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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ever hear the adage “We’re both speaking English, but it’s not the same language”? That’s what I feel like right now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We’re barking up the same tree here. Yes, it works for the first four hours (all the legal mumbo jumbo), and yes, it can get you a concealed firearm permit from a couple other states allowing you to concealed carry in 35 or so other states. But, it doesn’t get you the enhanced Idaho permit, at least not by itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Forgive my lack of clarity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your pal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>DC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Tom Hansen [mailto:thansen@moscow.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 21, 2014 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> Dan Carscallen<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] A reassuring voice . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dan Carscalken stated:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"<span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The class put on by the NFTA is '<b>not' </b>for the enhanced Idaho permit"</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Then, Mr. Carscallen, why does the NFTA website specifically state " . . . fills the qualifications for the first 4 hours of the Idaho Enhanced Permit.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>*More information will be given on the second part (live fire) of the Idaho Enhanced Permit during the class."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Huh?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And the on-site advertisement, at Tri-State, specifically relates the training to "Concealed Firearm Permit"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=640 height=478 id="_x0039_6F359C7-B7C2-4A24-BB5D-16E1C9A93052" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFBD3B.C8A8CEA0" alt=image.jpeg><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/"><span style='color:black'>http://www.MoscowCares.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"There's room at the top they are telling you still.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- John Lennon<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:10 PM, "Dan Carscallen" <<a href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The class put on by the NFTA is *<b>not</b>* for the enhanced Idaho permit (which is required to be able to carry on the UI campus), but it does help you to apply for a concealed carry permit in those other states, allowing you to concealed carry in some of the states that don’t recognize the regular Idaho concealed carry permit.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>From what I know of the enhanced permit class, there is actual hands-on training where you have to shoot an oddball number of rounds downrange along with the classroom lessons explaining the laws. I look forward to taking it here in the near future.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your pal</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>DC</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [<a href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Hansen<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 21, 2014 11:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> lfalen<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] A reassuring voice . . .</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>And judgin' by this course description any idiot can git one of them enhanced carry permits.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Here is a four-hour course . . . an' ya git a ten-dollar gift certificate from Tri-State . . . all before lunch.</span><o:p></o:p></h2><div><p class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of the National Firearms Training Academy at:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://nftacademy.com/classes/idaho/aug-2-815-am-moscow-id-tri-state-outfitters/">http://nftacademy.com/classes/idaho/aug-2-815-am-moscow-id-tri-state-outfitters/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:19.2pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.2pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>PRODUCT DESCRIPTION</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:19.2pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.2pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>This class qualifies Idaho residents for the Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Oregon permits and fills the qualifications for the first 4 hours of the Idaho Enhanced Permit*. Come learn how to carry in 40 states in a safe, fun, and entertaining course. Receive a $10 gift certificate to Tri-State Outfitters upon completion of the course.The class is approximately 4 hours long. All instructors are NRA certified, UBCI certified, and either have a law degree or are currently pursuing one. Bring a valid state issued I.D. and something to take notes on. Other needed class materials are provided. You are welcome to bring food or drinks.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:19.2pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.2pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";color:black'>-------------------------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:19.2pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:19.2pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"UICTFontTextStyleBody","serif";color:black'>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, 'cuz . . .</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/"><span style='color:black'>http://www.MoscowCares.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"There's room at the top they are telling you still.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If you want to be like the folks on the hill."<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- John Lennon<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:00 AM, lfalen <<a href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Paul is right, which is why I like concealed carry. You need a permit and some training. Any idiot can open carry.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Roger<br><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #777777 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A reassuring voice . . .<br>From: "Paul Rumelhart" <<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Gier, Nicholas (<a href="mailto:ngier@uidaho.edu">ngier@uidaho.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:ngier@uidaho.edu">ngier@uidaho.edu</a>><br>Date: 08/21/14 19:56:46<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gun safety is a major concern, as is training. I think we need a lot more of both. I would love to take a class, if someone offered one, that explains the law with regards to home defense and best practices in using, cleaning, and storing firearms.<br> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Gier, Nicholas (<a href="index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree&_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.compose&to=ngier@uidaho.edu">ngier@uidaho.edu</a>) <<a href="index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree&_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.compose&to=ngier@uidaho.edu" target="_blank">ngier@uidaho.