I own a gun and keep it at home locked up. That means I don't carry it even though I can, I don't go looking for trouble, and it's locked in a 1,000 lb gun safe that can't be stolen and can't be gained access to. By anyone but me.
as every responsible gun owner should. i wish everyone was as responsible as you. over half a million guns are stolen from people's homes every year. no cookies for guessing where these end up. in the hands of criminals.
I have owned guns for the better part of 10 years and I have yet to be in a dangerous encounter. That is because I don't go looking for trouble, but I am prepared if it comes to me. And I don't have a problem shooting someone who breaks into my home unlawfully. I am a combat veteran trained by the US Military and don't have a problem using that training on someone who is intent on harming me or my family
if anyone broke into my home unlawfully, i would be like, dude, take my tv. take whatever you like. the whole time hoping they wouldn't harm me or anyone else there. my material possessions are not worth a life. theirs or mine.
they can have them.
while i can understand your argument regarding trying to protect your family if they were in danger, i have a question for you. if someone breaks in as you say, how the hell are you going to gain access to your gun thats locked away in the 1,000 lb gun safe before they can harm you? it's not like they are going to wait while you go grab it.
i'm not being sarcastic, i'm deadly serious. how is your gun going to save your family?
I don't know why you're using the eye-rolling emoticon, dude ... Its a true statement. A gun without someone pulling the trigger sits on a rack somewhere or in some redneck's truck, totally harmless. I get your point, I think: Without guns, there'd be no gun violence. Granted. That doesn't mean that just holding a weapon suddenly draws up or manufactures all these homicidal urges, however. I think sometimes that the issue of gun control gets oversimplified, to the effect of "no guns = no violence", which is false. Its almost as if a total gun ban would magically convert all these homidical individuals into flower children. Underneath a proximal cause like weapon access are all kinds of psychological and sociological causes of violence, and if you ask me, fixing these is going to be the only way to reduce overall violence levels.
Guns make it easier to kill people. You can't commit a massacre with a knife. Or if you can then your name is Zorro.
lol.
But logically one would think if you were Zorro you'd just cut women's clothes off all day, at least if you're antonio bandaras.
that's not what it says at all. you may need to read the link again.
the statistics showed that people who carried guns were 4.5 times as likely to be shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens. thats what the statistics showed.
i think you are getting confused with this part where they are purely speculating,
"While it may be that the type of people who carry firearms are simply more likely to get shot, it may be that guns give a sense of empowerment that causes carriers to overreact in tense situations, or encourages them to visit neighbourhoods they probably shouldn't"
OK, fair enough. I read it to quick and commented from memory. But let me ask you this: Does "carrying" a gun and "owning" a gun mean the same thing to you? I was speaking on my own personal situation. I own a gun, but don't carry it around with me. Does that mean I am still 4.5 times as likely to get shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens.
it would depend on how much of a responsible gun owner you are. also, you are speaking on your own personal situation so i'll reply on mine.
just to clarify, i'm not anti gun, but i do think stricter gun laws have to be enforced. i see owning a gun as giving you a false sense of security. unless you have it planted firmly by your side 24/7, how are you ever going to be prepared for a sudden attack from a gunman. you'd probably be dead by the time you could reach for it anyway. the gunman isn't going to mess around. he's not going to give you warning he is coming into your home to attack you, or that he is going to shoot you in your car, or school, or anywhere. he's just going to do it.
to me, walking around with a gun attached to you (which i know you don't do), is living in fear and highly dangerous. especially to people around you.
i can't live like that. that doesn't mean i wanna get my ass shot up. i'm just being realistic.
OK, fair enough. I read it to quick and commented from memory. But let me ask you this: Does "carrying" a gun and "owning" a gun mean the same thing to you? I was speaking on my own personal situation. I own a gun, but don't carry it around with me. Does that mean I am still 4.5 times as likely to get shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens.
I'd imagine that those stats reflect people who carry guns in public (concealed or not) rather than those who keep them locked up in safes (as I do). There may very well be some additive risk regarding a family member getting hurt, assuming said guns are not stored securely. But yeah ... I cannot see a hunter who never packs his gun outside of hunting season being at an increased risk of getting shot by a criminal. Getting shot in a hunting accident, maybe.
