It's nice to hear some good news now and again. And it's good news when guns are used for their purpose: to defend one's self. In New Mexico, three criminals were shot dead by homeowners defending themselves. The article also lists various other uses of guns across the country by law-abiding citizens who simply wanted to live.

In each case, a criminal was trying to either kill or deprive a citizen of their inalienable rights. Now if the citizens did as the anti-gun people suggest, run away and call the police, they would have lost their property and may have lost their lives. In no case would the police have actually been able to stop the criminal in the act because the police were not there! And that's not the purpose of police (to stop crimes) -- their job is to come in AFTER the crime.

In addition, if the citizens had fled, the criminals would not only have taken from those citizens, but would also still have been free to continue on and deprive others of their life, liberty, or property. These citizens should be heralded as heros and hailed as good for the community because they have done what the police and criminal justice system in this country cannot do any more: they have stopped criminals from repeating their crimes.

Posted by: Ogre at 05:41 PM | Comments (16) | Add Comment
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