I always LOVE (sarcasm) the "This isn't the wild west" garbage from the wussie anti gun people.
If they actually put any THOUGHT into it, they would realize....."Hey......back then, almost EVERYONE carried a gun. So unless you KNEW you were the "fastest gun in the West" maybe it wouldn't be such a smart idea to pull that pistol out of it's holster."
Yes......there WERE bad people back then, just as there are now. The big difference is, back then most intended victims were packing and could fight back.
Made the criminals a little more cautious on who they attack if there's a chance THEY might end up being the dead guy.
Yes......in a "perfect world", no one would EVER need a gun, everyone would treat each other with respect, and love would abound.
Thats NOT the REAL world we live in.
I remember seeing a commercial made by i believe the NRA once......it showed a politician with his "crew", trying to come up with ways to look good to "the people", to LOOK tough on crime. Next shot, they show the politician on TV, rallying for "Stricter gun control laws, to lower the violent crime rate" and everyone cheers.
Then they show an obvious "scum bag" criminal watching the politician on TV, and he just starts laughing at the TV.
The criminals KNOW that gun control laws affect ONLY one group.....and thats the people that ALREADY OBEY THE LAWS AGAINST CRIME.
Why is that so difficult for the anti-gun people to see???
Truth is, it's your typical "political correct liberalism", which 99% of the time is just "feel good" useless fluff. It makes them FEEL like they have done something good, when in reality all they have done is make more unarmed victims for the criminals WHO WILL STILL BE PACKING A GUN.
WHY can't they SEE that????
(ANSWER: Cause they don't WANT to......it would ruin their "feel good" part)
Sorry.......rant over.