Posted by
Average Voter on Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:13:27 PM
On the front page of
todays Denver Post is an article on concealed carry in Colorado and the nation. It was a pretty even article highlighting both sides of the issue. There was one memorable paragraph that is not only true but entirley misunderstood by the gun control advocates.
"If you use deadly force for you or your family, right or wrong, your life will be forever changed," Hamilton warned them.
In fact, permit seekers spend much of their mandatory class time learning how to avoid actually using a gun — a paradox that mirrors the contradictions and illusions dominating modern gun regulation in Colorado and across the nation.
In the class I took for my concealed carry, the trainer, a former F.B.I agent, county sherriff and police officer, explained...no, pounded into our heads about how you really don't ever want to use your gun. Because, GOD forbid, you ever have to defend yourself and you kill another human being, you will have to live with that the rest of your life. Something that is easily forgotten while you are enjoying shooting your new .45 you just purchased at the gun range.
Just something to think about.