I know some of you might not approve of this, but...

[smeddley]

...I'm legal to pack heat! Apparently I am a fine, upstanding citizen, or at least my fingerprints weren't all over any crime scenes and there aren't any warrants out for my arrest. The bad news? The license is actually issued the same place your driver's license is, so I have to go stand in line there... D:

Comments

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Goodonya. I'd still love to learn to use a handgun.

Bummer about the line, though. That sucks.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Well, if you ever come to Kansas, we'll go out to a range. :)

Hopefully it won't be too bad - there's a small-ish one near where I live, and I think as long as you're not there right after Driver's Ed finishes, it's not too bad. I'll just bring my knitting...

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Hee :D

And just remember, knitting needles can be used to menace anyone who tries to cut in line. Bwahaha.

No, I've not lost my sanity... completely...

[tarpo.livejournal.com]

Good for you.. Not my cup of tea.. but nice stuff :)

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

And, now you know one place you might flee to when the zombie horde attacks, right? ;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/anam_cara_/]

Not something I'd ever pursue, but I'm not frighten by the prospect of you carrying a gun, others, yes, but I'm thinking you'd be more likely to cause bodily injury with crafting materials, deadly with yarn.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I'm totally responsible with guns. Crafting supplies, on the other hand... you're right, I make no promises! :D Which reminds me, I really need to finish that story... (Not only have a had characters kill with knitting needles, I had a short story with a deadly gang called the Purl 2s...)

[mela-lyn.livejournal.com]

I just have to ask why you need a gun... carry it if you want, but is where you live so dangerous? ;)

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

I don't - I'd say my neighborhood is fairly safe, but it's just mostly on principle. Exercising my rights sort of thing. And if I do have to go somewhere less safe, well, I can defend myself now (because, you know, I don't look at all like an ideal target - a cute little plump short girl? Easy pickins!).

[mela-lyn.livejournal.com]

I believe the 2nd Amendment is taken advantage of now. I believe the times we're in now don't require the right to bear arms as the reasoning behind it was b/c they were all settlers and if they went to war, they took their own supplies. But people like you getting approved to have a gun... that doesn't bother me. The only reason I want to abolish it is for gangs, thugs, and idiots who abuse it and use their weapons in a wrong way. I mean, I'm fine with hunting, etc. My dad used to go bow hunting for deer. I just hate how people use that amendment as an excuse to be stupid, present company excepted of course!!

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Well, honestly, gangs and thugs aren't using the second amendment as their reason to bear arms. Many (most?) of them have 1) illegal guns and/or 2) are unlawfully possessing them in the first place because of prior felony convictions. I'm guessing about 0% of criminals carrying concealed weapons actually have a permit. ;)

Also, the reason for the second amendment is actually to be able to overthrown the government in the face of tyranny:

"The Founders added the 2nd Amendment so that when, after a long train of abuses, a government evinces a methodical design upon our natural rights, we will have the means to protect and recover our rights. That is why the right to keep and bear arms was included in the Bill of Rights.

In fact, if we make the judgment that our rights are being systematically violated, we have not merely the right, but the duty, to resist and overthrow the power responsible. That duty requires that we always maintain the material capacity to resist tyranny, if necessary, something that it is very hard to do if the government has all the weapons. A strong case can be made, therefore, that it is a fundamental DUTY of the free citizen to keep and bear arms."

[mela-lyn.livejournal.com]

Well, when you put it like that... :) It's not an issue I'm very worried about. Then again, it bothers me when anyone abuses a law and at least 1 person does that for every law probably... so I'm screwed. ;)

But you go be your gun-totin' badass and I will give you a thumbs up. You totally need to go to a gun store and get a picture of yourself holding the biggest gun you can find and make it an LJ icon. That would be pretty awesome. Label it: Kick-ass IRL

(Sorry, I just woke up so if this rambling isn't coherent, I apologize.)

[ded-grotty.livejournal.com]

I am 100 PERCENT approving. You go, girl! Protect yourself!

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

What, you don't think my intimidating 5'2" is enough? ;)

[ded-grotty.livejournal.com]

I grew up around guns, even though I can't stand people who hunt for entertainment.The joy of killing a living thing is lost on me.

But someone breaking into my house and threatening me or my husband? They're going down, I tell you.I have no problem blowing the face off of some thug if he's pointing a gun at me first.

[cdpeck.livejournal.com]

Remind me to be nice to you from now on.

[smeddley.livejournal.com]

Only if you promise it means that, say, I get a Christmas card and not that you'll stop being your smart-ass self! I don't know what I'd do without my daily dose of Peck Smart-Assery!