Posted on 11/15/2007 8:22:29 AM PST by DCBryan1
If he was mentally handicapped then it probably isn’t a good idea.
I think this is the first time that I have ever disagreed with one of your comments.
He runs a small enterprise. He is cheerful and friendly. He was a threat to no one and wouldn’t have been one even with a gun in his hands — except to the perp who killed him because he couldn’t defend himself.
Maybe if I knew the man personally I would agree but for safety sake I will say that I don’t want people who are mentally handicapped to be armed with firearms. Especially someone who doesn’t have regular access to a coach and a range.
I always assume that the bad guys have guns and don’t want the good guys to be restricted and unable to protect themselves.
This is a man who, like any other, has access to knives and baseball bats and other every day items that can be used to harm others, but he didn’t. Don’t buy into the grabber argument that guns are the problem — even if it sounds ‘reasonable’.
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