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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]tradecenter
(133 posts)208. I don't understand what you're saying here.
You say that it's a picture of a launcher tube and in the same sentence, you say it's not the launcher tube itself.
Please clarify.
Other than that, I pretty much agree with you, but it does happen on both sides of the debate.
You have the gun nut extremists on one side saying no restrictions at all, on the other side, you have gun control extremists who want to ban and confiscate all firearms.
You, very obviously, aren't one of them and I find myself about in the middle.
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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