Caledvwlch
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True, physically. But it's more likely to kill or wound someone who lives in the home than it is to kill or disable an intruder.
Shots fired near Cal Sate University Northridge; students receiving reverse 911 calls
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True, physically. But it's more likely to kill or wound someone who lives in the home than it is to kill or disable an intruder.
Me? Nebraska ... rural Nebraska ... in a town that *might* have 1500 people.
Nope, the police would not get here in time to stop an intruder.
:chuckle:
In other words, a pretty darn safe part of a pretty darn safe country.
Maybe the more interesting subject--beyond the bizarre I Wanna Be a Superhero fantasies so many folks have of killing an intruder graveyard dead--is the examination of why so many Americans who are so very safe act and sound so utterly, completely terrified.
That's just it ... I am not terrified. I am also hopeful that no one will ever break into my home.
I am just realistic and know that I have little to no chance of fighting off an attacker and my preference is that if someone is to leave in a body bag, it's the person who didn't belong here.
It may surprise you that it happened in mine when i was a child. The police took over an hour to get there and then they finally came after my mothers 3rd call, telling them the last call that if they (the burglar) made into the house, my father was going to kill them.
Which means you know the odds are you'll be perfectly fine and not the victim of a crime. Look, I get it, okay? There's absolutely nothing whatsoever that's going to get through and the "yeah but" is a pretty impenetrable wall. (You might even call it bulletproof, he said knowingly.)
Sooner or later the argument really boils down to "I just want a gun." Case by case, individual to individual, this is fine. Unfortunately, when you have 300 million of these things floating around, "I just wanna" is no longer good enough. We're not talking mopeds or pinecar derby or soccer balls or DIY drones. We're not merely talking about some harmless hobby. We're not talking about an erudite citizenry who've trained since youth in a military tradition and who treat firearms with the reserve and maturity necessary. We're talking about a country filled largely with poorly-educated nincompoops who suffer from a major impulse control problem. And they get to buy all the cheap, sweet ammo and cheap, efficient Gulture deathware they like.
The best you can do is hem and haw about some basic regulations and then add "But it won't make anyone happy, so forget it." No. No. Not good enough anymore.
When will you be giving yours up and was that the reason you got yours?
The question that might be asked is why. I live in a small town. We don't have police. The nearest police is twenty minutes or so away, absent some roaming county happening by...now I grew up where we took responsible use of our guns seriously. And everyone in the outlying area understands people where I live own and are proficient with weapons. In my lifetime no home has been robbed or a soul harmed anyone a weapon.
Would it be true without them? Possibly, but I can recall one night when I was a child someone approaching our home under the cover of darkness only to be met by a my mother and brother, shotguns armed. Neighbors were called and the fellow found his way out from among us without anyone coming to harm. Was he lost? I don't know. But if he wasn't and with my father away...
The United States of America is so much more than you give it credit for. Interesting that the USA entered into two World Wars to save freedom for countries other than their own. Part of our willingness to stand up and be counted in time of need was the belief in each man's right to defend himself and his own loved one's.
I don't approve of assault weapons and armaments meant for the military to be in individual hands. But, anything can and is used as a weapon.
Are you seriously judging a whole nation of fine human beings on the actions of criminals and lunatics?
Subject for another thread.
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This Charming Manc
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Which of the two categories are you in?...Or have you sold your Glock?lain:
I didn't say there were only two categories of gun owner.
You given all you have to the poor yet?
Whelp!...See you at the Constitutional Convention.
Far as I'm concerned we're long overdue. Ain't happening though.
If we had a Constitutional Convention, we should set up votes like a reality TV show. Vote for your favorite fundamental rights on Twitter!
Hey, we're close enough. Every four years we vote to keep someone on the island or toss 'em off.:chuckle: