elaine wrote:
> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news
>> In article .com>,
>> Sheldon > wrote:
>>
>>> On Jun 7, 11:09?am, "Ms P" > wrote:
>>>> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> ups.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Police Make Arrest in Kansas Teen's Death
>>>>> Girl's Body Reportedly Found at a Missouri Lake
>>>>> By MARIA SUDEKUM FISHER
>>>>> AP
>>>>> OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (June 7) - Police arrested a man in the
>>>>> abduction and death of a teenager whose body was found Wednesday
>>>>> in a Missouri park four days after she disappeared from a Kansas
>>>>> store's parking lot.
>>>>
>>>>> -----
>>>>
>>>>> These kind of preditor crimes are so senseless, and are so TOTALLY
>>>>> preventable. Do parents these days have so much lower IQs than in
>>>>> the
>>>>> past? WTF happened to the buddy system??? When I was a kid
>>>>> parents just did not permit children to be outdoors alone, never!
>>>>> > This young
>>>>> girl could not have been nearly so popular as the media
>>>>> portrays or she'd not have been out to a mall all on her own.
>>>>> Sheldon
>>>>
>>>> She was 18. She graduated from high school two weeks ago. She
>>>> went to Target to buy a gift for a friend in *broad daylight.*
>>>
>>> Virtually all these kind of crimes occur in broad daylight... no one
>>> should go out galavanting alone, especially not a young girl.
>>
>> I noted that nowhere in this entire thread did anyone acknowledge the
>> fact that if she had a weapon and was trained to use it, she might
>> still be alive.
>>
>> The daughter of Masaad Ayoob was nearly assaulted once but had a gun
>> and had been trained to use it from at least as early of an age that
>> I was taught to use firearms. Her attacker turned and ran.
>>
>> He mentions it in his books more than once.
>>
>> Cellphones and 911 are nowhere near as fast as a bullet.
>
> So you're suggesting that kids should carry guns. You're kidding,
> right?
>
> e.

I don't know about where Omelet lives but around here unless you're in the
military you can't be licensed to carry a firearm at the age of 18. I'm not
about to suggest someone obtain a gun illegally and not go through formal
training (and continued training) about how to use one.

I understand OM is licensed to carry; she's obviously had some training.
This isn't the movies where a cop just hands a civilian a gun (let alone
drag one along with them) and says, "Don't be afraid to pull the trigger".
Real life doesn't work that way.

Jill