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>Seniors Pack Heat for Protection
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>Dorothy Maddock's eyes aren't what they used to be and she's hard of
>hearing, but like many seniors she refuses to be a victim and is packing
>heat for protection.
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>"The idiots that are out there, they don't care about us, what we have,"
>said retiree Maddock. "They'd just as soon kill us for a buck than look >at us."
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>Another gun-toting senior agreed, "I can't run and I can't fight them,"
>said Terry Shown.
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>According to national studies, for the first time in history Americans 65
>years old and up are more likely to own a gun than any other age group --
>37 percent, irrespective of race and income.
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>"The elderly have always been an attractive set of victims for criminals
>to attack because they offer relatively little resistance," said John
>Lott, of the American Enterprise Institute (search).
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>Forty-six states now let citizens carry concealed weapons (search), but
>is it safe for seniors whose hand and eye coordination isn't what it used
>to be to own a firearm? Haddock and friends say it's their right and they
>aren't taking any chances.
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>Bill Vojak
The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty." Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute -- get out of there fast! You may possibly save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed. " Lazarus Long