Handgun Control, Inc. Quote 

"The thought that average citizens will somehow be better able to
successfully defend themselves more effectively than our nation's
trained professionals is absurd."

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Some of us more superior types however just might want to have a go at it.
 -- Waffler, Smith, Arkansas		 
A joke! The trained monkeys are never at the scene of the crime when it happens!
 -- KP, Orange		 
Our nations trained professionals don't live at my house...thank God. I'll defend myself.
 -- J Carlton, Calgary		 
What an absurd statement! ! ! I've seen what THEIR nation's trained professionals are capable of; no thanks, I'll stand with effective average citizens.
 -- Mike, Norwalk		 
A defining moment for HCI, what total morons.
 -- Wayne, Bellefonte		 
The issue behind the second amendment is actually our ability to protect ourselves from those trained professionals. But then again, the libs never worry themselves with out-dated concepts like freedom from government oppression.
 -- Billy, Knoxville, TN		 
Perhaps it's our nation's trained professionals against whom I want to defend myself.
 -- Bryan Morton, Stuart, FL		 
Idiot II Yes, all those trained professionals who shadow me everywhere I go and are not at least 5-10 minutes response-time away. Do they (the authors of this quote) actually have thoughts, or just parrot back someone else's? Makes me want to unsubscribe.
 -- Chris, Mapes		 
Not that I would be irresponsible enough to do it, but I can't help but think how quick many of H.C. Inc.'s members would change their opinion if someone stuck a pistol in their face and said, "quick, call 911 while you still have the ti....( well, you know the rest).
 -- Dan		 
This quote is absolute nonsense. By "trained professionals", I suppose he means the cops. The main job of the cops is to write a report after you have been murdered or robbed or both. It's up to you to protect you.
 -- jim k, jim k		 
 -- Terrie W., Vidor, TX 
So you have a burglar who is breaking into your house and you are going to rush to get you gun - more deaths are caused by people's own guns than the deaths of burglars. So you want your hand gun to protect your small community/town from the most technically equipped army in the world. The reason why UK police do not carry guns is because the public don’t. wow what a novel idea…
 -- RobertSRQ		 
Robert, if the police, swat, etc. didn't lead the way in violence each year (guns, beatings, victimless crimes, etc.) but, were more peace officers, the mental need for guns would lesson. The more government violates the individual (compelled compliance, larceny with impunity {theft of the noble labor's fruits, by deception through a fiat money system, etc.}, license,false imprisonment for political prejudice, torture for information, etc.), the greater the need for guns to protect from all predators -private, public, and otherwise. In America, the police carry guns, so the public has to, wow, what a novel idea.
 -- Mike, Norwalk		 
Defend ourselves better than the trained professionals? Are you real? What land do you live in La La Land? The trained professionals will tell you they can only get there AFTER the chart mark is placed around the body!
 -- Rick Thomas, Baltimore		 
The statement is absurd itself. Robert, I believe your statistics are incorrect -- guns are used in defense successfully DAILY. Are we to make accidents illegal now? What about deaths by car, bathtub, and prescription medication? Will our fear of death rule over everything we hold dear while alive? My mother had to defend herself from a rapist with mace -- she was lucky -- if she had had a gun there would have been one less rapist in the world today.
 -- E Archer, NYC		 
The 3 quotes today are anti-liberty, and pissed me off. Go back to stating and glorifying liberty immediately, or I'll suspend my email subscription.
 -- Barry Tudor, Minneapolis		 
Barry & Chris, Thanks for your feedback on the web site. You must be new subscribers. In our welcome email we mentioned that we quote from all sides, and that we do not necessarily agree with whom we quote. Quotes about limiting freedom are as relevent to Liberty as those that profess freedom. Stick around.
 -- Editor, Liberty Quotes		 
How do we fight against a tyranical government if we give them our guns?
 -- J. Jones, Summerville		 
Robert you live in a dream world. In the U.K. criminals still have guns. And when guns are just a little bit suspect in an arrest, the cops carry guns. The average citizen doesn't carry a handgun because they were never "allowed" to have them even though it is a god given right to have them.
 -- Dan		 
It's amazing the stupidity of the argument, "Give up your level of defense, the cops will save you." As if telling an armed robber, "You'd better leave, because I just called the police and they'll be here in 10 minutes." Uh huh, that's practical.
 -- Logan, Memphis, TN		 
Dan, I should I know I lived in the heart of gangland in the UK and I assure you most did not carry guns. People are allowed to have guns in the UK but the process is regulated. By the way Archer, the facts are correct regarding burglars not other deaths - sorry I should have made that clear. And Mike, the government doesn't violate you (except this one) you violate yourself its really that simple and until we see this truth we will continue to be on the dark side.
 -- RobertSRQ		 
This is so ridiculous! Including the fact that I have to get a license to own a gun. The second amendment is all the license I should need. The problem with American government today is it thinks it can outsource every darn thing. Today's police are no more than lazy apathetic mercenaries. They have no sense of alegience to the safety of American citizenry. Each citizen is ultimately responsible for his or her own safety. We would be foolish to believe that somebody else is willing to protect us the way we are willing to protect ourselves. Remember, you have to first own arms in order to bare arms.
 -- E.M. Bey, washington dc		 
Our trained professionals act only after you are murdered by the felon. They do not prevent, or protect, only deter.
 -- warren, olathe		 
It is absurd that one would think a killer would wait for the police to arrive. Where gun control is implemented the crime rate increases. Where gun control is rescinded the crime rate decreases. It is no more true than the adage: "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." See my quotes at PoetPatriot.com
 -- Roger W Hancock, Auburn, Washington		 
I guess i will just throw rocks at those who committed the terror attacks of 9.1.1?
 -- Joel, Greenville, Tx		 
I don't carry a spare tire because I want a flat. I don't carry a medical kit because I want to be injured. I don't carry a sidearm because I want to shoot someone. Life simply forces us into the trade-offs that we each must make for our own situation. A spare is easier to carry than a tow truck. A first aid bag is easier to carry than a hospital. A sidearm is easier to carry than a Cop. It is sheer deadly folly to deprive citizens of any of those emergency options..
 -- CS911, Key West, FL		 
"Handgun Control, Inc." Enough said.
 -- Stephen, Lewisville, TX		 
The best way to enslave a people is to take away their ability to resist. This has been the case since swords, bows and arrows were state of the art and it is still tried by those in power today!
 -- Esteban Najid, Planet Earth		 
 -- Anonymous 
 -- Anonymous 
I think these morons need to get real taking away handguns is another step towards tyranny and slavery go figure does history have to repeat itself hitler took all the weapons from the people and look what happened there
 -- Jeff, D-town		 
While you're waiting for trained professionals to show up, I'm going to seize the moment and stay alive. If protection to you means zippering up a body bag so that the public doesn't see your dead body, or that you aren't exposed to the elements, feel free to wait the ten minutes until the cops get there! RobertSRQ ~ Have you looked into England's Knife Problems? People are getting stabbed left and right. The police encourage citizens not to fight back! How Funny!
 -- getty leigh, Rocky Top		 
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