Some thoughts to ponder...
 

Reading up on the original Wolfenstein 3D (Yes, the one from 1993. I found out today that RTCW 2 will be out next year too!!!), I came across this letter. Weird to be reading about a game to stumble across this, but she does make a point

-S

Honorable Senators Clinton and Schumer,
Washington, DC 20510

I am a registered Democrat, grandmother, a Family Health Nurse Practitioner of many years, and a life-long resident of New York State.

I have a pistol license in Suffolk County, New York. I strictly adhere to all the laws that are required with this privilege.

I need you to realize, as my representatives, the importance of my Constitutionally guaranteed right to own firearms.

In a post 9-11 world, I realized the community at large must be prepared to locally defend their fellow countrymen. Many of my fellow Democrats have realized this as well.

On a national scale, we depend upon the Armed Forces. Locally, we depend upon the municipal police departments.

Neither can be activated on a moment's notice.

Years ago in nursing school, and again today in the community health milieu, the phrase "An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure" rings true; never more so than now.

A well-prepared citizenry, capable of prudent and timely response, is imperative for the protection of all Americans.

Millions of Americans have this right and privilege. I noticed a strong representation of War Veterans attending Second Amendment conferences.

They above all understand the importance of preparation and deterrence. We need to maintain our Constitutionally-guaranteed ability to protect America and Americans. Terrorism is a fact of life in a shrinking world.

My life has been dedicated to saving the lives of others. That hasn't changed.

What has changed is my perspective on how to accomplish that while in the face of an imminent, terrorist threat.

Thank you. I respectfully hope you will consider this opinion with due seriousness and vote accordingly to protect your constituents' lives and freedom.

Sincerely,

Jeanne R., RN, MS, FNP-BC
Westhampton Beach, New York

I think I'm in love.;)

Sounds good until you get to the part about her being a democrat. ;)

-S

Don't feed her for awhile and she'll come around.:lol:

Is that how you threat your granny's? :hmm:

That's right - she is a grandmother!!! Are you still in love??? :D

-S

I'd like to see this backed up with examples of citizens using firearms to defend their fellow countrymen in a post-9/11 world.

Get NRA magazine. Better yet, Google it! Happens daily over here against the criminal type.

-S

Fair enough, but she's window-dressing it by using "post-9/11". What exactly changed, in the day-to-day interactions, as regards guns?

Now that I think about it, I wonder if she takes it to the logical conclusion of compulsory guns on aircraft, each passenger must carry a gun....

She doesn't trust the government, anything "compulsory" is out of her logic.

If I recall, firearms sales surged dramatically after 9/11.

The surge has lessened somewhat, but sales are still strong, and CWP applications have risen by astronomical rates here in the U.S.

9/11 didn't do it for me. i think it was Katrina that prompted me to go ahead and get my first assault rifle. The reason? Armed thugs running around killing and raping people. Now we know what happens when it all goes to hell and a handbasket.

I also got a CWP, but to tell you the truth, I never carry anything. Only time I carry is when I am protecting my rifles - ie. transporting them, or heading out into the wilderness. Never know what kind of weirdos you might find out there. Other than that, the CWP just gives me more freedom, such as not having to go point A to point B when transporting a gun of some sort. Without it, you must be traveleing to or from your place of business/home or to from place where you are shooting/home.

-S

me parent carry one everywhere they go. I tell him "paranoia will destroy ya`" but after certain events (Katrina, Recent Kidnappings in area, ect.) I have no problem with him carring one. maby I should get one too.....

Wow, I sure feel safer with gun toting super nurse grandma around...:roll:
This isn't an argument in favor of gun ownership, it's an argument against rational thought.

I do.