Jeff Stahler for January 10, 2013

I was rooting for the iron to be replaced; but not by another packing iron. (I want the robot in)

I read a great story about a woman who confronted an intruder. ^http://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-mom-hiding-kids-shoots-intruder/story?id=18164812^Upon hearing him enter the house, she grabbed her kids and her 38 caliber pistol and ran into the attic. Don’t know why she didn’t grab a phone, maybe there wasn’t one nearby. I’m sure she would have if she could. He went through the house, and rather than grab something of value and leaving, he found her and her children in the attic. She defended her family.The man is expected to live.She didn’t have an assault rifle, or armor piercing bullets, or a 10+ bullet clip. She had a revolver and enough training to hit her target with 5 of her 6 bullets.If he had found her without a gun, her home was too far away from neighbors for her screams to have been heard if he chose to attack. If he was just a burglar, why did he keep searching the house and even go to the attic?This is a story that shows where a gun has value. I still support banning high capacity clips, cop killer bullets, and I support 100% background checks even when guns are sold by private owners and gun shows. But…I’m so glad that young mother had her 38.Respectfully,C.

Is this the elementary school version from the NRA web site? Don’t forget, for every student you need one armed guard.

A young lady lived with my family and attended the local high school. In her home town, she walked to school with an army escort who stood guard outside her classroom and then escorted her home. She was grateful to be able to walk to school and attend school functions without looking at guns the entire day.

Movie and TV violence is much worse in Japan than in the US, and violent video games became popular there while we were still playing PacMan over here. Even Japanese comic books are much more violent than any of our “superhero” versions. Yet violence in Japan is far below that of the US, no matter how it is measured (I’m not just limiting this to gun violence).*I don’t know the answer, but blaming our violence on movies, TV and video games is overly simplistic. Our problems are much deeper.

Sorry for the lateness of my reply, but the answer is, “No!”. When I took her to the airport to return to her family, she could not hold back the tears. Neither could I.

That game could also, for some time now, have been callded: “Military-Industrial Complex”. With so few corporations, even with their subcontractors, running the show today, it IS a “private monopoly”.