I have a gun in my house for protection, just in case. And there isn't anybody that's going to tell me I can't. Do people actually believe that with a gun bann criminals will not be able to get a gun. The only people that are going to get hurt by a gun ban are the innocent people that want to have them for protection. Look at the kid in this thread, he wasn't even old enough to buy a gun, but he got one.
having a gun, doesn't make you safer.
people who carried guns were 4.5 times as likely to be shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens.
and this. interesting.
While it may be that the type of people who carry firearms are simply more likely to get shot, it may be that guns give a sense of empowerment that causes carriers to overreact in tense situations
Hey, you can feel safer by not carrying a gun, I don't have a problem with that. But don't do me any favors by trying to get laws passed that's going to take my gun away. I don't care what all the reports say, I feel safer carrying. And like I said before, there isn't any law out there that is going to keep criminals from getting guns. So don't try to take them away from the people that want them for protection.
I have a gun in my house for protection, just in case. And there isn't anybody that's going to tell me I can't. Do people actually believe that with a gun bann criminals will not be able to get a gun. The only people that are going to get hurt by a gun ban are the innocent people that want to have them for protection. Look at the kid in this thread, he wasn't even old enough to buy a gun, but he got one.
having a gun, doesn't make you safer.
people who carried guns were 4.5 times as likely to be shot and 4.2 times as likely to get killed compared with unarmed citizens.
and this. interesting.
While it may be that the type of people who carry firearms are simply more likely to get shot, it may be that guns give a sense of empowerment that causes carriers to overreact in tense situations
Hey, you can feel safer by not carrying a gun, I don't have a problem with that. But don't do me any favors by trying to get laws passed that's going to take my gun away. I don't care what all the reports say, I feel safer carrying. And like I said before, there isn't any law out there that is going to keep criminals from getting guns. So don't try to take them away from the people that want them for protection.
i agree with our founding fathers. every American has the right to hang a pair of bear arms on their wall.
while i can understand your argument regarding trying to protect your family if they were in danger, i have a question for you. if someone breaks in as you say, how the hell are you going to gain access to your gun thats locked away in the 1,000 lb gun safe before they can harm you? it's not like they are going to wait while you go grab it.
i'm not being sarcastic, i'm deadly serious. how is your gun going to save your family?
Great question. The truth is if someone broke in in the middle of the night, I have 1 pistol in a safe in my bedroom closet. I (thankfully) have never been in the situation where I need to get into it while panicked and groggy. Hopefully I never will. The rest of the guns are in the big gun safe downstairs in the basement and would be useless to me. They would not be able to protect my family in the middle of the night. I have 2 young children in the house and would never leave these around to be seen by them. I don't even want them to know what guns are until they are much, MUCH older. I guess I can take solace in knowing I live in a safe neighborhood where there hasn't been a serious crime in as long as I can remember.
Hey, you can feel safer by not carrying a gun, I don't have a problem with that. But don't do me any favors by trying to get laws passed that's going to take my gun away. I don't care what all the reports say, I feel safer carrying. And like I said before, there isn't any law out there that is going to keep criminals from getting guns. So don't try to take them away from the people that want them for protection.
i feel safer carrying the gun that's in my pants...
seriously dude, nobody is trying to "take your gun away" for fucks sakes, stop it with that already please... seriously, is anybody really gonna "step" to you when you are walking down the street? i don't know where you live, but its never happend to me in 34 years of life, and i live in a heavily populated area. i am not paranoid and i do not think that there is anyone out to get me or harm me, and if they do why not just elbow them in the face?? to me carrying a gun is taking the unnecessary risk of having it go off a la plaxico burress...whenever i hear of these concealed carry guys shooting themselves i laugh....really really hard...because they took that risk when trying "to protect themselves" and it went horribly wrong...its asinine for me to think that i or anybody else NEEDS to carry a gun...
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Man shoots himself in leg outside gun store
The Associated Press
JUPITER, Fla. -- A man accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after leaving a Jupiter gun store. Police said the unidentified man went to Chuck's Guns and Ammo Monday afternoon, looking for batteries for the laser sight on a small handgun. When the man was back in his car, the gun accidentally fired, hitting him in the leg.
