By Ken Hanson

I am not one of those people who go around using Forest Gumpisms, though I did enjoy the movie. “Stupid is as stupid does,” in a more literal sense, means that if you act stupid, you are stupid, regardless of your relative intelligence. I think this is a particularly accurate label for all of the anti-gun arguments that begin with “Do you really believe a criminal is smart enough to...”

As is clearly illustrated by a rash of crimes against National Basketball Association (NBA) players, it is the person who dismisses the criminal as dumb who is in fact dumb.

Consider NBA Commissioner David Stern’s wisdom on pro-basketball players carrying guns. Stern, apparently also moonlighting as Personal Safety Consultant and Expert, has said “I don't think it's necessary to walk the streets packing a gun. I think it's dangerous for our players. It's a pretty widely accepted statistic that if you carry a gun, your chances of being shot by one increase dramatically. We think this is an alarming subject, that although you'll read players saying how they feel safer with guns, in fact those guns actually make them less safe. And it's a real issue."

Apparently, the criminals did not get Stern’s memo.

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By Steve Kovacs

Recently, there was a high profile home invasion in Connecticut where a mother and two daughters were killed. The husband survived the vicious attack. It happened in a well- to-do, relatively crime free neighborhood, to a respected medical doctor and his family. This horrendous attack became an extremely high profile case and ended up being broadcast all over national television.

One national talk show had three experts discussing the case and home invasions in general. After about 20 minutes of conversation that really was quite superficial, I came away with a few steps people can do to help themselves. However, the general consensus seemed that there wasn’t too much we can do to stop home invasions. I was taken aback as this simply is not true. There are many positive actions we can take to protect ourselves.

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