The larger issue is that the VOCAL anti gun dipwads have the microphone -- while "we" blabber to ourselves.


WE need to write to every representative and senator - and to the White House about OUR feelings -- let OUR voices be heard.


The second amendment was about the man in the street being able to defend not only his country but be able to stand against his country should ever the need arise. It doesn't say you have to only be able to hurl a rock at a tank - like they do in other countries. This is what people DO NOT understand...

California has managed to ban just about every type of industry that creates jobs... now look at the state of things there. This is what happens when you have hysteria over reasoning. Some folks just want to control "everything"... and law makers want to do what? They want to make laws! That's they're "job"... Doesn't make any difference if the law is idiotic...

Frankly - I don't care if they want to ban assault rifles etc - I already have them... but what I don't like is people just going about thinking that making another law is the cure.... they spend so much time on that avenue that they completely miss the real issues. That's what get's me PO'd.

The "government" is so wrapped up in making sure everyone is taken care of via some program or another -- that they've completely forgotten that you don't NEED to take care of people if they actually have jobs... and can make a living.

Very well put GW :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Great video from amidst the noise.

A great leader once said "to effectively control a population keep them poor, hungry, unhealthy, uneducated and unarmed."

From a woman's point of view....if you don't mind.
 

I do not rely solely on my husband to protect me. He is my partner in protecting our family and home. We are equals. When I do not have the luxury of having him by my side in my daily routine...shopping, going to and from work...it is up to ME to protect myself and be aware of my surroundings at all times. Like driving my car, I need to be aware of the cars and people around me so I don't cause or become a victim of a crash.

A woman who does nothing to protect herself or her family is an easy target and this will sound harsh...but I have little sympathy for when she makes herself vulnerable to an attack. DO NOT go to the grocery store with 3 kids and a large obnoxious purse. That puts a flashing neon sign over your head saying...I'm not able to pay attention to you cuz I'm concerned only that my kids won't run out in front of a car, or I'm too busy telling them NO YOU CANT HAVE ANY CANDY. I'm trying to hold my big ass purse up on my shoulder while holding hands with one kid and pushing an overflowing cart of groceries. Now I'm at my car, popped the trunk, set the cart next to the car and am trying to get my kids loaded inside or into car seats. My groceries are unattended, my purse I set in the cart and my focus is not on my surroundings. That is when you get approched by one or 2 dirt bags who grab your purse, take the keys, put a gun to your head and push you out of the way, then get into your car and drive off. Where is your cell phone? In the purse they stole. Where are your kids? In the car they stole. Now you are left screaming in the middle of a parking lot or running into the store to use the phone or scream to have someone else call for you. Please don't give me the excuse of...but we needed food for dinner for the week. Maybe your husband can help you out on this? Maybe you can do the shopping on your own on the weekend? This is something I feel needs to be taken into consideration to reduce a woman's chances of being a victim.

I own my own handgun. I have my CCW. While I am NOT an expert marksman, I do pretty good, but it is always a never ending learning/practicing event in my life. You don't just sit and watch a guy in a garage change oil, install a suspension, clear coat a car 1 time then automatically know how to do it yourself right? Same holds true with owning and using a firearm.

I hate to say anything negative about the schools, but in LV...the school police are not up to par to protect our kids like many would think. They have jurisdiction ONLY on their property and the streets directly adjacent to a school. THE END. They are not trained or equipped to handle major emergencies. They call the local police departments for that. They do not have a large scale staff either. Hiring retired/unemployed former military. Yes, great idea. However, there needs to be a through background check and psych that goes along with them just like an officer. Some...SOME I say, returning vets have been exposed to horrible traumatic events and suffer PTSD. I get MANY calls with these brave men and women, who do not take their meds because it would prevent them from getting certain jobs...law enforcement,security... Again...SOME.

The Constitution provided me and you the right to bear arms...not just the militia. If your not familiar with the Constitution...READ IT, LEARN IT, UNDERSTAND IT. It also gives all of us freedom of speech. So even the nay sayers and anti-gun advocates have the right to voice their opinion. I have no control over that. Just as they have NO control to impede the freedoms and rights it affords me.

Lastly, because I know this is long....and I'm a girl and like to gab...the Brady Bill was found to be illegal and unconstitutional by the United States Supreme court. The Federal govt tried to force their laws on local/state officials to do their dirty work. But you never hear about that do we? We still hear the Brady Bill, but they so conveniently leave out all the story. For more info on that look up Mack vs US. It was 7 Sheriff's across the US who sued the government over the Brady Bill...AND WON.

Educate yourself. Protect yourself. Do NOT rely on anyone...ESPECIALLY THE GOVT to take care of you. If I as a woman cannot stand on my own... I don't deserve to stand at all.

