Oh, one more thing: Scalia's ludicrous vision of a little old lady clutching a handgun in one hand while dialing 911 with the other (try it sometime) doesn't fit the facts.
And Arthur Kellermann would know all about visions not fitting facts. For instance, his vision of citizen disarmament doesn't jibe with what he'd want for his own little old lady.
WarOnGuns readers who have been here from the start will recall the late Professor Preston Covey--those of you who don't would do well to discover him.
WarOnGuns readers who have been here from the start will recall the late Professor Preston Covey--those of you who don't would do well to discover him.
WarOnGuns readers who have been here from the start will recall the late Professor Preston Covey--those of you who don't would do well to discover him. He reminded us:
As stated by one prominent critic of defensive firearms ownership, Arthur Kellermann: "If you've got to resist, your chances of being hurt are less the more lethal your weapon. If that were my wife, would I want her to have a thirty-eight special in her hand? Yeah."And would you want her to be dialing 911 with the other, Doc?
...Ann Japenga, "Would I Be Safer with a Gun?" Health March/April 1994.