For one thing I do not feel

cmaukonen — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:36:52 +0000

In reply to Fill Yore Hands, Egyptians

For one thing I do not feel that the current government in Egypt is the least bit in control of the situation and has not been for the past few days. What you get for trying to micro manage a country.

And they really do not know what to do or how to hand over control..even temporarily..to anyone who was not hand picked way before hand. The succession of power has been from the VP to President since the initiation of the government in the late 40s. All under essentially the same political party. They may have change the names over the years but that is all that has changed.

"Gun enthusiasts claim that

Michael Maiello — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:43:43 +0000

In reply to Fill Yore Hands, Egyptians

"Gun enthusiasts claim that situational awareness will help you prevail if a threat develops, but I'm doubtful."

I really hate when people say stuff like this. Even highly trained police officers and members of the military can fall prey to indiscriminate and some would argue almost involuntary shooting just because other people around them open fire. Most untrained civilians in America live their days almost entirely devoid of physical threat from their fellow humans.

I'm not criticizing anyone by bringing this up but the, I would say very situationally aware armed citizen who tried to stop the gunman during the Gifford shooting almost shot another well-meaning armed citizen. The first man's awareness manifested itself as the ability to stop himself from doing what his instincts wanted to do and he needed help (people telling him he had the wrong guy) to do that.

I know we all think we're ninjas but honestly, I think the worst part about me in a physical altercation is that I'd probably do nothing because unless things were made extremely obvious, I wouldn't know I was in one until it was too late.

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For one thing I do not feel

"Gun enthusiasts claim that