Well, first of all we (US citizens) have been brought up on a steady diet of violence and fear... That's not good if we are now to have a ****reasonable discussion**** about guns but...

...depending on which study one believes there is between 22 and 43 times a greater chance of someone being killed in homes with guns...Heck, I wouldn't care it were 2 times greater... Bottom line, this one fact alone is just cause for a civil discussion...

Oh, silly me, I forgot for one moment that we don't live in a civil society....

What I think all people want is to feel safe and folks have all too often been led by NRA propaganda to think they are safer with a gun... The facts don't show that but, hey, the NRA can sho nuff whip up some fear and scare when reasonable peole say, "Hey, can we atlk about this???"

Yeah, the voice or reson has been shouted down by people who profit from violence and murder... That is the bottom line here... If we want to talk safety then we have to turn the NRA completely off... Their agenda is based on money... Not safety...

Bobert