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sylvi

(813 posts)
52. Don't need to
Sun Jan 27, 2013, 10:54 PM
Jan 2013

But here it is for your benefit:

vig·i·lan·te/ˌvɪdʒəˈlænti/ Show Spelled [vij-uh-lan-tee]
noun
1. a member of a vigilance committee.
2. any person who takes the law into his or her own hands, as by avenging a crime.

Protecting oneself or others from imminent harm is not taking the law into your own hands, it's exercising the natural right of defense.

I know definitions and stuff are just "distractions" to some anti-2A people, but if one expects to be taken seriously in a discussion it helps to know that words mean things.

makes sense if you live off the beaten track when cops may be a long time coming. loli phabay Jan 2013 #1
he is sheriff in milwaukee county PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #4
no idea what the response time is there but its sound advice if its more than a minute or so. loli phabay Jan 2013 #5
David Clarke is a lying piece of teabagging shit PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #6
Your post was alerted on, amazingly- Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #78
lol. i repeat: David Clarke is a lying piece of teabagging shit PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #81
I believe this is an excellent example of when alerting on jury results is appropriate. (nt) Robb Jan 2013 #104
Because of the alerter, or the two jokers who voted to hide? Starry Messenger Jan 2013 #108
Here's a link from 2011 -- 15 minutes! X_Digger Jan 2013 #14
now what could possibly happen in those 14 minutes if you needed help loli phabay Jan 2013 #17
Sounds like you live in one of those crime-ridden rural areas wtmusic Jan 2013 #40
every area has crime. we get a lot of break ins due to meth heads also starting to see gang problem loli phabay Jan 2013 #45
Dang.. X_Digger Jan 2013 #51
Defending oneself sylvi Jan 2013 #25
you say potato... PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #35
More like sylvi Jan 2013 #41
not really. google the term "vigilante". it fits. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #43
Don't need to sylvi Jan 2013 #52
or... potato!! PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #53
Defending oneself is not "law enforcement" except in an incidental way sylvi Jan 2013 #58
There's a spud in your future.... Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #65
lol EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #68
*you're PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #82
whatever you say EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #83
right wing assholes often get that wrong PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #84
What? EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #91
I didn't CALL you one. Read it again. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #93
HAHAHAHA you don't know the difference between your and you're HangOnKids Jan 2013 #114
In which jurisdition do people not have legal authority to defend themselves, and earn the label... beevul Jan 2013 #85
you guys can obsess with my wording all day. have fun. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #87
Word games? They're your words, and your stated definitions. I'm simply asking where they apply. beevul Jan 2013 #88
tomato!! oh, let's call the whole thing off! PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #89
So if a woman defends herself from a rapist NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #90
Nope. I was thinking of people like George Zimmerman PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #92
Neither of those men acted in self defense. They're murderers. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #94
As I said, obsess with that all you want, k? PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #95
I wasn't discussing the OP article. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #96
No, you are obsessed with 2 fucking words I typed. PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #97
One's words are often a topic of debate. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #98
Cool, bro. You over it? PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #99
*sigh* NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #100
It made sense if you lived in Tombstone in the 1880s. wtmusic Jan 2013 #12
what so there are no rapists or burglars out there any more good to know loli phabay Jan 2013 #15
The answer is just to arm everyone to the teeth yes good to know wtmusic Jan 2013 #18
well id rather my wife was holding the twelve gauge as she sits on the bed with the kids with dispat loli phabay Jan 2013 #20
What vivid fantasies. You're such heroes! Robb Jan 2013 #23
Good, I hope your kids don't get a hold of the 12-gauge. wtmusic Jan 2013 #28
well my kids get to shoot most weeks so i would have no issue with them coming across the 12 gauge loli phabay Jan 2013 #31
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #69
Ha ha! Yeah. wtmusic Jan 2013 #109
ok EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #111
He Can't Reply HangOnKids Jan 2013 #113
