Matt Gunsch wrote:
In my case it is emotional and very personal. I have had to use a gun twice, once to save my own life and once to save the life of my neighbor and his then 5yr old son, so I take it very personal when someone tries to tell me what I need and don't need to protect myself. Until you have stood where I have, NO ONE has a right to tell me what tools I can or cannot use.
I can't say I envy you for having to be exposed to the horrible reality of pulling a trigger towards another human being, it's unspeakably tragic, but I can assure you you're not the only one that has been in that situation in one way or another on this board alone. What I can say is there also should be no one who has the right to tell anyone what they should think about this debate. Like it or not, there's always going to be folks who will disagree with your views.
Just so you know where I'm coming from, to agree to disagree is one thing (and something I take very personal), but by no means am I an advocate for changing or altering the 2nd amendment ... but that also covers the 1st amendment as well.
You'll never see me try to take your guns away, but there really, really are ways to improve this terrible situation we have in this Country and I'd be happy to sit down with anyone who is willing to listen to some real logic any day of the week. I don't have all the answers but I do have the will to try to find answers and that's where we all need to start. There's much, much more to this problem than just the guns.
Having another one of these tragic school shootings occur is just not an option any longer. Both sides of the fence need to work together to solve the problem or once again we can throw the finger of blame in all directions and continue to debate this issue until no one's standing, or we all can collectively work together to solve this nightmare. It can be done and those who choose to legally have guns can keep their guns.