We can ban guns all we want. However, someone with evil intentions will get the gun anyway. So why ban guns from the good guys?

Even if only 5% of people carry concealed arms, that makes the evil-killer’s job that much more difficult if they have to be wary of that 1 out of every 20 people.

“I know you’re going to google 100 NRA websites that say cop-killer bullets are a myth.”

They are. “Armor piercing” ammunition is only legally available to law enforcement agencies and to the armed forces.
When properly wearing the appropriate body armor, not one law enforcement officer has ever been killed by a handgun bullet penetrating their vest. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) certifies three levels of body armor. The most commonly worn, Level IIA, offers realistic protection against all .22, .25, .32, .380, and .38, caliber handgun ammunition, against most 9mm, .357 Magnum, .40 S&W, .45 ACP and .44 Magnum handgun ammunition and against 000 buck shotgun pellets. Level II and Level IIIA armor protects from even greater threats including 12 gauge shotgun slugs and the “hottest” .44 Magnum rounds.

“Cop-killer” bullets are a myth born from media hype and nurtured by unrealistic Hollywood portrayals and the deliberately misleading claims of the anti-gun lobby. An objective, rational look at the facts quickly separates the myth from the reality.

Ya…I’ve read those sites too. I’ve read other sites that clearly point out that the NRA represents gun & ammo manufacturers…Not hunters, not innocent victims.

Eagle eye…according to your logic, it should be mandatory that we all carry guns so the “evil killer’s job” is impossible. Why stop at 5%? Let’s make this country really safe.

The demonization of the NRA is another tactic used by the anti-gun coalition to appeal to emotions rather than logic in the debate. For over a century the NRA has offered education and training in safe, ethical, legal use of firearms to law enforcement, sporting groups, and citizens of all walks of life. The NRA has been at the forefront of lobbying efforts for strict enforcement of laws against criminal and negligent misuse of firearms.

The Eddie Eagle child safety program, competetive shooting events, educational literature and other efforts of the NRA have greatly improved gun safety for generations of Americans.

Uninformed attacks on the NRA and gun owners in general reveal the true character and tyranny of those who would deny freedoms to many because of the horrible acts of a few.

Eddie the Eagle encourages kids to develope a fascination with guns…The safety message is secondary and merely a PR front.
Eddie the Eagle is to guns what Joe Camel is to cigarettes. A gimmick to sell a deadly product.

God forbid we have firearms safety education in schools, the anti-gun refrain goes, because it might encourage kids to shoot. Hmm, so sex education in schools, the great shibboleth of our liberal education system, doesn’t encourage kids to have sex, but firearms safety education encourages kids to have guns and shoot people?

Again, the Leftists, like Mrs. Garrison, use emotion and not logic to support their views.

The Eddie Eagle message to children is to stop, don’t touch, call an adult. It is aimed at children who are not taught firearms safety in the home or elsewhere. Children of conscientious gun owners already know the safety rules. Children whose parents fear or object to firearms are at risk because TV, movies, and video games present guns as toys and gun injuries as temporary or theatrical.

It is hard to understand anyone wanting to put children in jeopardy by keeping them ignorant of basic safety rules.

For 100 years the NRA has helped make sure that there are more firearms floating around than we can ever hope to deal with. Now they say “outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns”

It’s a hoot really. They’ve been holding the gate wide open for 100 years and now they say “it’s too late to do anything! The horse has already left the barn!”

Only Tango would make the comparrison of his desire to hold his gun with his desire to hold his penis.

Garrison - For a while there I thought maybe an imposter was posting under your name because todays responses have been fairly thoughtful and without the usual name calling. Then I read #29. Yep, it’s you.