[carpoor]

I believe I was given a .22 rifle around age 8 or 9. I totally agree with everyone who thinks this is the right way. I had that .22 and a bb/pellet gun for years. I actually didn't purchase my first handgun until I was 27 years old. I didn't have a need or want for anything else until that time. I had a gun pointed at me one time too many - and decided that I refused to be a victim from that point on. In the past six years I have never had to shoot anyone. The media blows things way out of proportion. If we take guns from the law abiding people, only criminals will have guns.

The problem is, that it is way easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.