You can’t say gun rights are contradictory to Conservative values and not say why. If you read the Heller vs DC decision from June 2008 you would know that the second amendment was affirmed as an “individual right”, not a collective one specifically made for maintaining a militia. This isn’t a conservative vs liberal thing, it’s a matter of individual rights.

Don’t look into something that is very simple. If someone is threatening your life you have the undeniable right to defend yourself. Who is threatening you and where it happens is irrelevant. The police aren’t going to be in your bedroom when a rapist comes to rape you a second time. The police aren’t going to be there during a home invasion robbery and some thug has a gun to your wife’s head. The police don’t protect you, they investigate crimes after they’ve happened and at that point it’s too late for you. When seconds matter, the police are minutes away.

Your “pulled out a 9mm to shoot him” scenario isn’t accurate. A concealed weapon permit is for when the police aren’t present. You aren’t there to help the police or to “defend the homeland on their own”, you’re there to protect yourself and others if the situation calls for it. A concealed weapon permit doesn’t make you a vigilante with permission to do whatever you want. And yeah pulling a gun in front of police is a good way to get shot in any situation, I’m sure there are many dead criminals who would agree.

In a situation like Mumbai the terrorists could have been stopped immediately if the public was armed. They chose this type of attack because they knew they would face little opposition from the public (and turns out even the police who were reluctant to return fire).

The parallels between Mumbai and Virginia Tech are frightening. A target rich environment that was practically guaranteed to be unarmed. If even one of the students or professors was carrying a concealed weapon the loss of life could have been reduced. Investigators analyzing the VT attack figured that each minute the police delayed while waiting for backup, 3 people died.

Aside from personal defense, there are many people who enjoy hunting. I’m in it for the marksmanship aspect too. Was shooting nice small groups at 50 yards with my .22 bolt-action yesterday.

kinda curious why conservative goes along with gun rights, it seems contradictory in many senses. i don’t really care myself, just find it odd and was curious how you arrived yourself at putting the two together.

and alluding to Angelo’s ‘constitutional rights’ statement, there are many rights, chiefly the first amendment, to which exceptions ar granted, like you can’t yell fire in a theater. i assume the intent of the gun ammendment was to maintain a local militia, and that is not all that practical nowadays, heck if there were an invasion of terrorist at you school or even osama himself, if you pulled out a 9mm to shoot him the police would probably shoot your first as citizens no longer have the right to defend the homeland on their own.

keep in mind, i’m not against guns or any sort of personal property, just trying to understand the thought process.

Hope you had a good time up in Turlock, wish we could have been there. Maybe in the summer we can make it over. Have a great new year.

And very nice Lindsay. There actually are some students that I do like…it’s just those other ones you HAVE to have with them….

I’ve done my best to keep this site as anonymous as possible. If I ever had a student find it and spread it I’d have to change to a new one.

Shooting is a lot of fun. I miss living in a state where guns were OK and shooting was easy to do. I’ll admit it’s been YEARS since I’ve gone to the range and I’ll bet my aim is long gone!

My dad and I have a small militia worth of guns (rifles, shotguns and handguns) and I’ve shot most of the non collectible ones we have and I’m amazed at how different each feels!

It’s hard to describe the “fun” that the higher powered stuff produces. But they do tire you out sooner.

I was talking to Sarah’s family from Wyoming once about our firearm regulations here in the Republik and they joked that owning a gun was a requirement for residency in Wyoming.

And if anyone doesn’t read my blog, I have a standing offer to take anyone who has not fired a gun before to the range for free.