Rich wrote<< I think he had the right idea on that point>> True - on that one instance - but Soros - a multi-billionaire, has funded several anti-gun websites, studies (where the result is pre-determined), and other things - including far left democratic party funding. He's not a friend of the 2nd A - perhaps when that guy asked the question and defined the situation (no police response) Soros saw no other workable answer.
IMO he;s a dangerous person - Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT guns > Here in Houston we have a lot of what are euphemistically called > "undocumented immigrants," which is a term for people from (mostly) > Mexico who sneak across the border and come here to work. Most of them > are hard-working decent people who have no future in Mexico for > themselves or their families, due to a lot of reasons. They can find > work and make money to support their extended families here and back home. > > There is a small percentage of these people who seem to account for a > lot of the mayhem that goes on in the greater Houston area (leaving out > Katrina "evacuees" which is whole 'nuther story). They rob and assault > and invade homes (and cars) of people in broad daylight, fast and hard, > in 2s and 3s. Its pretty easy work. In our little community, which a > separate city within Houston, this happens every couple of weeks, older > people or women alone followed home from the store, dinner, etc. There > is no defense except what you can do yourself, even though in our > community police response time is maybe 2 minutes from when they get the > call. But by then, if you manage to call, the perps are gone with your > goods and in recent times, having hurt their victims even when the goods > have been given up. > > There have been a few occasions when the victims have been armed and > have dealt with the pending or completed assault, usually to the > detriment of the perp or enough to scare them off. Many people carry > personal defense, as is their right under the Constitution of the United > States and the laws of Texas and many other states. As far as I know > there has been vanishingly small, if at all, instances of licensed > carriers harming another individual through their own offensive action. > There have been hundreds of instances of unlicensed carriers (i.e., > criminals) hurting/killing people. > > I went to a lecture a couple of years ago by George Soros to see what > the guy was about. A young man from West Texas asked him the question, > "Do you believe it is the right of a citizen of the United States to own > and carry guns?" Soros asked him why he would need to do that. He > said, "Where I come from it takes an hour for the police to show up if > there is a problem. I cannot rely on them for protection. I have to do > it myself." Soros replied, "Well then it sounds like there is a good > reason to have guns and I support that." I think Soros is a very > dangerous person (I studied up a lot on him before I went to this > lecture) based on his history and experiences and some of the things he > said there, but at least I think he had the right idea on that point. > > --R > > Hendrik & Fay wrote: >> I don't know but don't you folks over there ever wonder why you need to >> be armed to the teeth to supposedly defend yourself from bad guys? Is it >> a hang over from the wild west, is it a greed thing or just a freak of >> nature that there are so many weirdos wanting to harm decent citizens? >> >> Hendrik >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
