Pennsylvania town mulls recommending guns for all

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A tiny town in western Pennsylvania could ask all of its residents to own guns, if a proposal under consideration on Wednesday wins approval from local officials.

Under the proposed law, residents of Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania, would be asked to own guns and know how to use them. Cherry Tree, some 70 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, has about 400 residents.

The town council was scheduled to vote on the proposed "Civil Protection Ordinance" on Wednesday evening.

Introduced last month by resident Henry Statkowski, the measure recommends that "all heads of households maintain a firearm along with ammunition."

In written comments, Statkowski said homeowners have a right and a responsibility to defend against intruders rather than calling police and waiting for help to arrive.

The measure would send a message to "burglars, ne'er-do-wells and other criminal elements," Statkowski wrote.

The male head of the household has the responsibility to defend the family from intruders, he also wrote.

"I don't believe your wife would appreciate it very much if you said, 'Honey, I'll wait until the police arrive and have them defend your life,"' he wrote.

Statkowski could not be reached for comment.

Chad Ramsey, a spokesman for the national gun-control group the Brady Campaign, dismissed the proposal as "ridiculously silly."

The measure was unlikely to pass because state law prevents municipalities from making their own gun laws, Ramsey said. He said about 40 percent of Pennsylvania households own guns.

Aaron Fry, owner of the Cherry Tree Cafe, said he did not understand why the measure was necessary because guns are common. "Every house has a couple of guns," he said.

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[cmartyn 0]

A Chicken In Every Pot, And A Cap In Every ###.

LOL

Dumbfucks.

They probably got 20 cops sitting around Dunkin Doughnuts as it is.

Edited December 7, 2006 by cmartyn

[Cassie 8]

So what happens to the people who object to this law? Will they be forceably removed from the town if they refuse to own a gun?

Dumb.

[yogib37 3]

Sounds like this Statkowski is a Gun slinging Shot first and ask questions later, and is a NRA Chop F$$k redneck

:lol: :lol:

I see the crime rate going up

Dip ####### bone head

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

Sounds like this Statkowski is a Gun slinging Shot first and ask questions later, and is a NRA Chop F$$k redneck

:lol: :lol:

I see the crime rate going up

Dip ####### bone head

so every nra member is a redneck then?

and pray tell, how is the crime rate going to go up?

[cmartyn 0]

This is an ordinance. Its sneaky legeslation designed to be used to thwart any anti-gun legislation. Lets say they have a shooting range in town and people want to close it. This is a tool they can point to to claim that the shooting range is needed in the community. All of this NRA bullshit is designed so that men with no ####### can buy one.

[Dr_LHA 3]

I live in the middle of knowhere in Pennsylvania, and have been to towns like this. Trust me, everyone already has a gun.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I live in the middle of knowhere in Pennsylvania, and have been to towns like this. Trust me, everyone already has a gun.

At which point I'd seriously think about moving to another town.

Edited December 7, 2006 by erekose

[Dr_LHA 3]

I live in the middle of knowhere in Pennsylvania, and have been to towns like this. Trust me, everyone already has a gun.

At which point I'd seriously think about moving to another town.

Honestly, if people having guns bothers you, its time to leave the US. One of the things I learned early on is exactly how widespread gun ownership is, amongst people you wouldn't expect. Its part of the culture here.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I live in the middle of knowhere in Pennsylvania, and have been to towns like this. Trust me, everyone already has a gun.

At which point I'd seriously think about moving to another town.

Honestly, if people having guns bothers you, its time to leave the US. One of the things I learned early on is exactly how widespread gun ownership is, amongst people you wouldn't expect. Its part of the culture here.

What bothers me is the psychology - that people feel that they need them in order to stay safe in their towns and homes.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

I live in the middle of knowhere in Pennsylvania, and have been to towns like this. Trust me, everyone already has a gun.

At which point I'd seriously think about moving to another town.

Honestly, if people having guns bothers you, its time to leave the US. One of the things I learned early on is exactly how widespread gun ownership is, amongst people you wouldn't expect. Its part of the culture here.

What bothers me is the psychology - that people feel that they need them in order to stay safe in their towns and homes.

just as it bothers me that some feel we'll all be safe by taking them away from the law abiding public

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I live in the middle of knowhere in Pennsylvania, and have been to towns like this. Trust me, everyone already has a gun.

At which point I'd seriously think about moving to another town.

Honestly, if people having guns bothers you, its time to leave the US. One of the things I learned early on is exactly how widespread gun ownership is, amongst people you wouldn't expect. Its part of the culture here.

What bothers me is the psychology - that people feel that they need them in order to stay safe in their towns and homes.

just as it bothers me that some feel we'll all be safe by taking them away from the law abiding public

The media has a general tendency to over-report violent crime, giving rise to the impression that there is more of it than there actually is. The kneejerk reaction against pedophiles (who form a tiny percentage of sex-crimes, itself a small percentage of violent crime) is a case in point. From watching the news you'd be forgive for thinking it was a national epidemic.

I've never felt as though I needed a gun. I'm not involved in law-enforcement, the armed forces or the national guard. I'm not into target shooting either, so why exactly would i need one? I 'could' buy myself a Walther P99, just to say I own James Bond's gun - and show it off to friends and visitors, but aside from owning a useless lump of metal - I've an idea that it would make me look like a #######. A bit like fat, balding middle-age men who buy expensive sports cars to compensate for their lack of "other" things.

Edited December 7, 2006 by erekose

[choji 0]

The male head of the household has the responsibility to defend the family from intruders, he also wrote.

"I don't believe your wife would appreciate it very much if you said, 'Honey, I'll wait until the police arrive and have them defend your life,"' he wrote.

I gather from this that in this last stronghold of "traditional" families there are no singles, widows, single moms or other households lacking a "male head of the household".

Or does it simply mean that households lacking a "male head" do not deserve to be protected?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The male head of the household has the responsibility to defend the family from intruders, he also wrote.

"I don't believe your wife would appreciate it very much if you said, 'Honey, I'll wait until the police arrive and have them defend your life,"' he wrote.

I gather from this that in this last stronghold of "traditional" families there are no singles, widows, single moms or other households lacking a "male head of the household".

Or does it simply mean that households lacking a "male head" do not deserve to be protected?

I think it means the guy can't express himself in anything other than stereotypes.

[Ban Hammer 13,340]

I live in the middle of knowhere in Pennsylvania, and have been to towns like this. Trust me, everyone already has a gun.

At which point I'd seriously think about moving to another town.

Honestly, if people having guns bothers you, its time to leave the US. One of the things I learned early on is exactly how widespread gun ownership is, amongst people you wouldn't expect. Its part of the culture here.

What bothers me is the psychology - that people feel that they need them in order to stay safe in their towns and homes.

just as it bothers me that some feel we'll all be safe by taking them away from the law abiding public

The media has a general tendency to over-report violent crime, giving rise to the impression that there is more of it than there actually is. The kneejerk reaction against pedophiles (who form a tiny percentage of sex-crimes, itself a small percentage of violent crime) is a case in point. From watching the news you'd be forgive for thinking it was a national epidemic.

I've never felt as though I needed a gun. I'm not involved in law-enforcement, the armed forces or the national guard. I'm not into target shooting either, so why exactly would i need one? I 'could' buy myself a Walther P99, just to say I own James Bond's gun - and show it off to friends and visitors, but aside from owning a useless lump of metal - I've an idea that it would make me look like a #######. A bit like fat, balding middle-age men who buy expensive sports cars to compensate for their lack of "other" things.

yet your dislike for firearms shows and it's not a secret that you'd be quite pleased to see that (removal of firearms from the law abiding populace) occur.