sorry about my rant previously. i am just pissed since i had a recent incident involving a policeman "implying" that us "civies" will have a "harder" time because of this law. his BAD BLOOD came about because i didn't lent him a rifle of mine he was trying to borrow recently. T^&g@ lang eh, licensed tapos papahiram. kung gusto niya eh di pahiram din niya sa akin yung nakaMR na m14 niya sa akin. tapos dahil sa hindi napahiram eh aasta na ng ganun. o eh di try niya "ipatupad" yang batas na yan when the time comes. hihingi ng force multiplier tapos pag hindi napagbigyan sa isang kahilingan eh parang batang nagmamaktol!
back to topic, pansinin ninyo na most of the suspects involved in random shootings are "loners", etc, etc. masyado kasi malakas ang peer pressure at bullying, kasama na diyan ang discrimination by color, race, etc sa US kaya pag napuno ang pent-up emotions ng mga yan eh yan ang resulta. strict gun measures, not complete gun control. here are links of interest for the topic.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxwp60GP7Wg[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nf1OgV449g[/youtube]
pag responsible naman kasi ang may hawak ng baril eh wala magiging problema. without even mincing a word back then, i was able to "silently convert" two anti-gun female friends into a pro-gun back then. i was "discovered" to be packing when i signalled to a mall guard that i need to sign in their logbook. so ayun, nabuking na nagdadala. several incidents, that they thought, id wave and resort to my gun, wherein i literally let the situation "simmer down", did they realize that the mind is the most potent weapon. both even asked me to give them a tutorial on basic firearm handling and we even went to an indoor range. one even said that it is really true that having a firearm gives an added sense of security, knowing that you have something to protect yourself, if and when the NEED arises. and that need, as like what i always say, is when there is clear and potent danger to me, those that are dear to me, and those that are around me.