Theodore Antonities is more tempered in his critique of the impending legislation than most card-carrying NRA members. A former naval radar intercept officer, was raised in a gun-friendly household in New York state.
For Antonities, of Ridgefield, preserving the right to bear arms is tantamount to adequately protecting one’s family. Or as he put it: “The important of never allowing myself or my family or loved ones to be victims of a violent crime.”
“Carrying a gun is not a license to hurt someone,” he said. “It is a means of last resort in a desperate situation.”
Unlike some of his cohorts, Antonities said that he has taken the other’s sides arguments into consideration in forming his opinion about the proposed gun control measures.
“Although the anti-gun (movement) is full of many well-intentioned individuals…many of them are misguided,” he said.
While he admitted that “whatever laws they pass here I’m going to abide by them – I’m not a rebel – but that’s an disadvantage to my community.”