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Why I keep guns in my home. [View all] Whovian Feb 2013 OP
She must be angry with her family, friends and acquaintances and down on herself. bluestateguy Feb 2013 #1
That's apparently very common among Delicate flowers. 99Forever Feb 2013 #2
Hahahaha! nt ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #67
Why is the comparison always with "killing an intruder"? Recursion Feb 2013 #3
Actually that is true. A confrontation on the street is more likely. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #6
It was the "killing" bit I don't get Recursion Feb 2013 #7
All true. Deep13 Feb 2013 #16
This happened in my family. My cousin killed his girlfriend by accident with a gun. Maraya1969 Feb 2013 #157
grandson RILib Feb 2013 #192
"2. handguns are all "underpowered" for stopping purposes" Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #188
"Killing" plays better sarisataka Feb 2013 #20
Enlighten me, please. What other Ralphie situations come to mind? Whovian Feb 2013 #10
You're joking, right? Recursion Feb 2013 #13
You are kidding, right? Cosmocat Feb 2013 #153
Thank you. klook Feb 2013 #168
Fantasy is your perspective on gun owners... PerpetuallyDazed Feb 2013 #179
huh Cosmocat Feb 2013 #206
or even defensive use arely staircase Feb 2013 #64
The comparision is sound because it is being compared to killing of someone living in the home. morningfog Feb 2013 #118
No Recursion Feb 2013 #124
This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker Feb 2013 #138
Make your own. This one is true and says morningfog Feb 2013 #173
The purpose of the gun is not to kill an intruder but to save the life of someone in the family Recursion Feb 2013 #174
Yet when we are trained it is "shoot to kill"... not maim, slow down, ect... PerpetuallyDazed Feb 2013 #184
I remember being trained to "shoot center mass" Recursion Feb 2013 #186
Actually I was trained Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #193
I disagree with you on what numbers matter. morningfog Feb 2013 #212
The reason is that the picture depicts... reACTIONary Feb 2013 #198
Suppose she has to defend herself against 3, 4 or 5 violent criminal... Deep13 Feb 2013 #4
Or a zombie apocalypse? Whovian Feb 2013 #14
Well, that's a whole different story. Deep13 Feb 2013 #18
Damn it. Now i want to buy bullets, and I don't even own a gun. ZombieHorde Feb 2013 #68
Thats why I keep an ice ax on the wall next to my bed. No need to reload. Bosso 63 Feb 2013 #163
When those.. raidert05 Feb 2013 #83
So, are you intentionally quoting that congresswoman from last week? Iris Feb 2013 #90
She was a Congresswoman?! Deep13 Feb 2013 #95
I honestly don't know for sure. Iris Feb 2013 #96
At this point we can't tell the Onion from what passes for real news. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #101
How often does that actually happen? Dash87 Feb 2013 #94
Well the testimony wasn't to justify CCW... Deep13 Feb 2013 #99
Those things are huge too. Dash87 Feb 2013 #105
They are normalized for a lot of gun enthusiasts. Deep13 Feb 2013 #116
I'm a 63 year old woman... vduhr Feb 2013 #204
This is the argument my RW brother uses except Ineeda Feb 2013 #148
Watch that laughing / mocking if he is paranoid and has a gun lunasun Feb 2013 #176
True. Laughable arguments need to be laughed at. nt Deep13 Feb 2013 #189
Grizzly bear spray is far more effective I hear and will cover Cleita Feb 2013 #171
It can be, but indoors one is also spraying herself... Deep13 Feb 2013 #190
So how will a gun protect her from another gun? Cleita Feb 2013 #191
It evens the odds... Deep13 Feb 2013 #195
I'm sorry I'm even engaged in this conversation. Cleita Feb 2013 #196
Generally agree about the need for public safety. Deep13 Feb 2013 #197
This thread is a yawn-fest. Try harder. You did better yesterday... cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #5
It's early, yet. nt pintobean Feb 2013 #8
Yep. nick of time Feb 2013 #9
God forbid anyone post anything anti gun. Whovian Feb 2013 #11
Yeah, that NEVER happens at DU, does it, you one-trick pony? 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #21
