Ultimately this whole thread is offensive.

[Atypical Liberal]

79. Wrong.

Neither is using the Internet.

Really? You really think that speech, particularly political speech, over the internet is not Constitutionally protected? Really?

Depends on the streets. They don't QUITE hit 200 MPH on some of the straights in the various Grand Prix races around the world, but it isn't for lack of trying.

I'm sorry, I assumed we were talking about firearms in public, not in special-use places.

And who cares anyway? Safety shouldn't determine what makes my freedom!!!

Exactly so. Safety should not determine what makes freedom. To quote Benjamin Franklin, "Those who would forsake essential liberty to gain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

If that was so, then the safest course of action would be to get rid of all guns.

Or live in little padded cells with each of us having our own police officer watching over us. Not very free, though.