Monday, December 17, 2012

PROOF MORE GUNS DON'T MAKE YOU SAFER...! JUST THE OPPOSITE!

PEOPLE WHO OWN GUNS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE THE VICTIMS OF THOSE GUNS ...THAN ANY "HOME INVADER"...OR INTRUDER...

PERSONALLY I HAVE A DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN...12 GAUGE...FOR "HOME PROTECTION"... BUT I HAVE NEVER FIRED IT...I JUST ASSUME IT WORKS... 

I ALSO KEEP THE SHELLS AND THE GUN IN SEPARATE HIDDEN LOCATIONS...JUST SO AS NOT TO GIVE A BURGLAR THE ADVANTAGE OF GETTING THE GUN WORKING BEFORE I CAN REACT...

CONCERN WITH BEING ATTACKED ...AS PERHAPS IN THE CASE OF MS.LANZA, WHO WAS VERY WELL OFF...COULD BE THE REASON FOR THE EXCESS FIRE POWER IN THE LANZA HOME... 

BUT THE DESIRE TO "USE" THESE GUNS AT A FIRING RANGE IS A BAD SIGN...  THIS MAKES THE GUN A TOY...OR A HOBBY...WHICH IS GOING DOWN THE WRONG ROAD...

AS A WOMEN LIVING ESSENTIALLY ALONE IN A REMOTE AREA THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED LANZA TO BUY HER EXTRA FIRE POWER...BUT GUNS SHOULD NOT BE A HOBBY FOR MOST PEOPLE.
   
THE BOTTOM LINE...?

YOU DON'T NEED EXCESSIVE FIRE POWER TO MAKE YOU SAFE AT HOME...ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE MENTAL UNSTABLE PERSONS IN THE HOUSE...OR CHILDREN WHO KNOW WHERE THE GUN IS KEPT...