[jb92563]

Just as a note to Giller and some other Canadians still in Canada.

I felt as you did having never owned a gun in 40 years living in Ontario, but when I moved to the US there was a big contrast in police and criminal presence.

I would go a week or more without even seeing a police cruiser of any kind in Ontario where as now I see on the average 5-6 cruisers per day. It gave me the impression that it is more dangerous here, and it is.

The are a lot of uncivilized, angry crazy people here and they are mostly armed and not afraid to get into trouble since the legal system here does not seem very strict and they know they will be free again soon.

It was unsettling at first but then I got armed and went to the range to learn how to use the weapons and now I feel more secure. Its probably a false sense of security but I can accept it and the fact that I am not totally helpless and at the criminals mercy.

I would gladly give up all those weapons if they were outright abolished across ALL the states and that the penalty for even possessing a hand gun was 5 years in prison or more.

The people in the US do not know the kind of freedom and peace that lays across the boarder in Canada. Its is very special and I can appreciate it much more now that I have the contrast to compare.

Taking away guns here would be a destabilizing change in the favor of criminals. I think this could only be changed by reducing the number of criminals to the point where people here can feel safe unarmed, but how could something like that be accomplished????

So for now I'm with the pro-gun folks where I'd rather have the gun pried from my cold dead hands than be gunned down weaponless.