Geeks With Guns

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One of the first results of the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to overturn Washington, D.C.’s gun ban is likely be a legal onslaught by the National Rifle Association, which is gearing up for a nationwide campaign to make sure the court’s decision is enforced.

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My primary goal when I’m out and about (besides whatever I went out and about to do) is to go about peaceably and not be the victim of a violent crime. To that end I carry a firearm whenever I go out as well as follow all the other standard safety practices like maintaining situational awareness, drugs staying out of high crime areas, and avoiding confrontation. I also have a larger overall goal of making it through my life without shooting anyone. Simply put, I don’t want to be responsible, legally or morally, for another’s death. Those two goals might appear at first blush to be mutually exclusive, and with concealed carry it would be a difficult set of goals to realize.

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Memorial Day is a United States Federal
holiday observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known
as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who perished
while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union
soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to
include casualties of any war or military action. (wiki)

We are grateful for
the sacrifices of our Men and Women like 19-year-old Army Pfc. Ross McGinnis of
Knox, Pa.,
who, on June 2 will be posthumously award the Medal of
Honor.

"McGinnis was perched in the
gunner’s hatch of a Humvee when a grenade sailed past him and into the truck
where four other soldiers sat. He shouted a warning to the others, then jumped
on the grenade. The grenade, which was lodged near the vehicle’s radio, blew up
and killed him.

Lt. Col. Anne
Edgecomb, an Army spokeswoman, said McGinnis easily could have jumped out of
the truck and saved himself.

"The instinct is, jump out of the
vehicle, but his four buddies were in the vehicle with him … and he chose to
place himself on top of the grenade and absorb the impact, and it saved their
lives," Edgecomb said. (news
source)

We are awed by the
heart and courage of our fellow Americans who voluntarily take up the cause of
freedom; most of them understanding that the price for their own freedom was
paid some time ago, and that the price for the freedom of generations to come
is solely on their small shoulders.

Their sacrifices, both physical and otherwise have always encouraged us to believe that our
freedoms are still worth fighting for, as are our fellow Americans. The
war records of our Fathers and Grandfathers have inspired many of us, both men and
women, to make commitments to American Armed Forces and other groups which
enable important military and humanitarian missions, both abroad and
domestic, to find success and to make a positive impact on our world.

Please join us on this day in remembering and honoring those men and women who
are true American heroes. As you gather with your friends and family today,
please let them know how much you appreciate their sacrifices.

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"Guns won’t Make Campus Safer":  This is the title of an editorial written by a clueless, quite possibly, journalism major at La. Tech, employee of a local daily newspaper. the author’s premise is that COUNSELING will reach out and include all of the social and mental misfits into the fabric of college life thereby eliminating the need for an armed student populice.

   The opinion was written partially in response to the anniversary of the Va. Tech tragedy, but also in support of HB-199 being considered by the LA Legislature — the bill will permit licensed concealed weapon holders to carry concealed on campus.

    I have a 20 yr. old daughter that WILL be licensed when she turns 21 later this summer. Passage of this bill is important, not only to me but to all fathers — especially those of female student-athletes that return back to campus, then possibly off campus housing after long road trips. 

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