I am not someone who would ban all guns if I could.

One of my brothers is a sports shooting enthusiast and has a range in his backyard and whenever Louise and I go back to Michigan we stay with him, and if we're there over the weekend we're always in the backyard shooting.

And the major downside of that, by the way, is that when you're done shooting, your hands are covered with lead powder which means that every time you go out shooting you probably lose a half an IQ point.

But that said, no, I wouldn't want to ban them.

I have respect for people who use guns for sporting purposes like my brother does.

I have respect for people who use guns for hunting - and I'm a vegetarian! And have been since I was 17 years old.

So no, I don't think that guns should be banned.

I think that we should have rational gun policies.

There are people, ranchers and whatnot, who actually need weapons.

There are a lot of people in particular jobs where concealed carry is a reasonable thing.

There are people who live in areas where they feel that they need a gun to defend themselves.

I'm not opposed to guns - I'm opposed to stupid gun policies.

We are 4 and a half percent of the world's population. We have 44 percent of the world's guns.

That's nuts!

-Thom

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