Originally Posted by Bklyn
Who ARE you people? (Don't mean to single out FlatFender with an out-of-context quote, but it was the juiciest recent one....) I live in New York City. I don't know ANYONE who has a gun. Really. Maybe threads like these bring out the munitions experts; I don't know. Personally, I feel much safer on the bike than off.
These threads tend to bring out the wannabe rambos who have never seen a shot fired in anger, let alone taken a life. But, on the bright side, these are bike forums, so hopefully nobody takes the 'expert' opinions of weekend paper-punchers too darn serious.
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey