Re: Gun control challenge...
I used a gun once in defense of a life not property. I lived in a rural subdivision outside of Manhattan, Ks. It was late in the evening and I was outside enjoying some cool night air when I heard a woman screaming for help, blood curdling really. She was obviously very distressed. I went inside, told my wife to call for the sheriff, tell them what I had heard and I was armed with a handgun. I went across the road to find a guy straddling this woman and beating her, it's been some years ago, I've forgotten what kind of tool he was using. I drew my Ruger and instructed him to get off of her, I never pointed the gun at him but would have if he'd made the wrong move. He did as told and took off running. The sheriff showed up shortly afterward, I wrote a very long and detailed report of everything I saw and did. During my report writing a highway patrolman came along and soon asked the sheriff's deputy if was going to disarm me. The deputy told him very directly that wouldn't take my gun since I wasn't the problem but the solution.<br />Years have gone by since, even with hindsight, I wouldn't have done anything different in that situation. If he'd (the bad guy) done anything other than what I told him, I'd have shot him dead. Thank God he did what I told him to. I heard that he was her husband (estranged) and with the evidence in my report he was convicted of assault (not his first) and sent to prison. She went on to divorce him and never heard another word about her.<br />Thank God he did what I told him to. I dont ever want to shoot anyone, but I would have that night.<br />That right there is all the reason I need to keep a gun handy all the time. There are those that can't defend themselves from harm.
<br /><br />I ate squirrel when I was a kid. My dad made me eat anything I shot, so I had to eat a squirrel... liked it, so went and got more 