The man was taken to a West Palm Beach hospital for treatment.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Someday you might be in a situation where your life is in danger by someone else, and you'll wish you had a gun. I never said anything about it being glorious. But if the situation does arise, you'll have a better chance in seeing another day.
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You've got me all wrong. I would never wished I had a gun because I would never take another human's life.
If confronted with a situation as you describe... I would try to talk my way out of it. If that does not work... then, that is my fate and I accept it. I refuse to commit to fear or paranoia.
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Hail, Hail!!!
Hey, you can feel safer by not carrying a gun, I don't have a problem with that. But don't do me any favors by trying to get laws passed that's going to take my gun away. I don't care what all the reports say, I feel safer carrying. And like I said before, there isn't any law out there that is going to keep criminals from getting guns. So don't try to take them away from the people that want them for protection.
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Lose the paranoia about 'them' coming to pry your gun from your cold, dead hand scare tactic... no one is saying that and it ain't gonna happen.
That said...
You may feel safer carrying a gun out there... but, that makes everyone else feel less safer. Because face it, from things you have said in the past... the thought of a person like you out there with a gun in public is scary. You are the threat to our safety.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
Hey, you can feel safer by not carrying a gun, I don't have a problem with that. But don't do me any favors by trying to get laws passed that's going to take my gun away. I don't care what all the reports say, I feel safer carrying. And like I said before, there isn't any law out there that is going to keep criminals from getting guns. So don't try to take them away from the people that want them for protection.
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Lose the paranoia about 'them' coming to pry your gun from your cold, dead hand scare tactic... no one is saying that and it ain't gonna happen.
That said...
You may feel safer carrying a gun out there... but, that makes everyone else feel less safer. Because face it, from things you have said in the past... the thought of a person like you out there with a gun in public is scary. You are the threat to our safety.
I think the problem with guns is that they are so instant, and if there is that fear of paranoia then maybe those people who carry guns around afraid of their own safety might be too quick to pull the trigger. Someone puts a hand on their shoulder to let them know they dropped something while walking and they turn around and pull a weapon on them or something rash like that... paranoia does crazy things to people you never know. But you pull that trigger and it happens so fast, you take someone's life and you cant take that back.
I agree with not wanting to live in a society where EVERYone has guns around me :shock:
Someday you might be in a situation where your life is in danger by someone else, and you'll wish you had a gun. I never said anything about it being glorious. But if the situation does arise, you'll have a better chance in seeing another day.
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You've got me all wrong. I would never wished I had a gun because I would never take another human's life.
If confronted with a situation as you describe... I would try to talk my way out of it. If that does not work... then, that is my fate and I accept it. I refuse to commit to fear or paranoia.
Lose the paranoia about 'them' coming to pry your gun from your cold, dead hand scare tactic... no one is saying that and it ain't gonna happen.
Carrying a gun is not paranoid....unless wearing a seat belt, locking your doors, or even teaching your kids not to talk to strangers can be called paranoid, Right?
If you have a family and someone was about to shoot your kids...you tell me if you had a gun you would not shoot first?....your gonna talk reason to a crazy person.....I’d say that would be the dumbest thing to do if not the most coward way to handle that situation.....
That said...
You may feel safer carrying a gun out there... but, that makes everyone else feel less safer. Because face it, from things you have said in the past... the thought of a person like you out there with a gun in public is scary. You are the threat to our safety.
Situation: I’m in a public eatery....in walks a crazy and starts shooting people randomly...I would rather have mb262200 by me than the coward that is gonna talk it over with the shooter!
So in short I feel safe when responsible people have guns..
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
Situation: I’m in a public eatery....in walks a crazy and starts shooting people randomly...I would rather have mb262200 by me than the coward that is gonna talk it over with the shooter!
So in short I feel safe when responsible people have guns..
Someone who doesn't carry a gun is not a coward....
Most people where I live don't carry around guns... we seem to be doing just fine.
ps. what are the chances of that happening anyways?
Situation: I’m in a public eatery....in walks a crazy and starts shooting people randomly...I would rather have mb262200 by me than the coward that is gonna talk it over with the shooter!
So in short I feel safe when responsible people have guns..
