tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31586983.post2861735780480188450..comments2023-11-05T03:25:19.346-05:00Comments on Salisbury News: Nolte: I Bought a Gun on a Lark... Then I Needed ItAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10469687445528023080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31586983.post-36965046372255398392018-03-06T07:52:31.021-05:002018-03-06T07:52:31.021-05:00I didn't know birds sold gunsI didn't know birds sold gunsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31586983.post-90571141986278857312018-03-04T14:16:30.887-05:002018-03-04T14:16:30.887-05:00I have bought several guns "illegally". ...I have bought several guns "illegally". I bought one rifle way back when I was 19-21 or so. Since then I became a "prohibited person". It had nothing to do with any violent crime, mental issues, or any of the things most people think of when they think of "prohibited people". <br /><br />I bought them for self-defense and home defense. Thankfully, I have never had to use them and hope I never do. But if I, or the many others like me, had followed the law I and my family would be defenseless and at the mercy of those people who also have guns to do violent crime with.<br /><br />I know I am not the only person to do this. My point? Guns are readily available to anyone. I am not a criminal per se but if I can purchase a gun, what makes anyone think that a violent criminal cannot? <br /><br />Laws are only effective if and to those willing to obey them. They can pass gun laws until the cows come home. Do all the background checks they want. There will ALWAYS be a way around them and a market for those who cannot buy guns legally. <br /><br />Some might not like this REALITY but that is just the way it is and has always been. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31586983.post-5207001413956999772018-03-03T19:12:11.231-05:002018-03-03T19:12:11.231-05:00Three years ago an intruder walked into my house a...Three years ago an intruder walked into my house at 2 in the afternoon. <br /> My wife (68) and myself (71) were both upstairs. Me in the bedroom, her in the shower.<br /> The intruder was obviously drunk and would not leave the house as I called out to him as he was standing in my living room.<br /> I got my wife with me and we locked the bedroom door and called 911 as we heard him begin to come up the stairs.<br /> NEVER have I felt so helpless to protect my wife. A good fight would probably give me a heart attack.<br /> He went back downstairs after trying the bedroom door.<br /> Police arrived about 5 minutes (an eternity) later - in force - tackled him and arrested him in my living room.<br /> We never felt the need for a gun. My wife was adamantly against it. I felt we needed it.<br /> Two weeks later my new gun is deeply hidden from my wife and easily accessible to me if the situation arises again.<br /> My wife has continually thanked me for "seeing it her way" and not buying a gun.<br /> Hopefully she will never need to know that it exists.<br /> <br /> <br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com