing unsure. An I be d___ if someone else has the final say so, when it comes to split second disitions.