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>> I’ve had pistols held to my head from Bosnia to Beirut. Your best self-defense is your tongue. Those who put their faith in guns will ultimately be outgunned.

Because this is my last column, I want to challenge a deeply held belief that is, tragically, a core one for millions of Americans. [See editor’s note at the end of this column.]

One of the most common ideas emerging after the Trayvon Martin tragedy with Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is that guns make you safe.
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And police carry guns because...??

While inside the ever-plastic reality of the liberal mind no evil ever takes place, in the real world that is not always so. Every human has an unalienable right of self defense, and by implication, a right to the effective defensive tools to exercise that right. You, Mr. Liberal, would deny that right to me. You must hate me and my family.

In a developing situation, every tool should be used, starting with the most peaceful. The firearm is the last, not the first of those tools. Fleet feet are also a tool, but many young men can outrun my Medicare-eligible wife. No good wishes or myth slaying on your part will change that.

Your piece was just pitiful.

This guy compares an assassination and hanging with the Taliban to the plight of ordinary Americans against the feral portions of our society. Everyday citizens don't place themselves in danger and aren't targeted due to strange Jody Foster fantasies. They are targeted by predators who think they are weak. The equalizer doesn't have to be a gun, either. Almost all of these people have gone to great lengths to increase their protection against the feral class. Mr. Zimmerman was in his neighborhood watch and according to those neighbors was distributing new locks to the victims of break ins. The gun remains the last resort for these people in a desperate effort to survive.

A thrill seeking journalist who puts himself in the line of fire for a more impressive byline wouldn't understand that concept.