[Moneyguy1]

fray....In part I base my "worship" of firearms by some people on remarks by folks like Charlton Heston about prying his guns from his cold dead hands. Simply saying that anyone who thinks like me has the maturity of a 12 year old, undermines any points you may have made in the debate since it is far easier to smear and belittle than it is to come up with a cogent rebuttal!!

When was the last time someone was killed in a drive by with an ice pick or a hammer?

BTW....Knives, like other tools mentiones here CAN be used to kill...they can also be used to prepare food, whittle wood, and so on. A firearm is poorly equipped for dicing vegetables. As for whittling......

A firearm is like a car...a lump of metal made for a specific purpose. Neither is alive and neither has mystical properties, no matter how much attention or $$$ you lavish upon them.

Speaking of rifles as a long distance weapon. I will posit that, if I have a handgun pointed at you with intent and you are 15 feet away, I can drop you faster than you can reach me. How many gun deaths are within a few feet? Attacking with a club or knofe is more chancy...The intended victim may actually fight back and put the attacker at risk. Who wants that?

Comeon, fellas...you prove the point that to some gun ownership is an obsession and folks who question this obsession are automatically against gun ownership. Prove that there are people who do not consider gun ownership (in multiples) some kind of sacred duty without simply dismissing my comment out of hand. Anything that arouses such a degree of emotion must be an obsession. And, the ones here who show the most emotion are............

Like I said, I am not against gun ownership...intelligent ownership for the reasons stated in the constitution. I really try to look at things rationally.