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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (31977)	12/19/2012 5:00:11 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

When the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution on December 15, 1791 was introduced there was no Bushmaster, Sig Sauer or Glocks available. en.wikipedia.org A gun then looked like this and took a minute to reload if you knew what you were doing.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (31977)	12/19/2012 11:29:56 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

GUN-CARRYING ARIZONA MAN HELPS NAB BANK ROBBER — AND ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS SHOW THE SUSPECT HE WAS ARMED A gun-carrying man in Flagstaff, Ariz. is being credited with helping stop a bank robbery suspect — but he never even had to pull out his gun. Dave Young was driving up to the Arizona Central Credit Union branch when he saw a friend’s son trying to stop a man jumping over a fence. Young says he quickly confirmed a bank robbery had occurred and took off after the two in his vehicle. The Arizona Daily Sun reports Young caught up with the pair and placed his hand on his sidearm, showing the suspect that he was armed. He didn’t pull his gun — but he was ready if he needed to. Young called 911 and police took the suspect, later identified as 32-year-old Joshua Nesmith, into custody. “I provided cover for him. If the suspect had tried to pull a weapon I could have stopped him,” Young said. “I told him don’t move. I looked him over for weapons and visually inspected the suspect, then called 911.” In Arizona, gun owners can carry a concealed or exposed weapon without a permit or training. Young says he’s held a concealed carry permit since 1998. He also said carrying a firearm is the responsibility of able-bodied, law-abiding men. “I think it’s important if you’re a male with a clean record to protect your community,” Young added. “You should be ready to do something like this if possible.” However, he went on to say that individuals who carry concealed handguns should receive the same amount of training he has. That training, he explained, taught him how to handle a gun and provided him with the mental and emotional control needed not to draw his weapon unless it is absolutely necessary.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (31977)	12/19/2012 2:45:00 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 69300

"Criminologist Gary Kleck estimates that 2.5 million Americans use guns to defend themselves each year. Out of that number, 400,000 believe that but for their firearms, they would have been dead," columnist Larry Elder wrote in July, following the shooting tragedy at the premier of the latest Batman movie in Aurora, Colo. "We know from Census Bureau surveys that something beyond 100,000 uses of guns for self-defense occur every year," adds Professor Emeritus James Q. Wilson, a public policy expert at the University of California-Los Angeles. "We know from smaller surveys of a commercial nature that the number may be as high as two-and-a-half or three million. We don't know what the right number is, but whatever the right number is, it's not a trivial number." naturalnews.com

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (31977)	12/19/2012 4:27:07 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

Gun buyers have flooded other firearms retailers too. The Hyatt Gun Shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, racked up more than $1 million in sales yesterday for the best single-day performance since the store opened in 1959, according to Justin Anderson, director of online sales. At the top of shoppers’ lists was the Bushmaster AR-15, the model of rifle used at Newtown that sells for as much as $4,000 and had almost sold out, he said. Revenue at one of the largest U.S. gun stores surpassed even the spike just after Obama was elected president in 2008, Anderson said in a telephone interview. Sales weren’t as robust when Obama was re-elected last month because the president hadn’t backed major new gun laws, he said.