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If you want to ban guns somewhere, anywhere, let me give the noodleheads some advice: don't do it in Michigan. Study your demographics first. Know your demographics. Such knowledge would tend to steer you away from Michigan, a haven for plucky, blue-collar non-sheeple. The Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners bulletin board reported that a slew of protests – from Michiganders – done endeth up at Home Depot corporate HQ, and they immediately backed off and rescinded any such policy. $$$$$ speak loudly, indeed. Almost every Home Depot here in Michigan has a Lowe's right next door. And, hello?, but the same kinda folk that tend to carry concealed guns tend to do their own home improvements and shop at Home Depot. Demographics matter when messin’ with that corporate bottom line.

First off, many protestors got emails back from Home Depot corporate customer service stating that they in fact had a no-gun policy, but then, when things became more clarified within HQ, and corporate bosses actually started communicating with one another, they ultimately released a statement saying that any individual who is legal to carry may do so in any Home Depot store. Word is that a single store in Minnesota may have started the ball rolling, and may have violated corporate policy in doing so.

From the MCRGO bulletin board: "All the signage that has been put up by managers are down or will be down shortly, and that includes Minnesota, Michigan, and other states. The national policy will be as it was before this blow-up (and this has been approved by the CEO, Mr. Nardelli). Home Depot will not discriminate against legal concealed weapons holders. In other words, if you are legal, you can carry concealed on their premises. Customer care will supposedly be sending out new emails to parties that have been told otherwise. Home Depot admits a lack of communication with its employees regarding this issue, and it has been rectified from the store managerial level on up. Home Depot was amazed how networked this movement was concerning this issue."

Don't be amazed HD; the Feds are taking everything else, and they won't be taking our guns anytime soon. I dare you to tell these people they can’t have their guns. Gun owners are the least docile people on the planet, thank goodness. Live and learn.

Also see Richard Poe’s The Seven Myths of Gun Control: Reclaiming the Truth About Guns, Crime, and the Second Amendment and John Lott’s books.

The romantic myths attached to gun ownership stop many people from thinking of them as a consumer product. As a result, the standard risk analysis applied to other potentially dangerous products – pesticides, prescription drugs, or toasters – has never been applied to firearms.

Indeed, guns and toasters. Having one can get you toast, and not having the other can get you toasted.

Unless the Constitution protects the individual's right to own all kinds of arms, there is no principled way to oppose reasonable restrictions on handguns, Uzis or semi-automatic rifles.

The individual's right to bear arms applies only to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia. Except for lawful police and military purposes, the possession of weapons by individuals is not constitutionally protected. Therefore, there is no constitutional impediment to the regulation of firearms.