[Jeff Higgins]

It still amazes me that some folks believe that it is acceptable to have different sets of firearms rules depending upon the circumstances. What does not surprise me, however, is that if someone out there is going to be haughty and arrogant enough to believe they can make their own firearms rules, it would be Hollywood.

I liken firearms rules to the laws of physics. Not quite as inviolable, but pretty damn close. There are some folks who believe that the laws of physics don't apply to them. They may actually get away with practicing this belief for awhile, but ignore them long enough and they will, inevitably, catch up with them.

Same with firearms rules. The most basic of them have been developed over centuries, with millions and millions of people providing their input and experiences, some good, some bad, under every set of circumstances imaginable. And some most of us never would have thought of.

Some of this experience is, of course, somewhat hard won. People died. Adjustments have been made as a result. It's all pretty damn solid by now. Not "laws of physics" solid, but I would put it in a close second place. Violate them, and people get hurt, or they get killed. It really is that simple.