“But what really strikes me -- I don't know how this plays, you know, what will happen. What strikes me is we've actually gotten a glimpse into the mindset, though, of the pro-gun people and we've seen certainly Wayne LaPierre and some of these others. It's bizarre. They have this vision that we're living in a "Mad Max" movie and that nothing can be done about it, that America cannot manage unless everybody's prepared to shoot intruders, that -- the idea that we have a police forces that provides public safety is somehow totally impractical, despite the fact that, you know, that is, in fact, the way we live. So I think that the terms of the debate have shifted. Now the craziness of the extreme pro-gun lobby has been revealed, and that has got to move the debate and got to move the legislation at least to some degree.”
So spoke Paul Krugman, economist and op-ed columnist for The New York Times, on Sunday’s ABC This Week while arguing for strict gun controls. It’s natural for Krugman to think that way because he is an unabashed liberal.
Count me as part of the ‘craziness’ because I too believe that people should arm themselves to ward off anyone attempting to break into their homes. Arming yourself is like buying an insurance policy – you may never experience a loss, but if you do, you are covered by your policy. Likewise, if you have a gun in your home, you may never experience a home invasion, but if you do, you have a gun to protect yourself and your family.
Krugman feels that the police will protect us from anyone breaking into our homes and I agree that it is the job of the police to provide that protection. But as I’ve said many times before: When seconds count, the police are only minutes away … in some cases 10, 20 or more minutes away.
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