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Paul,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>You are absolutely right. That's why I joined the Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (now just the Martin Institute), and for 24 years I've devoted all my research to the origins of violence, with an emphasis on religious violence.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>But what about nonviolent children picking up guns and shooting themselves and other kids? Or the man in Montana, presumably an upstanding citizen, who shot to death a German exchange student in his garage? Or the presumably upstanding citizen who shot to death a black woman who came to his door early in the morning because her car had broken down. The very presence of excessive firearms, even in a nonviolent society, and even with well intentioned police, will inevitably lead to gun deaths.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Nick</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree&_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.compose&to=vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> <<a href="index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree&_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.compose&to=vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>> on behalf of Paul Rumelhart <<a href="index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree&_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.compose&to=paul.rumelhart@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tom Hansen<br><b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vision2020] A reassuring voice . . .</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Well, I'm glad Nick resisted the urge to grab his .30-06 out of storage and go on a shooting spree. I'm sure the constant psychic pull of the weapon was hard to fight when he was tired or distracted. The whispers, just on the edge of hearing, of "Kill! Kill them all!" were no doubt damn near irresistible in those last few moments before drifting off to sleep.<br><br> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>I'm joking, of course, but this is the crux of it to me: do we really have a gun problem? Or do we have a violence problem? <br><br> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>For example, is the problem that abusive husbands are armed and kill their wives, or is the problem that too many husbands are abusive to the point that they will attempt to kill their wives? Shouldn't we work on solving the second problem first?<br> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Paul<br> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 4:50 AM, Tom Hansen <<a href="index.html?_n%5Bp%5D%5Bmain%5D=win.main.tree&_n%5Bp%5D%5Bcontent%5D=mail.compose&to=thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>On carrying guns . . .</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Soundbites/On_Carrying_Guns.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Soundbites/On_Carrying_Guns.mp3</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Courtesy of the Letters section of today's (August 21, 2014) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with thanks to Nick Gier.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>-------------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:25.5pt;background:white;outline: 0px'><span style='font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0000;font-weight:normal'>His View: The gun-crazed hermit of the Applegate</span><o:p></o:p></h1><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Nick Gier</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>It was the summer of 1960, and I was smitten. Even though a family friend's daughter had a mad crush on me, I had been seduced by something even more alluring and far less complicated than teenage romance.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>I had bought an Army surplus .30-06 Springfield rifle, and I was in love. I spent hard-earned dollars on a new stock and a 3-7x Bausch & Lomb scope. A gunsmith had completely refurbished the bolt action and barrel. This rifle made me feel like a real man for the first time.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>In 1962 I graduated fourth in my high school class of 442, and I had earned two scholarships to attend Oregon State University. But I was a loner, had few friends and showed my disgust with modern society at every turn.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>At the end of the summer, I told my dad that I was going to take my guns and build a hermit's cabin on the Applegate River. When my dad asked me how I was going to make a living, I said I was going to pan for gold. My father, brother and I once had a very good day on the Applegate with our home-made sluice boxes.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>My dad was never forceful or authoritarian (quite the opposite), but he was still able to persuade me that this was a crazy idea. Was this smart kid just several steps away from becoming a Ted Kaczynski?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>It was eventually a good woman who made me give up my beloved firearms. When my former Danish wife and I moved to Moscow in 1972, I brought my rifle out from storage to show her. She was not impressed. She told me it was either her or the gun. For 16 years I chose her and a safe home for our wonderful daughter. Homes with guns have far more child deaths.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Armed homes are not safe for women, either. A recent study concluded women were eight times more likely to be killed in the home by abusive armed men.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>A fully armed citizenry, as well as militarized police and criminal gangs, have made parts of our cities into war zones.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Denmark's gun death rate of 1.45 per 100,000 stands in stark contrast to the U.S. at 10.2, but some say it is a small price to pay for the freedom to pack heat. For every Dane who kills himself with a gun, there are six Americans who go out in glory with their handy firearms.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Why is the gun death rate so low for the heavily armed Swiss (3.84) and Finns (3.64), but so high for Americans (10.2)? Maybe it is the effeminate lederhosen and the family saunas that allow the Swiss and the Finns to kill each other less frequently.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>The Aussies' low gun death rate (1.25) is no doubt due to feminizing everything from "waste tidies" to my "barbie." A real man would bellow "garbage can" and my "grill." There have been no mass killings in Australia since strict gun laws were passed by a conservative government in 1996.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Does having Mounties enforce the law (from horses rather than armored personnel carriers) lead to lower gun death rates in Canada (1.25)? Unarmed English Bobbies (there's that diminutive again) have swat team back-up, but you rarely ever see them.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Along with the English, the police in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Switzerland and Norway do not carry weapons. Fewer guns evidently leads to more trust and, ironically, better security.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-top:7.5pt;outline: 0px;float:none'><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212121'>Scotland has an amazingly low 0.25 gun deaths per 100,000, so it must be those kilts with no underpants. 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