I live in an area where I'm surrounded by gun fanatics. A couple years ago, four new cars at the local Chevrolet dealer were damaged by gunshots. In a letter to the editor of the local newspaper, I said it seemed to be a situation of too many people owning too many guns.

In letters of response, I was told I ought to move out of the county if I didn't like guns. The language in the letters was more than a little bit scary. I've had guns pointed at me three times in my lifetime - always by so-called "righteous" people, never by "bad guys." We don't need to worry about criminals as much as we think - it's the righteous people we need to look out for.

-Joe-