Comment on another wall, posting it here for future reference. There was discussion of my libertarian tendencies, and I was asked why I own an AR15 (in response to "My collection runs from 14th C medieval hand-cannon, through AR15"). NOTE: the "See pic" comment was the VA Second Chance to Die T-shirt.

Starting with the libertarian thing: I'm ( Read more... )

Steven Barnes, on his Facebook page, has been having a number of discussions on gun control. Author Peter Huston commented the following;

"To me one of the fascinating things about watching these arguments is to see how emotional some people can get about the underlying issue of "is the world safe?" --I can understand why people who have been hurt ( Read more... )

Back in 2006, Garrison Keillor posted a piece in Salon.com, titled "Guns on a Plane". The way he wrote it was, as usual for him, tongue-in-cheek and satirical. The verbal picture he painted sounded more like Knob Creek than the inside of a plane. Of course, I actually agreed with his basic premise. I just think there should be some restrictions ( Read more... )