Is Goofus actually as we portray him or are Americans taught that the pilgrim fathers were fleeing persecution?

I live near where two of the big cheeses come from (Brewster and Bradford.) Lots of local history about them. They preached intolerance to anything other than their Puritan stance and were inprisoned for enforcing it before fleeing to Holland. Their "ark" The Mayflower was all about the freedom to persecute and enforce their strict code that would make a monk wince.



Don. If we have burglars, we don't need guns and risking a life in prison because its a million to one the burglars have guns either.

Having pistols seems illogical to me. Hunting rifles I can understand. I pay a man to keep the rabbit population down in my paddocks for instance. But what can you do with pistols? Antique ones in glass cases on display maybe, but live ones?

Someone said they use them to go to a target range and shoot the bad guy targets. Seems similar to having a blow up doll to simulate rape.