Thank you, Captain. I am afraid it will fall on deaf ears. But I will address a couple of comments.

The insinuation that those of us that hunt have some kind of macho thing going on is both gratuitous and the mark of a mind that lives within their own biases. It is certainly not the case with me or most of those I hunt with. There very definitely are those that have this type of attitude, but they are known by us as slob hunters and I won't allow them in my circle.

The idea that my use for a weapon must conform to your idea of appropriate use is ludicrous. My reason for having a small gun is none of your business, as long as I use it lawfully. It might be for hunting, target shooting, personal protection, or some combination of all those things. The logic that says that because some unbalanced person in Texas shot folks, we should take away guns from everybody means we should also take away every other item used to commit murder. It is demagoguery at it's finest. True examination of the points Kendall made leads you to conclusions you all don't want to acknowledge. But that does not make them less valid or true.

Finally, with all due respect to Saul Goldie whom I consider a fine Mudcatter, his point that somehow one could make all the guns disappear and the problem would disappear is ludicrous on it's face. Whether my friends across the pond, or my friends here in NA, get it or not, guns have been a part of the fabric of this society since it's beginning. For the vast majority of us they have been a part of our lives and a right we have always had.