More Guns, Less Crime

If you are a home or business invader (i.e. criminal), are you going to invade a home or business where there probably are firearms, or are you going to invade a home where there probably are no firearms?  Seems like a "no brainer".

Statistically, scientifically, and really, violent crime rates go down when states pass "shall issue" concealed carry laws.  This, according to John Lott, who published a statistical analysis of crime data for every county in the United States during 29 years from 1977 to 2005.

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Don't Live Just to Live!

Apparently, older people take less risks.  Why? 

If you have less to look forward to, i.e. less to lose, why wouldn't you take on more risk for greater experiences, e.g. walking the entire Pyrenees following the GR10 hiking route from coast to coast?

Why keep living just for the sake of living?

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Why Taxes?

If governments can make money with the press of a button, then why do we need to pay taxes to them?  Think about it.

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Police Officers on the Street and Gun Control

In March, PoliceOne conducted the most comprehensive survey ever of American law enforcement officers’ opinions on the topic gripping the nation's attention in recent weeks: gun control.

More than 15,000 verified law enforcement professionals took part in the survey, which aimed to bring together the thoughts and opinions of the only professional group devoted to limiting and defeating gun violence as part of their sworn responsibility.

Quite clearly, the majority of officers polled oppose the theories brought forth by gun-control advocates who claim that proposed restrictions on weapon capabilities and production would reduce crime. In fact, many officers responding to this survey seem to feel that those controls will negatively affect their ability to fight violent criminals. Contrary to what the mainstream media and certain politicians would have us believe, police overwhelmingly favor an armed citizenry, would like to see more guns in the hands of responsible people, and are skeptical of any greater restrictions placed on gun purchase, ownership, or accessibility. The officers patrolling America’s streets have a deeply-vested interest — and perhaps the most relevant interest — in making sure that decisions related to controlling, monitoring, restricting, as well as supporting and/or prohibiting an armed populace are wise and effective. With this survey, their voice has been heard. PoliceOne's Gun Control Survey: 11 key lessons from officers' perspectives, April 08, 2013

If

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you … Yours is the Earth and everything that is in it, and, which is more, you will be a man, my son."

Rudyard Kipling poem, "If"

A Strong Message to all Women

After locking up, a female employee of Cakes and Confections 4U was leaving the business through a back door when she realized she was cornered by two strange men. One man struck her in the jaw while the other ripped off her necklace and earrings. 

When the men then attempted to sexually assault the woman, she produced a concealed .32-cal. firearm from her waistband and fired. Both men immediately dropped the stolen jewelry and ran. It was last reported that the assailants were still at large. 

After the incident, the woman said her firearm saved her life and that she had a strong message to all women, "If you don't have a gun or you're scared of guns, get familiar with them and get a gun."

FOX Carolina 21, Landrum, S.C., 8/29/12

The Press's Job is to Protect Liberty

"The press's job is to stand in the ramparts and protect the liberty and freedom of all of us from a government and from organized governmental power.

"When they desert those ramparts ... and become active particpants ... and decide ... what truth that you may know, as an American, and what truth you are not allowed to know, they have, then, made themselves a fundamental threat to the democracy, and, in my opinion, made themselves the enemy of the American People.  These people are going to destroy freedom in America."

Those words are from Pat Caddell, Democratic pollster turned political analyst, speaking on "The Audacity of Corruption" before a September 2012 Accuracy in the Media conference, as related by Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President, America's First Freedom.