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<br><div><div>On Mar 17, 2009, at 10:24 AM, John Watkins wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The proper balancing of those two might vary from state to state (or within metropolitan areas) depending on the needs of the populace, but always within those obvious boundaries.</span></blockquote><br></div><div>I'm with you on this. Not too many folk realize that most small towns in the 'wild west', the ones all those tv shows were modeled on, required the temporary confiscation of weaponry upon entering the city limits. You got your guns back when you rode on out.</div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div>Steven Bowen</div><div><a href="http://bowenfinearts.com">http://bowenfinearts.com</a>/</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span> </div><br></body></html>