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An article about guns some gun control, from a gun owner, Willa Howe-Bennett

Submitted by RichardKanePA on Sat, 07/21/2012 - 1:42pm.

BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT . . .”

I, like the rest of the world today, woke up to the sickening events in Aurora, Colorado . . .
Let me say at this point that I am a member of a group called PINK PISTOLS, which is a GLBT shooting club that is also a member of the NRA. I take my 2nd Amendment rights very seriously; the one recourse that all people of the United States have access to combat tyranny is the right to keep and bear arms. However, an armed citizenry and a RESPONSIBLE, well-educated citizenry are two separate things

The rest of the article is at,
http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/437-2nd-amendment-rights/12532...

http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/437-2nd-amendment-rights/12532-because-i-felt-like-it-

I would like to thank Wilma Howe-Bennett for your fresh air on the gun issue. I have something similar to reach people and change minds. But since you are a gun owner I will tailgate your blog post.

George Zimmerman's right to follow people around in a way many of those followed found threatening was his membership in town watch. But he was ignoring their telephone instructions to stop following. If he had a suit or a guard outfit on, Trayvon Martin would have less reason to think he was about to be mugged and felt he had to defend himself. Zimmerman might have well been a rouge undercover cop who was told to stop looking for hidden illegal weapons in a extensive legal collection and ending up shooting in self-defense the way a bank robber would shoot before a security guard aiming a gun at him shot first.

Most killing is some sort of self-defense. So the issue is legal or illegal self-defense. What is now driving more servicemen batty then in past wars is that today far fewer of them were in fear for their lives when they were told or expected to start shooting.

So a gun owner defending George Zimmerman is defending a rouge police, or other official, being around the gun owner in a threatening way, and ending up killing the gun owner.

However arresting Zimmerman's wife and high bail makes gun owners less identify with Trayvon Martin who was killed because he wasn't a pacifist and decided to defend himself.

Let's in our political activity get back to trying to persuade instead of to try to make those we disagree with do what we want.

INFORMATION UPDATE:

Comprehensive look at James Homes follows, How did painfully shy straight A student
(become)
Americas hated killer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180101/James-Holmes-How-did-pai...

Gun Owners Say They Want More Controls, a GOP Pollster Says,

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/27/gun-owners-say-they-wan...

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In the spriit of discussion,banning automatic weapons not the a

Submitted by RichardKanePA on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 4:39pm.

In the sprit of discussion, outlawing automatic weapons not a likely solution to controlling James Holmes that much.

An intelligent meticulous man spending months and a small fortune in weapons to try to represent pure evil, it is actually amazing that so few had died.

The media can't understand James Holmes. But imagine he was a young child always trying to do well and be important. He spent many hours playing Guitar Hero, playing a fake guitar to the cheers broadcaster from the computer screen with every stroke of the strings. Got top graders in difficult courses like neuroscience, but the only job he thought he could get was at McDonald's. He then like a little child decided if he can't succeed at being good then he would succeed at being bad.

He and any other James Holmes out there could be stopped simply by telling them they could easily get a good job on their computer at less than McDonald's wages by sending resumes to India. Top grades and a recent McDonald's pay check would be an excellent reference for a Third World job.

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Some gun right's enthusiasts demand that people be allowed to take guns into movie theaters to defend themselves with. But Holmes was covered with armor and threw teargas, so a gun owner up close, with eyes blurred by tear gas, wouldn't be inclined to fire at the hose in his gas mask or some other venerable spot. And most would shoot wildly after the first bullet had no effect, and Holmes was aiming a gun back at them.

A possible silver lining in this tragedy is the possibility of people getting together to discuss the issues of guns, punishment and the economy in a rational way. And an understanding that those in hot trouble spots faced similar tragedies, and would love to find a way to stop them.

I noticed a lot more thoughtful comment then in previous tragic events. There were several other thoughtful comments surrounding the following one,
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/335-156/12554-58-murders-a-...

One gun owner makes a convincing case that guns should be regulated the way cars and drivers are,
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/436-2nd-amendment-rights/12615-r...

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Perhaps this tragedy will actually turn out an opportunity to finally get together to solve our problems instead of spreading the blame game

INFORMATION UPDATE
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2180101/James-Holmes-How-did-pai...

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Another hunter for sensible gun rules

Submitted by RichardKanePA on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 4:03pm.

Thomas Magstadt has a hunting rifle and is for sensible gun rules. He is now in Colorado, but still writes frequently for a PA blog Op-ed News, was in Philly,
http://afsc.org/video/legacies-iraq-war-tom-magstadt

His, Dark Knights in Colorado, Dark Days in America is at the following link,

http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/419-gun-control-/12597-dark-kn...

readersupportednews.org/pm-section/419-gun-control-/12597-dark-knights-in-colorado-dark-days-in-america

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