It was for self-defense

To: Clayton Cramer
From: Jeff
Date: January 30, 2004
Subject: The ultimate gun-defense story

Here's my submission for your gun blog.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/01/30/cyanide.probe.ap/index.html

An excerpt:

A raid in April found nearly two pounds of a cyanide compound and other chemicals that could create enough poisonous gas to kill everyone inside a space as large as a big-chain bookstore or a small-town civic center.

Authorities also discovered nearly half a million rounds of ammunition, more than 60 pipe bombs, machine guns, silencers and remote-controlled bombs disguised as briefcases, plus pamphlets on how to make chemical weapons, and anti-Semitic, anti-black and anti-government books.

Boy, that couple was really concerned with their self-defense! I bet having half a million rounds of ammunition mitigated their irrational fears of Jews, blacks, and government figures and made them much safer!

Jeff
geekable.com

P.S. I am still unconvinced of your assertions that owning a gun makes you safer. If we take this theory to its logical extreme, then every American would carry a concealed firearm and we'd have the lowest murder rate in the world. As if we didn't live in a state of fear already: now every person you met could kill you at their whim! The hole in your theory is explaining why the average gun-wielding Joe in that hypothetical world would refrain from firing his gun.

P.P.S. I think gun control is great not just for improving personal safety, but improving personal health; when you don't have the luxury of a firearm, you have to beat someone up to kill them, which provides an intense physical workout! Get rid of that gun and lose the pounds....