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In reply to the discussion: Mother shoots home intruder...after he cornered her in attic with her twins, 9 [View all]pipoman
(16,038 posts)57. Disregard for the actual meaning of words noted and pointed out..n/t
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Mother shoots home intruder...after he cornered her in attic with her twins, 9 [View all]
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Jan 2013
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Amazing, she was able to do it with 6 shots, and no 30 round clips or bushmaster 223.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#1
No, Im saying that no one needs a fucking bushmaster 223 to hunt or for self defense.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#18
Bushmaster is the brand. And just as im not interested in "learning more" about the shit in my sewer
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#37
I'm not wobbly. The story confirms what I've said; no one needs a "fucking AR-15-- that's the name"
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#48
That's odd, you were an expert on home defense just a few minutes before.
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2013
#78
My semi-facetious point was ridiculing that odd, um, ...anxiety on the part of some gun owners
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#113
If it won't have any impact, why is there such a flappy-armed freakout over the prospect of it?
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#198
When ten gun killings tip the scale of one home protection per day, legal gun owners are complicit
ancianita
Jan 2013
#292
Does it fucking matter, so long as you fucking know what the fuck he's fucking talking about?
Scootaloo
Jan 2013
#128
and what if the THREE HOME INVADERS had been DRIVING A TANK? What THEN????!?!?!??!
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#104
There was a story in which a mother put out a kitchen fire with a dish towel.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#178
So there should be no limits at all on the level of weaponry available for home "defense"
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#197
The "no-limits" meme is a creation of the anti-gunners for straw-man purposes.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#199
No. The "no-limits" meme was invented by the "well regulated militia" & "shall not be infringed"
ancianita
Jan 2013
#293
Do you have even a link to that, even a single link? Or did you just make that up?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#297
Technically, that's a picture of a dragon missile launcher tube, and not the launcher tube itself.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#205
Then make a stronger ban. Make a ban with penalties for not just sale, but possession.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#122
You can wish for whaterver you want, but a new ban isn't happening, at least for 2 years
Travis_0004
Jan 2013
#142
If the banksters and other members of the super-rich want it, such legislation will be adopted.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#180
You can be competitive target shooters with non-semi-automatic weapons
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#141
You're the only person to mention Feinstein or her proposal in this thread
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#182
Perhaps you should contact Vice President Biden directly & tell him not to "waste his time"
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#214
Glad to hear you won't have problem with the multiple agenda items they're working on then
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#245
You see? You're defending deaths on the basis that you like the format of one competition
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#169
There were also false reports claiming that he wore a bullet-proof vest.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#216
This is what is wrong with DU: you are defending 30 round clips and the Bushmaster
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#144
Whenever the gun nuts say that you're not helping your own cause, you're helping your own cause
alcibiades_mystery
Jan 2013
#30
Yeah. And "don't bother, because there is no point, itll never get anywhere."
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#33
I'm sure it's possible to write a ban that includes the AR-15 & high capacity magazines.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#102
I can't stop laughing at this. I just had to paste it into a FaceBook discussion about guns. ROFL.
rightsideout
Jan 2013
#86
He could've brought a zombie crew with him, that would justify 1000 rounds of ammo!!
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#125
No tool will guarantee your safety. Well, except maybe some sort of robotic gun turret.
Undismayed
Jan 2013
#28
A firearm is not a tool, no matter how many times that false equivalency gets used.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#40
Good thing there wasn't two of them, home invasions are normally two or more
former-republican
Jan 2013
#20
Just think, if she'd been able to keep a shoulder fired missile in her attic.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#22
So your suggestion is that a bushmaster 223 is necessary to protect against home invasions
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#26
Have you ever had to fire a weapon under stress before to save a life or end one ?
former-republican
Jan 2013
#34
Like Zimmerman did? when he coward style shot an innocent man to death just to watch him die?
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#127
so when the life of your children and family is at stake, choose the least effective weapon?
sleestak smile
Jan 2013
#45
good thing this guy wasn't trying to alert the family that the house was on fire
librechik
Jan 2013
#13
That woman would be alive today if she had a .223 Bushmaster with a 20-30 round magazine.
Kaleva
Jan 2013
#36
No evidence has ever been presented, as far as I know, that hi cap mags are needed for self defense
Kaleva
Jan 2013
#63
It is generally considered to be wise to do some research when deciding what weapons..
Kaleva
Jan 2013
#111
OK. So if we agree to allow that weapon for home defense, can we ban semiautomatics? (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#54
Why is this any less appropriate than the countless other gun posts in GD?
Lizzie Poppet
Jan 2013
#186
This is not big news, not a national story and has nothing to do with pending legislation.
morningfog
Jan 2013
#196
Proving once again - you don't need a semi-auto assault rifle with a 30 round clip
jpak
Jan 2013
#59
Easy. There would not have been one in his home if the Rs had not eliminated the ban.
Coyotl
Jan 2013
#94
200 "in defense" gun deaths per year vs 30,000 total gun deaths per year. No thank you.
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#80
The stats are in on that too. People are 4-6 times more likely to use their gun
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#140
Most of those are suicides and with suicides at often higher rates in strong gun control countries
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#150
Legally owned guns are 4-6 times more likely to be used to intimidate or threaten noncriminals
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#240
Not that I give a flying fuck, but wasn't a .38 a standard issue police weapon for a long time? n/t
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#93
Most police used .357 magnum service revolvers prior to adoption of semi-automatics.
FarCenter
Jan 2013
#212
"in case the perp was wearing body armor" More DU gun porn fantasies
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#185
I bet this criminal won't want to break into another home again. Good shooting. Nt
jal777
Jan 2013
#116
and when she ran out of bullets, what about the six others with the one?
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#272
I live near where this happened and it was a big discussion on a neighborhood page
Iris
Jan 2013
#260
He had no reason to think there were people in the attic; many people hide valuables there
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#229
I'd condemn posters who say women ought to be afraid of being alone in a lift with a man
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#282
Let's start a new thread every time a woman is killed by a domestic partner using a handgun
Jeff In Milwaukee
Jan 2013
#177
She should have signed the deed to the house over to the burgler on the way out too
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jan 2013
#265
The poor guy was probably just going to ask her where the bread was kept so he could make a sandwich
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#190
another home invasion in georgia where the woman ran and hid unarmed and was still shoot
generalhh
Jan 2013
#201
Cocking a shotgun disuaded him? But we've been told that the only purpose for guns is to kill people
AnotherMcIntosh
Jan 2013
#226
He probably thought that was my intention. He did not stick around long enough to
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#253
I'd do my best to advertise the warm and cuddly side of my sacred cow too...
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#237
Yeah, it seems the memo went out that 2 weeks is long enough to grit the teeth & stay quiet
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#244
Please, Skinner, PLEASE get this crap outa GD and back to the Gungeon where it belongs.
Iggo
Jan 2013
#252
pumping 6 rounds into an unarmed guy should be a crime- nothing to be proud of
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#290
no, i'm totally serious. so is shooting soneone who doesn't even have a gun. so is racism.
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#299
THIS is what guns are good for. NOT parading around town showing off and intimidating people you
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#301