Not when it comes to bad guys looking to do harm. sylvi Jan 2013 #19
Actually, it didn't - there were no guns allowed in Tombstone. jeff47 Jan 2013 #26
Guns were allowed in Tombstone wtmusic Jan 2013 #34
Guns weren't allowed in Tombstone, open or concealed Major Nikon Jan 2013 #56
Again, guns were allowed in Tombstone. wtmusic Jan 2013 #66
It took 45 min. for the police to respond to my mom's 911 call NickB79 Jan 2013 #62
David Clarke is a lying piece of teabagging shit PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #2
It is ALWAYS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to protect yourself, family and property. Skip Intro Jan 2013 #3
Fortunately, that "responsibility" does not require a gun. Hoyt Jan 2013 #8
That is a choice for each individual to make. Skip Intro Jan 2013 #11
Not really, kind of like smoking nowadays. Hoyt Jan 2013 #16
Thanks sylvi Jan 2013 #21
Then, sleep with one eye opened and a gun close by in unlikely event that occurs. Hoyt Jan 2013 #22
well the dog will wake me up and my glock is close by and the other guns accessible loli phabay Jan 2013 #27
Not impressed. Hoyt Jan 2013 #30
no you dont impress me but you are allowed your own opinion loli phabay Jan 2013 #32
is anyone EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #70
Something tells me his "glock and other accessible guns" impress/excites you. Hoyt Jan 2013 #72
that's because EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #74
You've done nothing to indicate you are different from other members of gun culture. Hoyt Jan 2013 #77
so EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #80
You've done nothing to indicate you can accurately or objectively characterize the gun culture. beevul Jan 2013 #86
I've accurately characterized you with respect to guns on numerous occasions. Hoyt Jan 2013 #101
You mean all those times you remarked about me carrying a gun as if I did, even though I don't... beevul Jan 2013 #103
I prepare for lots of unlikely events sylvi Jan 2013 #33
Do you carry a defibrillator? Much more likely to need it and better for society. Hoyt Jan 2013 #38
No sylvi Jan 2013 #44
No, is exactly what I figured. Maybe you should reassess the risks you actually face rather Hoyt Jan 2013 #47
I've never come across anyone outside the hospital sylvi Jan 2013 #54
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data." Robb Jan 2013 #61
Of course it is. sylvi Jan 2013 #64
"Come, Confirmation Bias Boy. Our work here is done." Robb Jan 2013 #76
LOL wtmusic Jan 2013 #110
The answer is clearly "More Defibrillators." Toting them in public would give would be heroes a real Hoyt Jan 2013 #112
Evidently that's what you're supposed to do. Skip Intro Jan 2013 #48
Just like your avatar? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #37
1950s. Nowadays we don't smoke, realizing damage to society. Hoyt Jan 2013 #39
Maybe It's Time to Change Your Avatar Then AndyTiedye Jan 2013 #116
No, that's about the same period. Hoyt Jan 2013 #117
Yes, really. nt Skip Intro Jan 2013 #50
Are you going to bring up your "can of beans" approach to home defense again? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #36
It's worked for me. Maybe some day you'll try acting responsibly and leave your guns at home. Hoyt Jan 2013 #42
When I quit riding through the desert daily I might consider it ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #46
I'm betting you have a gun or two close by, even when out of the desert. Hoyt Jan 2013 #49
You would lose. ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #55
thats because EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #71
The poor pitiful plight of gun cultists is a national shame. Hoyt Jan 2013 #75
that doesn't EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #79
"Unknown Sheriff gets to be on CNN for attention whoring for gun fetishists." Robb Jan 2013 #7
he's the one who refused security for Obama last fall PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #9
Sheriff Clarke's greatest hits keep coming: Robb Jan 2013 #10
honey, you'll be.on here all night if you keep looking PeaceNikki Jan 2013 #13
Sounds like the typical gun lover. Hoyt Jan 2013 #29
Does he employ cannabis cops? pipoman Jan 2013 #24
Good grief that is really low LeftInTX Jan 2013 #57
Stray Bullets AndyTiedye Jan 2013 #59
who EarthWindFire Jan 2013 #73
The Sheriff DOES have a point, though. Adam-Bomb Jan 2013 #60
What "trying times" do you mean ..."especially in these trying times"? uppityperson Jan 2013 #67
Grab gun, grab family, barricade yourselves in a bedroom, call 911. krispos42 Jan 2013 #63
But they have the man power to write speeding tickets SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #102
That's because it brings in income. nt NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #105
Clearly more important than actual public safety. SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #106
The only thing worse is civil forfeiture. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #107
David Clarke is a Tea-bagging Clown.. Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #115
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