Thanks for this story. Another thing that bothers me is the drug war. Recently, Asians who had been asleep shot through a closed door at police officers, when they heard their home being broken into. They assumed they were the typical burglars, as they couldn't see them & didn't dare risk opening the door to find out. The family had nothing to do with illegal drugs.
The police were shot but not killed. The drug war could be used as an excuse to take away the right to own guns. Yet nearly all gun owners support the drug war without questioning anything?
What happens in the drug war is that police tell dealers they caught that they'll get a reduced sentence if they give them addresses for several drug dealers. They don't know that many dealers, or are afraid they'll be killed if they provide that info. So instead they give them the addresses of their customers, or just make up random addresses. So a SWAT team could be shooting in anyone's house at 5:30am.
I'm against people killing people (exception for self defense if really no choice) but still don't support a ban on guns. Does that make be a liberal, conservative, centrist, or confused & contradictory?
Our Founding Fathers were what would be considered today as radical extremists. They believed a govt that doesn't listen to the people or respect freedom should be replaced. Many of them would be doing lengthy prison sentences under current laws. Best wishes, George (MN)