Someone who doesn't carry a gun is not a coward....
Most people where I live don't carry around guns... we seem to be doing just fine.
ps. what are the chances of that happening anyways?
People that do not carry guns are not cowards, I agree. People that are not going to defend themselves or there family are cowards.....
I does happen....not sure of the stats...but it could happen to anyone
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
If i had a gun for every time someone shot up the eatery i was in...
whew
That was just an example of a situation that has happened....I could have used many different scenarios.
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
Situation: I’m in a public eatery....in walks a crazy and starts shooting people randomly...I would rather have mb262200 by me than the coward that is gonna talk it over with the shooter!
So in short I feel safe when responsible people have guns..
this is not a shot at you or MB or anyone else, but thinking rationally, i would be willing to bet you $100 that MB and people like him would be more worried about saving his own butt than going out of his way to be a hero and save strangers because its human nature to do so. i would think that if you were saved it would have been by luck and not out of intent.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Situation: I’m in a public eatery....in walks a crazy and starts shooting people randomly...I would rather have mb262200 by me than the coward that is gonna talk it over with the shooter!
So in short I feel safe when responsible people have guns..
this is not a shot at you or MB or anyone else, but thinking rationally, i would be willing to bet you $100 that MB and people like him would be more worried about saving his own butt than going out of his way to be a hero and save strangers because its human nature to do so. i would think that if you were saved it would have been by luck and not out of intent.
I don't agree but lets say I do...when he saves himself, by shooting and kills the shooter he has saved me and everyone else....now if the guy that thinks he can have a discussion with the shooter is not saving himself , his family or anyone else we are more likely not to survive.......
my point was that we are not unsafe because responsible people carry guns....and it can not be called paranoid just to own a gun.....
Part of living is surviving.....
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
i feel safer carrying the gun that's in my pants...
seriously dude, nobody is trying to "take your gun away" for fucks sakes, stop it with that already please... seriously, is anybody really gonna "step" to you when you are walking down the street? i don't know where you live, but its never happend to me in 34 years of life, and i live in a heavily populated area. i am not paranoid and i do not think that there is anyone out to get me or harm me, and if they do why not just elbow them in the face?? to me carrying a gun is taking the unnecessary risk of having it go off a la plaxico burress...whenever i hear of these concealed carry guys shooting themselves i laugh....really really hard...because they took that risk when trying "to protect themselves" and it went horribly wrong...its asinine for me to think that i or anybody else NEEDS to carry a gun...
Somewhat relevant story: My friend and I tried to go to the movies the other day. As we were walking toward the building, cop cars swarmed the place & all kinds of people came running out saying someone had just been shot in Avatar & they were evacuating. So we had to leave. Apparently, some guy in the movie was carrying a gun & it accidentally went off and shot the person next to him... while she was just sitting ing a movie theater, watching a movie... minding her own business.
(I can already hear the replies from some of the people here: "That would NEVER happen to ME though, because I'M such a smarter, more talented, and more responsible gun owner than everyone else!"
ps. what are the chances of that happening anyways?
Good point. We have a much greater chance of dying from a heart attack than from a shootout, so I'd prefer to hang around with people who carry asperin & defibrilators around with them. I wonder why people who are so concerned about preventing death don't carry those things instead of or in addition to guns.
Edit to add: The media (or something) has given us such an altered sense of risk perception!
ps. what are the chances of that happening anyways?
Good point. We have a much greater chance of dying from a heart attack than from a shootout, so I'd prefer to hang around with people who carry asperin & defibrilators around with them. I wonder why people who are so concerned about preventing death don't carry those things instead of or in addition to guns.
ps. what are the chances of that happening anyways?
Good point. We have a much greater chance of dying from a heart attack than from a shootout, so I'd prefer to hang around with people who carry asperin & defibrilators around with them. I wonder why people who are so concerned about preventing death don't carry those things instead of or in addition to guns.
Portability? At least in the defibrilator case.
Hey, they're making them pretty compact these days!
Hey, you can feel safer by not carrying a gun, I don't have a problem with that. But don't do me any favors by trying to get laws passed that's going to take my gun away. I don't care what all the reports say, I feel safer carrying. And like I said before, there isn't any law out there that is going to keep criminals from getting guns. So don't try to take them away from the people that want them for protection.
