power to the peaceful...

...Wow, came across some interesting and random reading at newsweek.com today. Portraits of Gun Owners across the USA.

One nation, Under gun...
According to this news story the 2nd Amendment supposedly states that a well regulated Militia is a necessity to the security of a free state, and that the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. Two hundred years later, in 1999, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and explosives estimated that there are about 215 million guns in America- at least one firearm in half the households in the country. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, however, puts that number at 192 million guns, owned by 39 percent of the population. Either way, that’s a lot of firepower, and sure makes a pacifist like myself real scared…….bang-bang- wow...!
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