Supreme Court holds that citizens have the right to bear firearms for self defense

[annahearn]

I invested in a security system.

We also had a security system. Thank you Brinks!!! It did not matter, the alarm did not scare the burglars, they stayed in the house even after we sounded it. They knew that it took the police at least 25 minutes to show up. Ed and I do not live in the city limits so we have to rely on the county police. Also, Murphy, our excessive barking dog that needs puppy prozac was snoring.

[Kev43V]

Yes cocaine, specifically Crack cocaine. most places being convicted bars one from public office. not DC go fiqure that one out

[Skoontz]

I always believed that the best system for gun control is a steady hand with a simple trigger.

[39R]

The real sad part is that half of the guns bought to "protect the family" end up killing the wife or kids when the husband snaps.

I believe there is adequate federal and private study data to show that this comment is false. A simple search of the Internet will reveals 49,400 hits for statistics of gun deaths by homeowners. While not all the data is credible because of bias by directly affected ideological parties, you cannot discount that citizen handgun ownership does have a positive affect of decreasing crime.

Here is an interesting quote that I stumbled across from an independent researcher who discusses accidental shootings:

Debunking the Myth of Accidental Shootings
A final area strongly affected by the media's anti-gun bias is that of accidental shootings. When it comes to this topic, reporters are eager to write about guns. Many of us have seen the public service ads showing the voices or pictures of children between the ages of four and eight, which imply that there is an epidemic of accidental deaths of these young children.

Data I have collected show that accidental shooters overwhelmingly are adults with long histories of arrests for violent crimes, alcoholism, suspended or revoked driver's licenses and involvement in car crashes. Meanwhile, the annual number of accidental gun deaths involving children under ten -- most of these being cases where someone older shoots the child -- is consistently a single digit number. It is a kind of media archetype story to report on "naturally curious" children shooting themselves or other children -- though in the five years from 1997 to 2001 the entire United States averaged only ten cases a year where a child under ten accidentally shot himself or another child.

In contrast, in 2001 bicycles were much more likely to result in accidental deaths than guns. Fully 93 children under the age of ten drowned accidentally in bathtubs. Thirty-six children under five drowned in buckets in 1998. Yet few reporters crusade against buckets or bathtubs.

When crimes are committed with guns, there is a somewhat natural inclination toward eliminating all guns. While understandable, this reaction actually endangers people's lives because it ignores how important guns are in protecting people from harm. Unbalanced media coverage exaggerates this, leaving most Americans with a glaringly incomplete picture of the dangers and benefits of firearms. This is how the media bias against guns hurts society and costs lives."

The entire article is quite long and can be found at http://www.sovereignty.org.uk/sitein...nd/gunlie.html.

[raceright]

Anna dont get me wrong I'm with you on protecting your family, I to have a family with a small child. Its just that here in DC whre crime is already out of control I dont know how much good it will do.

You need to move if it's that bad..
Guns kill people like pencils write letters

Pat

[raceright]

I always believed that the best system for gun control is a steady hand with a simple trigger.

Three in a Quarter

[Kev43V]

if you do not think the statistics are biased against guns. I suggest you go to the FBI website and see for your self how their statistics are loaded against guns
example:
if a perpetrator invades a home and harms someone with a knife. then the homeowner stops the person from harming more with a legally owned firearm. their stats will show that a gun was involved in a crime. Yet the gun WAS NOT used in a crime it was used to prevent more crimes it should be listed as a crime involving a knife. As it used to be

[17W]

Anna,

Easy for you to say since you dont live in DC like I do where the viloent crime and murder rates are already sky high. Its real easy to be a big of fan of this when you live in a rural area with a zero crime rate. Trust me if you live in DC and own a gun to protect your family good luck trying to get it back from the violent 300lb crack head that just kicked in your front door and took it right out of your hands.

The real sad part is that half of the guns bought to "protect the family" end up killing the wife or kids when the husband snaps.

City life! it aint for the faint of heart no matter what the law says.

Dan,

Do not give the s*** bag the opportunity to take the weapon from you. The only right an intruder in my home has is....to die!

[14-H]

The Most Powerful Man in America

... Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.

Kennedy voted with the liberals in the 5-4 decision regarding the Louisiana child rape case.

Kennedy voted with the conservatives in the 5-4 decision regarding the D.C. handgun ban case.

There are 4 liberals and 4 conservatives currently on the court. Kennedy's vote usually decides the case.


Add: Anthony Kennedy is not related to Edward Kennedy or his family.

[Skoontz]

Kennedy, and by no means, Art. The name says it all. Dripping scotch from the pores, hosing any woman they can get their paws on, backing any tax hike ever proposed, BTW, writers of No Child Left behind, which Bush is constantly being blamed for passing, and, leftust liberal whack jobs of the century.

None alive could ever stand in JFK's shoes, even though along with all the good he did, he too was a hoser, drunk and dope addict.

Most of them belong in dog pounds let alone anything to do with our government.

[Kev43V]

the sad thing is even JFK could not stay standing in his own shoes

[Bill Dingman]

32 years of what?????

to my knowledge the d.c. area has topped the list (or close) as one of the most unsafe places in the country. seems the 32 year d.c. gun ban has really worked out well. public record across this great country provides well substantiated data that allowing responsible gun ownership lessons violent crime.....

please dirtbags...... try to enter my home and cause my love ones harm...... please......

[sam]

Hmmm ... more guns & liberal gun laws, less crime ... no private guns & strict gun laws, more crime .... its a duh

[HRTV]

to my knowledge the d.c. area has topped the list (or close) as one of the most unsafe places in the country. seems the 32 year d.c. gun ban has really worked out well. public record across this great country provides well substantiated data that allowing responsible gun ownership lessons violent crime.....

please dirtbags...... try to enter my home and cause my love ones harm...... please......

I love all the tough vigilante "rambo" talk ..... all you tough guys that live out in the sticks. You guys would not last ten seconds on the streets of some big cities

Look I understand where everyone is coming from and I feel the same way, we can all act like Rambo here on HR but God forbid at 3am while you are fast alseep some s*** bag kicks your bedroom door open and shoves a gun down your throat, lets see how many "tough" guy rise to the ocassion.

[csh2z]

Dan, That s***bag that kicked your door in knows that you can't defend yourself.