Right. Can you imagine the chaos that would ensue if everyone had to surrender their firearms? That's the agenda that some of the anti-gun nuts loudly promote. ________________________________ From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx> To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 1:59:11 PM Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Is this lady in Libya, or the USA?! Both sides of the 2nd Amendment debate go overboard. It's like people are allergic to the idea that someone might have a right to disagree with them, and the compromise is the grease that keeps the skids of government from overheating. On Feb 26, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Dave wrote: Yeah, I know. The NRA goes overboard sometimes, but our society needs them just to remind our dysfunctional congress that people will organize to defend their rights. Second amendment and others. > > > > > ________________________________ From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx> >To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 1:49:27 AM >Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Is this lady in Libya, or the USA?! > >I wasn't saying it was an official NRA attempt. Just that this kind of thing >sounds like something someone would make up to scare people into thinking "OMG >THEY'RE PERSECUTING GUN OWNERS!" > > >On Feb 25, 2011, at 8:37 PM, Dave wrote: > >Looks like the local political hicks/hacks just blew it in a barrage of >ignorance and poor judgment. The NRA wasn't involved, because they identify >themselves in every event in which they become involved. It's just local >yokels >under the influence of stupid pills. That's how most of them live. >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx> >>To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Sent: Fri, February 25, 2011 8:53:54 PM >>Subject: [nikonf4] Re: Is this lady in Libya, or the USA?! >> >>But I could not find this story on any legitimate website save Slate.com, and >>that was a letter to the editor. I'm calling pro-NRA propaganda. There is no >>way >>al those levels of law enforcement would have responded that way, and no way >>this story would ever be hushed up either. Until I see evidence that this is >>a >>real story, I'm calling fake. >> >> >>On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:52 AM, WiltW@xxxxxxx wrote: >> >>http://www.longislandlawyerblog.com/mother-of-3-arrested-for-taking-pictures-of-tourist-attraction-at-airport >> >>> >>>Snopes does not list this as fiction. >>> >>>--wilt >> >>Eric >> >> >>The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some >>kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism >>industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good >>men >>die like dogs, for no good reason. - Hunter S. Thompson, – Generation of >>Swine: >>Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s, page 43. >> >> > >Eric > > >If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw >it >away. - Victor Hugo > > > > > Eric Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. – Steve Jobs