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In reply to the discussion: Before Calling 911, Sheriff Tells Residents To Get ‘In The Game’ With A Gun [View all]sylvi
(813 posts)52. Don't need to
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.
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Before Calling 911, Sheriff Tells Residents To Get ‘In The Game’ With A Gun [View all]
diabeticman
Jan 2013
OP
makes sense if you live off the beaten track when cops may be a long time coming.
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#1
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
I believe this is an excellent example of when alerting on jury results is appropriate. (nt)
Robb
Jan 2013
#104
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
In which jurisdition do people not have legal authority to defend themselves, and earn the label...
beevul
Jan 2013
#85
Word games? They're your words, and your stated definitions. I'm simply asking where they apply.
beevul
Jan 2013
#88
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
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
well the dog will wake me up and my glock is close by and the other guns accessible
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#27
You've done nothing to indicate you are different from other members of gun culture.
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#77
You've done nothing to indicate you can accurately or objectively characterize the gun culture.
beevul
Jan 2013
#86
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
No, is exactly what I figured. Maybe you should reassess the risks you actually face rather
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#47
The answer is clearly "More Defibrillators." Toting them in public would give would be heroes a real
Hoyt
Jan 2013
#112
Are you going to bring up your "can of beans" approach to home defense again?
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#36