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MLeake · January 8, 2013, 02:30 PM

Funny thing, manta49... I was talking with a middle-aged couple at the airport a couple days back. They were Brits, but he was wearing an NRA life member jacket. Turns out they spend several months every year in the US. She was a former Royal Navy nurse, and he was a retired, former commanding officer of a Royal Navy submarine.

Anyway, they were commenting on how, first, defensive guns were registered; then confiscated; then, hunting was demonized; then knives; and now, should one even use fists to deter an intruder in one's home, one will be arrested. One must retreat, retreat, retreat, and call for the bobbies.

That does not meet my standard for the rights a citizen should have.

January 8, 2013, 02:30 PM	#27
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	Funny thing, manta49... I was talking with a middle-aged couple at the airport a couple days back. They were Brits, but he was wearing an NRA life member jacket. Turns out they spend several months every year in the US. She was a former Royal Navy nurse, and he was a retired, former commanding officer of a Royal Navy submarine. Anyway, they were commenting on how, first, defensive guns were registered; then confiscated; then, hunting was demonized; then knives; and now, should one even use fists to deter an intruder in one's home, one will be arrested. One must retreat, retreat, retreat, and call for the bobbies. That does not meet my standard for the rights a citizen should have.