Drummond's Days

I own guns. Yep, I have a 9mm pistol, and a few hunting rifles. The rifles were given to me by my father, who died last year.  I bought the pistol a long time ago, and only used it once....for target practice. The pistol is quite small, holds 13 rounds. I have small hands, so this is perfect.  It is a beautiful weapon, Italian made.

I keep them locked up. No gun in my car, under my pillow, or in the bedroom drawer.

I believe that in a free society, law abiding people should be able to own firearms. But I believe in some form of sensible gun control for public safety. These are deadly devices, and the possession of them must be restricted to law abiding citizens without mental health issues. I think all handguns must being registered. I also think that only the police and military should be allowed to have assault weapons. I would like anyone to tell me why they need an assault weapon or automatic weapon. They have no sporting use, and are extremely dangerous in the hands of a criminal if they are stolen. Or imagine another Columbine when a teenager takes daddy's AK47 to school.

This business of assault weapons smuggled to Mexico for the drug cartels is very serious. It'll be interesting to see if Obama will do anything about it. He has been incredibly soft on this matter. In fact, he's acting like a republican when it comes to assault weapons.