tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post4813508826459745244..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: The New MediaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-29292925926452382142009-08-23T15:36:54.486-04:002009-08-23T15:36:54.486-04:00I agree that Prof Reynolds is a bit over the top h...I agree that Prof Reynolds is a bit over the top here, especially considering that half the problem is knowing if your hijacked airplane is going to Havana or to the World Trade Center.<br /><br />And yet, 40,000 NYC cops couldn't stop the 9/11 problem. It took a bunch of improvising civilians to end the nightmare in a field in Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Like Dick, I am not a stranger to weapons, having dealt with capabilities up to 1.1 megaton. And, being lazy, my 22 rifle and two handguns are in Virginia. But, I would be more disturbed by a nation with no guns than one where every adult of sound mind was armed.<br /><br />Right now the Goldilocks Rule seems to apply—we are probably "just right."<br /><br />Regards — CliffC R Kriegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563658418464959198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-44338724005716372292009-08-23T09:35:38.600-04:002009-08-23T09:35:38.600-04:00I enthusiastically purchased Reynolds' book (&...I enthusiastically purchased Reynolds' book ("Army of Davids") when it first came out. I was with him up until the chapter when he advocated arming the entire population as the best deterrent to future acts of terrorism. Having handled a multitude of weapons during my 4 years in the Army, I'm not a stranger to firearms and I do respect the 2nd Amendment, but that proposal just didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Prof Reynolds has yet to win me back.Dick Howehttp://www.richardhowe.comnoreply@blogger.com