[Voice in your head]

"It was legal to use a rifle in the self-defense situation. If this homeowner had used a rifle, he scored 50 percent of the time when he shot at a moving target in the dark in his house. If I could shoot that well, people would come to me for lessons. But two of the shots didn't hit. If he had used a rifle that had so much more energy, he would have probably had a round going through two or three of his neighbors' houses down the line."

Interesting. The statist on Zahn's show did not reply to this. I wonder why.

[coloradan]

The statist on Zahn's show did not reply to this. I wonder why.

If he had replied, it would have been something like "And this shows why we have to restrict the power of rifles, too. You don't need a .30-06 to shoot an intruder in your home, which is why we have introduced this reasonable, responsible, common-sense, modest legislation to restrict rifles to .22 caliber and 40 foot pounds of maximum muzzle energy, the Keeping Neighbors Safe From Being Killed By Homeowners Wildly Missing Intruders Who Have Broken Into Their Homes Act of 2004."

[ChefKeith]

The statist on Zahn's show did not reply to this. I wonder why.

Ignorance of the truth. Give these people the facts and they revert to the "programmed" response. Or change the subject.

[Dark Wing]

The anti-gun folks just stepped on the post 9/11 American self-defense third rail.

[ought-six]

The very best home defense weapon is a 12-gauge pump shotgun loaded with 00-buck. You don't have to be a great shot and the shots (those little round .50 caliber balls that make up 00-bukshot) won't overpenetrate to threaten a neighbor's house three doors down. The perp gets hit and goes down. Period. I am unaware of any history of a full-grown adult walking away from a load of 00-buck in his chest.