Before the NFA of 1934, Americans owned whatever guns they wanted. Even ones with evil protruding phallic-like appendages like pistol grips, and automatic weapons. Now automatic weapons are strictly controlled. Crime is all but a memory- except in places where regular people are allowed to own weapons. We have police who you can ask to live in your house who will protect you, so you don't have to do anything- and everyone knows that only police and Army guys are carefully screened and highly trained in the use of guns. Civilians just aren't smart enough to protect themselves and many of them just can't help but commit crimes when the occasion presents itself.

Most people can't help but commit crimes when they come near an evil weapon of any sort. I've seen it on The View and on Oprah.

That's why places which have tough restrictions on guns are so safe, and places which don't have restrictions on guns are so dangerous. Look at Washington DC and Boise Idaho. Washington is safe and quiet, while Idaho requires curfews, federal troops, and SWAT teams to keep a lid on the crime and bloodshed. The horror!

These days, all the cops think they are SWAT and all the SWAT think they are special forces… and homeland security has 'em equipped that way.

…but there aren't enough of them to control a motivated and irritated (or homeless/jobless) population.

If one ever needs an assault rifle, it can likely be pried from their cold, dead hands.

"As they should have- and some day we can have assault rifles again, like we did before 1934."

It's always more FUN when you can claim victimhood. Maybe you can go on Oprah or something…

Gore: Having your brother as the governor of a swing state and having activist judges on the Supreme Court hand you the election. (Yes, they are activists. All judges are. Republicans just bitch about it when the activism is against them.)

Kerry: Rove's campaign of getting the Bible thumpers out to vote for Bush when he talked about banning gay marriage, and the lies of the Swift Boat Veterans.