Sorry, one more thing...
 

Telling me that I don't need a high powered rifle or AR15 because its not used for hunting and thats not what the 2nd Amendment states....

The 2A never said that the right to bear arms was for hunting only.

Are you also telling me that a musket, a single shot rifle, an 8 shot pump, a revolver with 5 rounds can't kill someone also? Stop calling larger guns or guns with larger magazines killing machines. EVERY GUN IS DESIGNED TO KILL, that is the purpose of a gun...it is used to protect. And if your idea of using/owning a gun is to use it ONLY to hurt someone...slow them down, stop them from doing something bad to you or your family...then your not (in my opinion) owning a gun for the right reasons. You have to be prepared to go all the way if you are in a situation where your life or the life of a loved one depends on it.

ahhh fricken men...ah errr woman.

thank you.

I wish the government would get a clue, but they do. They want us unarmed. They are going at this head first. Similar to invading Iraq. Its an agenda.

It seems has been the plan all along. Keep the country in fear of the big bad gun and the media is just spewing along.

BTW, if you want to fight....support Calguns.net they have done so much to help us in the gun world.

Well spoken... err written!

I am very fortunate that my wife is as aware and awake as you are. We carry, we practice, we talk about situations and doing what needs to be done. My wife will not be bullied or go quietly. I have seen it myself and know her resolve.

All you guys need to make the effort to help your significant other be prepared.


Jeff-

Will you marry me??

In todays paper.... Woman has to shoot home intruder after he stalks her thru THREE locked doors...


It's also a good reason Cops have mostly stopped carrying .38 --- it's kind of a useless caliber. Sorry. I've had LOTS of discussion with police about "the right" caliber for protection.





By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News


The recording of a 911 call made during a home invasion in Georgia reveals a chilling scene in which a husband coaches his wife -- home alone with her twin 9-year-old children -- to shoot a determined intruder.


The intruder used a crowbar to bust into the house last Friday and at first intended to rob the suburban Atlanta home in Loganville but shifted his focus to hunting down Melinda Herman and her son and daughter, Walton County investigators told NBC station WXIA in Atlanta.
The family had fled through three locked doors, into a bathroom and then to an upstairs crawl space, but the intruder busted the doors open to stalk the family, police said.



As the incident transpired, husband Donnie Herman was in Atlanta and had his wife on one phone line and the 911 operator on the other, according to the recording, obtained by WXIA and the Atlanta Journal- Constitution.

“Do you hear him? Is he in the house? He’s in the house,” Donnie Herman says.
“Melinda, if he opens that door, you shoot him, you understand.”
“She has a weapon?” asks the dispatcher. “What type of weapon?”
“She has a .38,” Donnie Herman said.
The 911 operator tells him that officers were on the way.
“She shot him. She’s shooting him, she’s shooting him.”
"OK," the dispatcher responds.
"Shoot him again! Shoot him!" Donnie Herman yells, later telling the dispatcher “She shot him, a lot.”
Herman tells the dispatcher he heard a lot of screaming. But it was seven agonizing minutes before he found out that his family was OK, WXIA reported.
Melinda Herman told police that she started shooting when the man opened the door to the crawl space. He pleaded with her to stop, but she kept firing until she was out of bullets, she told police. She then fled to a neighbor's house with her children.
The family is still shaken by what happened.
"Just like I told her that night,” Walton County Sheriff’s Capt. Greg Hall told WXIA. “Ya know, there's right and there's wrong and then there's not natural, and it's not natural for people to have to shoot people, so it is going to bother you ..."
The National Rifle Association tweeted a link about the shooting, apparently using it as an example of responsible gun ownership.
And Sheriff Joe Chapman told The Associated Press that he was proud of the way she handled the incident.
"This lady decided that she wasn't going to be a victim, and I think everyone else looks at this and hopes they have the courage to do what she done," Chapman said Wednesday.
The alleged intruder, identified as Paul Slater, 32, of Atlanta, was shot five times. He remained at a hospital.

I know this is about guns and all. However, this line pisses me off almost as much.

The ALLEGED Intruder? No. he was THE Intruder. No if's, no possibilities. He was there, in the house, breaking in, and being shot.

He may have the right to prove himself not guilty, but given the circumstances, he is 100% guilty at the scene of the crime. This is the kind of crap that the US Needs to get away from. This is the kind of crap (among other things) that is ruining our nation. They are giving him the chance to not be held accountable for his own actions, and to find his way to innocence through some loop hole in the system.

Next thing you know, the woman defending herself will be the guilty party and sentenced somehow.

It just... argh. :willy: