[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by BigV

You set an admirable example of arguing at a high level and I'm joining you there.

The full context of my statement was (spelling corrected): "Nor do I wish to return to the medieval days when power resided in the hands of the physically strong. Firearms make self-defense accessible to all." You assert "not true" without a supporting argument or evidence.

I'll make a minor consession to admit that the blind, minor children and quadraplegics don't have direct access to the self-defense benefits of firearms; they must rely on others for protection, as they do for other necessities like food. To that extent those benefiting from the ability to arm themselves fall short of "all". But not by much.

If you're "joining [me] on that level" you're not there yet.

(only slightly off-topic: the graphic novel version of L. Neil Smith's classic The Probability Broach is being serialized online at the Big Head Press site.) Personaly I don't subscribe to all the ideas put forward in it, but the artwork alone is pretty spectacular.)