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Monday, August 18, 2008 Preventing Crime with Gun Free Zones By Paul Hsieh @ 5:51 PM Here's an extremely simple solution to our crime problems - the "Gun Free Zone"! I wonder why no one's thought of this before? On a more serious note, I've never felt safe in a "gun free zone" because I know I'm just a sitting duck for any criminal willing to disregard the law. On the other hand, I've never felt safer than when I'm browsing at our local gun store, because I know that no criminal in his right mind would dare start any kind of trouble in place where there are dozens of trained, armed, law-abiding citizens ready and willing to protect themselves from bad guys. Similarly, I sleep very soundly at our autumn local Objectivist camp-outs, where most of us bring some sort of firearm to protect ourselves against four-legged or two-legged predators... (Video link via Adam Mossoff.) Labels: Funny, Guns   E-mail Paul Hsieh    PermaLink ()    Comments [10] (New Page)

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	Monday, August 18, 2008 at 17:08:14 mst Comment ID: #1 Name: James E-mail: james.adkins(at)marshall.edu I really like these, too. I had always thought these things were kind of obvious until I moved to Chicago. These would make most Chicago area resident's heads explode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3kMuN8sjk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krq34URvk6s --James
	Monday, August 18, 2008 at 17:39:58 mst Comment ID: #2 Name: Steve D'Ippolito When friends (from Chicago, where else?) came out to visit yet another friend of mine who lives nearby, and they wanted to go hiking, my local friend grabbed a .22 rifle so he could shoot porcupines if he found them (they are incredibly destructive of trees). The wife from Chicago started to go ballistic; my local friend's wife assured her that her husband was very safe with firearms. What none of them knew was that I discreetly went to my car and grabbed my 10mm, tucking it under my jacket, just in case we ran into something a bit bigger than a porcupine. (You can take on small bears with a full-house 10mm--barely. But I was more worried about mountain lions.) I don't think the Chicagoans ever knew; I did let my local friends know after the fact (and yes, I am concealed-carry legal here). Peace of mind all around. After all what you don't know can't possibly exist (end sarcasm).
	Monday, August 18, 2008 at 20:03:16 mst Comment ID: #3 Name: Alec As for feeling save in a gun shop, a few years ago in Somerville, MA, someone tried to hold up a Dunkin' Donuts that had police from 3 towns in it.
	Monday, August 18, 2008 at 20:40:21 mst Comment ID: #4 Name: Mike Hardy E-mail: hardy(at)math.umn.edu "No criminal in his right mind"? How often are criminals in their right mind? Criminals generally aren't too bright. Cop: You can't fool us. We know about those four banks you robbed. Criminal: That's a lie!!! I only robbed three banks!
	Monday, August 18, 2008 at 20:55:44 mst Comment ID: #5 Name: Jeff Montgomery E-mail: jamontgom(at)hotmail.com >most of us bring some sort of firearm to protect ourselves against four-legged or two-legged predators Hmmm... I'm guessing that would be Puma concolor and Homo non-sapiens, respectively. lol
	Monday, August 18, 2008 at 22:23:52 mst Comment ID: #6 Name: Freddy Ben-Zeev E-mail: benzeev(at)comcast(dot)net Talking about gun control, a poster I like says "Gun control that works: The Weaver Stance" (you can get it at http://weaverstance.com)
	Monday, August 18, 2008 at 23:32:18 mst Comment ID: #7 Name: Rory Hodgson E-mail: cowboybebop(at)ntlworld.com I dreamt the other night that I was holed up in a cabin, fighting off bears who were also armed with guns. Seriously though, weapon laws are so strict here in the UK, one has to learn some sort of unarmed self-defence.
	Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 0:51:37 mst Comment ID: #8 Name: Andrew Baker E-mail: smoke_owner(at)mac.com I don't understand why people fail to grasp that with defense, either personal or international, parity or better is the only safe standard.
	Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 8:42:11 mst Comment ID: #9 Name: Greg Perkins E-mail: greg(at)ecosmos.com URL: http://ecosmos.com [ht: jason] Texas school allows teachers to carry guns into class: A school district in Texas is to allow teachers and staff to carry guns into the classroom in what is thought to be a national first. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/2575524/ ... "When the federal government started making schools gun-free zones, that's when all of these shootings started. Why would you put it out there that a group of people can't defend themselves?"
	Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 20:57:33 mst Comment ID: #10 Name: Jeff Montgomery E-mail: jamontgom(at)hotmail.com Is Texas a microcosm of conservatism, or what? On the one hand they are pro-self-defense, and on the other hand they cough up a lousy mystical know-nothing like GW.
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