E.J. Dionne has a good article in U.S. newspapers this week. He says,m "We need to insist on protecting the rights of Americans who do not want to be anywhere near guns."
He concludes:

The nation could ring out with the new slogans of liberty: "Not in my house." "Not in our school." "Not in my bar." "Not in our church." We'd be defending one of our most sacred rights: the right not to bear arms.

I should be able to feel safe walking the mountain trails near my home, but twice hunters and target shooters have shot many rounds in my direction. We rarely have bears in the area and they've never been a nuisance - why did the guy next door have to kill two of them, and how did he shoot them without his bullets going onto my property? And those two frightened people who greeted me with rifles after I called and made an appointment to interview them on a government investigation - did those guns ever really do them any good?

Yeah, I think I have a right to be free of the fear of being shot by nice, law-abiding people with guns.

-Joe Offer-