Contradictions in debate over carrying guns  It soon will be
illegal in South Portland to carry a pellet gun, slingshot or
bow and arrow in public.  It will, however, be perfectly legal
to carry a handgun in a holster or rifle slung over your
shoulder.  Does this make any sense?  The South Portland City
Council voted 6-1 last week to ban those far less lethal weapons
at the urging of police Chief Edward Googins, who said the move
was necessary to protect the community from "those who are
acting unreasonably."  Googins, according to the Southern
Forecaster newspaper, says the department has received calls
about men in masks with guns, likely involved in war games with
nonlethal airsoft guns. These are replica weapons that fire
plastic pellets.  Which begs the question: How can a person
carrying an airsoft gun in a public place be acting unreasonably
when a person carrying a Colt .45 is not?  The new ordinance
also comes on the heels of several recent open-carry events in
Portland. These involved people with gu