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I used it in a letter to Senator Portman. It was a long one and I'm not sure I'll get a response, but we'll see.

Thanks. I know it is, but you did the work to find it and post it. I don't like to step on toes....

Do you mind if I borrow this?

You are absolutely right. Unfortunately.

I agree with you 100%.

Merry Christmas everybody.

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NO!!!!

I'm not the one on the high horse.

Or it's a hunting rifle, or a home defense weapon or it's my personal expression of GUARANTEED Second Amendment rights for law abiding citizens. Using your logic Corvettes shouldn't be allowed on the roads. They're too fast for the "average American". Which you don't think you are. So by that logic you should be allowed to own one but everyone else needs to own Yugos.

Now that's funny.

Get your guns sister!!! In situations like that the only fair fight is the one where you're still alive afterwards. Bring your gun to the knife fight.

I have one gun in my house. It's used for home protection and no I don't have a CCW. My personal choice for home protection is an AR15. If someone comes into my house with bad intentions they're going to have a very bad day.

Exactly the reason LAW ABIDING CITIZENS should not have the ability to protect themselves legislated out of their hands.

This whole gun control frenzy that's going on now boils down to a simple question for me. What do you want your last words on this Earth to be? I don't want mine to be "Please don't". So I'm very pro-gun. I don't ever want to have to use one, but if I have to I want the ability to defend and protect myself and my family. Period. And I don't want some tool who has full time security around him telling me to "just call the cops, they'll get there soon..."

I would assume so. Since the lower is "the gun" in the feds' eyes. I would buy several magazines right now, too. I think that's what'll disappear first.

Speigler will do it. I've taken lines in to their shop in Kettering and they made me new ones while I waited. I don't know if you know this but Speigler is located in Ohio just outside Dayton. It's about a 1 hour and 20 minute drive from Gahanna. Here's their address: http://www.spieglerusa.com/contact-us

You gotta love Mikey!

100% true in my opinion. I know many who can't go into a place without looking around and sizing up where they're at just out of habit. It's not that they're looking for trouble. They just want to be aware of their surroundings.

I threw that figure out there as an example in a previous statement. I apoligize for derailing your train of thought. I do agree with most of what you're saying, but there's no cheap fix to this in my mind.

You have a good idea and you're mind is in the right place but I have to partially disagree with you on this. As a veteran myself I can speak for my reasoning for going into the military. I joined to give myself the best possible opportunities I could get when I got out of the military. Those being the G.I. Bill for college and to learn a skill I could fall back on in case the college and other career choices didn't work out. I didn't join to qualify for a job when I got out that barely paid more than welfare and when you figured in transportation costs and other job related costs you fell below what welfare paid you for sitting on your @55 and doing nothing. All our Veterans are worth much more than $20k/year. That being said, extreme times call for extreme measures and a man that has a family to feed might be willing to jump all over $20K. I agree 100% with this. Cut foreign aid altogether. My sticking point is this^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. Why do they have to be janitors?

He's right^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. The news screwed the pooch on this whole incident. They initially reported the shooter's mom worked at the school and he killed her to get her access badge for the school as well. When they finally changed their story, they never apoligized for spreading false info. Scruit is right about this but our whole world runs on money. No matter what anyone else says this is the cold hard truth. Armed security at schools is a great idea but how are school districts that are already cutting jobs going to afford $50 or $60K per year for an armed and well trained security guard. What if that guy calls in sick? Do they hire 2 full time guards? what about the sporting events and school dances, etc... Now we're talking at least 4 full time armed security guards. That's maybe $200k per year? I'm sure somebody will say "hey, let's offer $20K per year to the guards as a salary". My question is this: Do you want someone who's willing to do it for $20K per year to guard your kids with loaded weapons? You get what you pay for. I like the idea of the armed and trained teachers much more than the armed guard deal. Whatever solution comes from this it has to be cost effective to work. Otherwise it will be quickly abandoned.

I agree 100%. Each individual in this country has to take ownership in their own safety and the safety of their family. The best way to do that is to prepare for the worst and always hope for the best, but if the worst happens you will have the ability and the tools to deal with it. The only thing more restrictive laws will do is prevent law-abiding citizens from being able to protect themselves and their family in the worstcase scenario.

Outlaw them. I'm sure the criminals will happily surrender them.....