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Lose the paranoia about 'them' coming to pry your gun from your cold, dead hand scare tactic... no one is saying that and it ain't gonna happen.
That said...
You may feel safer carrying a gun out there... but, that makes everyone else feel less safer. Because face it, from things you have said in the past... the thought of a person like you out there with a gun in public is scary. You are the threat to our safety.
Situation: I’m in a public eatery....in walks a crazy and starts shooting people randomly...I would rather have mb262200 by me than the coward that is gonna talk it over with the shooter!
So in short I feel safe when responsible people have guns..
this is not a shot at you or MB or anyone else, but thinking rationally, i would be willing to bet you $100 that MB and people like him would be more worried about saving his own butt than going out of his way to be a hero and save strangers because its human nature to do so. i would think that if you were saved it would have been by luck and not out of intent.
while i can understand your argument regarding trying to protect your family if they were in danger, i have a question for you. if someone breaks in as you say, how the hell are you going to gain access to your gun thats locked away in the 1,000 lb gun safe before they can harm you? it's not like they are going to wait while you go grab it.
i'm not being sarcastic, i'm deadly serious. how is your gun going to save your family?
Great question. The truth is if someone broke in in the middle of the night, I have 1 pistol in a safe in my bedroom closet. I (thankfully) have never been in the situation where I need to get into it while panicked and groggy. Hopefully I never will. The rest of the guns are in the big gun safe downstairs in the basement and would be useless to me. They would not be able to protect my family in the middle of the night. I have 2 young children in the house and would never leave these around to be seen by them. I don't even want them to know what guns are until they are much, MUCH older. I guess I can take solace in knowing I live in a safe neighborhood where there hasn't been a serious crime in as long as I can remember.
this is a great post. i think people would be a lot more comfortable with the whole gun issue if everyone was as responsible as you.
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if anyone broke into my home unlawfully, i would be like, dude, take my tv. take whatever you like. the whole time hoping they wouldn't harm me or anyone else there. my material possessions are not worth a life. theirs or mine.
they can have them.
while i can understand your argument regarding trying to protect your family if they were in danger, i have a question for you. if someone breaks in as you say, how the hell are you going to gain access to your gun thats locked away in the 1,000 lb gun safe before they can harm you? it's not like they are going to wait while you go grab it.
i'm not being sarcastic, i'm deadly serious. how is your gun going to save your family?
But logically one would think if you were Zorro you'd just cut women's clothes off all day, at least if you're antonio bandaras.
just to clarify, i'm not anti gun, but i do think stricter gun laws have to be enforced. i see owning a gun as giving you a false sense of security. unless you have it planted firmly by your side 24/7, how are you ever going to be prepared for a sudden attack from a gunman. you'd probably be dead by the time you could reach for it anyway. the gunman isn't going to mess around. he's not going to give you warning he is coming into your home to attack you, or that he is going to shoot you in your car, or school, or anywhere. he's just going to do it.
to me, walking around with a gun attached to you (which i know you don't do), is living in fear and highly dangerous. especially to people around you.
i can't live like that. that doesn't mean i wanna get my ass shot up. i'm just being realistic.
I'd imagine that those stats reflect people who carry guns in public (concealed or not) rather than those who keep them locked up in safes (as I do). There may very well be some additive risk regarding a family member getting hurt, assuming said guns are not stored securely. But yeah ... I cannot see a hunter who never packs his gun outside of hunting season being at an increased risk of getting shot by a criminal. Getting shot in a hunting accident, maybe.
Hey, you can feel safer by not carrying a gun, I don't have a problem with that. But don't do me any favors by trying to get laws passed that's going to take my gun away. I don't care what all the reports say, I feel safer carrying. And like I said before, there isn't any law out there that is going to keep criminals from getting guns. So don't try to take them away from the people that want them for protection.
Great question. The truth is if someone broke in in the middle of the night, I have 1 pistol in a safe in my bedroom closet. I (thankfully) have never been in the situation where I need to get into it while panicked and groggy. Hopefully I never will. The rest of the guns are in the big gun safe downstairs in the basement and would be useless to me. They would not be able to protect my family in the middle of the night. I have 2 young children in the house and would never leave these around to be seen by them. I don't even want them to know what guns are until they are much, MUCH older. I guess I can take solace in knowing I live in a safe neighborhood where there hasn't been a serious crime in as long as I can remember.
