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To: epicure who wrote (178741)	1/7/2012 6:06:28 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541595

<<< I don't care if the woman marries an 80 year old, I'd still feel sorry for a woman whose husband just died when she has a new baby, and then has guys breaking in to her trailer. That's pitiful. Who wouldn't hope this woman gets some hope coping?>>> If that's what you meant, please accept my apology. But this is not what you said immediately after you said she needed help - and what I took exception to; I know the gun nuts love stories like that-- and I haven't the heart to post the hundreds of gun suicide stories I read, that really put in perspective how great it is to have weapons easily accessible. For every "atta girl" invasion, you've got a lot of "oops, my 5 year old just shot his brother in the chest and killed him" stories, and those terrible "my despondent 14 year old shot himself in the head....The gun nuts don't get the two sides to the problem, as they so amply demonstrate every time they open their mouths. Annnnnnnd, clearly others here sided with your anti-gun slant as if that was what the story was about. The simple fact is - that against a drug crazed individual - her likely only adequate defense to protect her child was with a gun. If she hadn't of had one, the outcome here could very well of been tragic for both her and her child. I suggest people adapt Ron Pauls platform so people who are addicted to drugs can find them without needing to break into rural people's home because a loved one just died from cancer and so might be expected to have unused medical drugs in the home.