People have too many rights
At the funeral home the other day I was in a conversation with my cousin's wife. At one point she touched on the crime committed at Virginia Tech last spring. She made an assertion that it is a ridiculous that someone can purchase a gun without a psychological exam. She said that, "The problem in America today is that people have too many rights. Anyone can get a gun. Why is that?"
I looked at my wife. She rolled her eyes and began to chuckle under her breath. I said that the Constitution states that you can have a gun. The cousin's wife then proceeded to say that she would just as soon have the PSP take care of things. I pointed out the SCOTUS ruling as to police responsibility to the community and we talked about realistic response times. She said she knew all about it and that she had taken and passed the 235 class when she worked security a number of years ago. At that point, given our location and grieving relatives close proximity I disengaged.
She's a nice woman, otherwise.
It is ironic that the deceased was a crew chief on a B-26 crew in Africa and Italy during WWII.
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