ability of our society to carry on honest communication."

He said he's never heard of someone bringing an assault weapon near a presidential event. "The larger the gun, the more menacing the situation," he said.

Phoenix was Obama's last stop on a four-day tour of western states, including Montana and Colorado.

Authorities in Montana said they received no reports of anyone carrying firearms during Obama's health care town hall near Bozeman on Friday. About 1,000 people both for and against Obama converged at a protest area near the Gallatin Field Airport hangar where the event took place. One person accused of disorderly conduct was detained and released, according to the Gallatin Airport Authority.

Heather Benjamin of Denver's Mesa County sheriff's department, the lead agency during Obama's visit there, said no one wasthose days guns were nearly as common as boots. Guns are available, but no where nearly as easily as then. Even so, school shootings occur with alarming frequency. Why?

An armed society is a polite society..... I forgot who said that.

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:rainbowflower: Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. :rainbowflower:

ah, come on, we have only had a couple of them shot in over 200 years :-D

Six actually. Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office. President Reagan was shot and injured in a failed attempt. Teddy Roosevelt was shot after he was president - but the contents of his pocket stopped the bullet.

In addition to the ones that were actually shot Jackson was shot at and