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i feel safer carrying the gun that's in my pants...
seriously dude, nobody is trying to "take your gun away" for fucks sakes, stop it with that already please... seriously, is anybody really gonna "step" to you when you are walking down the street? i don't know where you live, but its never happend to me in 34 years of life, and i live in a heavily populated area. i am not paranoid and i do not think that there is anyone out to get me or harm me, and if they do why not just elbow them in the face?? to me carrying a gun is taking the unnecessary risk of having it go off a la plaxico burress...whenever i hear of these concealed carry guys shooting themselves i laugh....really really hard...because they took that risk when trying "to protect themselves" and it went horribly wrong...its asinine for me to think that i or anybody else NEEDS to carry a gun...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
dumbass...
http://www.bnd.com/breaking_news/story/1124878.html
Man shoots himself in leg outside gun store
The Associated Press
JUPITER, Fla. -- A man accidentally shot himself in the leg shortly after leaving a Jupiter gun store. Police said the unidentified man went to Chuck's Guns and Ammo Monday afternoon, looking for batteries for the laser sight on a small handgun. When the man was back in his car, the gun accidentally fired, hitting him in the leg.
The man was taken to a West Palm Beach hospital for treatment.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
You've got me all wrong. I would never wished I had a gun because I would never take another human's life.
If confronted with a situation as you describe... I would try to talk my way out of it. If that does not work... then, that is my fate and I accept it. I refuse to commit to fear or paranoia.
Hail, Hail!!!
Lose the paranoia about 'them' coming to pry your gun from your cold, dead hand scare tactic... no one is saying that and it ain't gonna happen.
That said...
You may feel safer carrying a gun out there... but, that makes everyone else feel less safer. Because face it, from things you have said in the past... the thought of a person like you out there with a gun in public is scary. You are the threat to our safety.
Hail, Hail!!!
I agree with not wanting to live in a society where EVERYone has guns around me :shock:
Carrying a gun is not paranoid....unless wearing a seat belt, locking your doors, or even teaching your kids not to talk to strangers can be called paranoid, Right?
If you have a family and someone was about to shoot your kids...you tell me if you had a gun you would not shoot first?....your gonna talk reason to a crazy person.....I’d say that would be the dumbest thing to do if not the most coward way to handle that situation.....
Situation: I’m in a public eatery....in walks a crazy and starts shooting people randomly...I would rather have mb262200 by me than the coward that is gonna talk it over with the shooter!
So in short I feel safe when responsible people have guns..
Someone who doesn't carry a gun is not a coward....
Most people where I live don't carry around guns... we seem to be doing just fine.
ps. what are the chances of that happening anyways?
whew
I does happen....not sure of the stats...but it could happen to anyone
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
my point was that we are not unsafe because responsible people carry guns....and it can not be called paranoid just to own a gun.....
Part of living is surviving.....
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Somewhat relevant story: My friend and I tried to go to the movies the other day. As we were walking toward the building, cop cars swarmed the place & all kinds of people came running out saying someone had just been shot in Avatar & they were evacuating. So we had to leave. Apparently, some guy in the movie was carrying a gun & it accidentally went off and shot the person next to him... while she was just sitting ing a movie theater, watching a movie... minding her own business.
(I can already hear the replies from some of the people here: "That would NEVER happen to ME though, because I'M such a smarter, more talented, and more responsible gun owner than everyone else!"
There's a very fine line between responsible & irresponsible and anger & fear can quickly lead people to cross it.
Then why so worried about people getting killed by guns? It's going to happen anyway
Good point. We have a much greater chance of dying from a heart attack than from a shootout, so I'd prefer to hang around with people who carry asperin & defibrilators around with them. I wonder why people who are so concerned about preventing death don't carry those things instead of or in addition to guns.
Edit to add: The media (or something) has given us such an altered sense of risk perception!
Portability? At least in the defibrilator case.
Hey, they're making them pretty compact these days!
:twisted:
I'd save you aerial.......you aren't a liberal!