Gun-Free Zone
by flammeusgladius
Gun-Free Zone
You’re standing in a gun-free zone.
Thus, you are quite without defenses.
Your vital organs ought to groan
with fear. Oh, good: your belly tenses!
The first wild guy to break the rules
will rule the area completely
and see no cause to spare the fools
who kneel or cringe, then beg him sweetly.
In other places, it’s not so.
The criminal who sends lead flying
has no assurance that his show
will be as clear and satisfying
as he has planned beyond all doubt.
Another guy can take him out.
–Tom Riley
Flammeus Gladius 
Yes, 18 hostages were taken by one terrorist in the Sydney siege last year. He knew that provided they were not criminals they were unarmed. In Australia, apart from some security guards and the police, no one carries a handgun – except for the bad guys that is. I see where Obama likes our gun laws – I’m not surprised.
Well said. I especially like the line: “The first wild guy who breaks the rules will rule the area completely. (And there is always going to be at least one who WILL break those rules.)
I have a number of family and friends who are staunchly anti-gun — to the point of being insulting to me and anyone else who is in favor of upright citizens having the right to own and bear firearms. But I tell all of those snobs with their noses stuck high in the air that if the day ever comes that they find themselves witnessing a group of thugs raping, torturing, and killing their spouses/children/grandchildren and there’s a gun handy — they WILL use it! So, in the long run, they are really just like us, but they don’t have the guts to admit it. Of course, when I tell them that, I’m even less popular with them, but I hope I’ve at least planted a seed they can’t help but think about.
Thanks for the many comments, Sandra Conner. I’m pleased that you and Dennis are reading with such attention.