One trick pony????? I can do this cool thing with my eyelids! Whovian Feb 2013 #108
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #120
Oy. Well that explains why we're hip deep in gun trolls. nt SunSeeker Feb 2013 #139
Yep. MessiahRp Feb 2013 #140
It's weird, I used to get on juries almost evey time I logged on, but now, never. SunSeeker Feb 2013 #141
Same here. I actually know some trolls with 127 posts that have been on more juries than I have. MessiahRp Feb 2013 #143
I get jury invites on individual posts Recursion Feb 2013 #144
God forbid that you try to be part of the solution nick of time Feb 2013 #27
I know -- I didn't even make any popcorn for this one obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #65
I totally agree HockeyMom Feb 2013 #12
Successful self-defense does not require killing an intruder. krispos42 Feb 2013 #15
Sorry, I see this a really stretching post to quantify your position. Whovian Feb 2013 #19
The fact that you keep saying that doesn't make it true Recursion Feb 2013 #22
Right. You wave a gun and the perp runs away. Got it. Whovian Feb 2013 #24
Well, in fact, that does happen Recursion Feb 2013 #25
Okay, that's just nuts. Whovian Feb 2013 #29
Well, no, I've actually seen a crime stopped by a brandished weapon Recursion Feb 2013 #30
Brandishing a gun is safeinOhio Feb 2013 #39
This was a rent-a-cop who drew on two teenagers beating the crap out of an old man Recursion Feb 2013 #40
So this was a trained person. Most people in this country are not. Maraya1969 Feb 2013 #158
Umm... no. This was a rent-a-cop Recursion Feb 2013 #161
Having a dog is a good common sense alternative to having a gun. WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2013 #47
A dog is an INFINITELY better deterent Cosmocat Feb 2013 #175
Until a criminal takes a crowbar to the dog's head hack89 Feb 2013 #200
except Cosmocat Feb 2013 #207
Lets hope the sainted firearm does not belong to the criminal hack89 Feb 2013 #208
WTF are you talking about? Cosmocat Feb 2013 #220
Here are some media reports of brandishing that prevented crimes *IN THE PAST 3 MONTHS* Recursion Feb 2013 #37
Nine whole stories in 3 months? Wow. Robb Feb 2013 #50
Nine that were covered by media. Do you think the media covers them all? N/T beevul Feb 2013 #102
How underreported are these events? Robb Feb 2013 #106
Look upthread. The claim was it NEVER happens. Recursion Feb 2013 #109
A guy fell 39 stories and lived, too. Robb Feb 2013 #113
Thats a very good question. beevul Feb 2013 #147
So on your planet, for every kid verifiably shot, 40 people rack their shotguns unheralded? Robb Feb 2013 #156
If i take that position, I'll let you know. beevul Feb 2013 #215
Yea and how many people are dead from the firing of these guns in the last 3 months? Maraya1969 Feb 2013 #159
The claim was brandishing never stops a crime Recursion Feb 2013 #162
In my family handguns stopped two attacks and no one was injured or killed. ... spin Feb 2013 #41
I understand. Once I held off troops of Russian and Cuban Commies Whovian Feb 2013 #44
. the devil Feb 2013 #52
While these are only anecdotal tales they actually did happen. ... spin Feb 2013 #59
Tell that to my friend who stopped a robbery in progress at the convenience store where he worked. LAGC Feb 2013 #152
You're kidding, right? kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #167
No, I'm not. Whovian Feb 2013 #170
Neither do I. kurtzapril4 Feb 2013 #172
Repeating that bullshit ad nauseam... Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #74
You were replying to a post that I don't believe I have typed before. Whovian Feb 2013 #89
Didn't claim you had. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #107
So you are saying that anything that detracts from the beauty of guns is bullshit? Whovian Feb 2013 #110
Nice strawman. Does it keep the birds away from your garden? Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #111
Strawman? I made no argument I asked a question. Whovian Feb 2013 #112
You posited me saying something that cannot be (rationally) inferred from my actual statements. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #114
What universe are you living in? The entire thread is up for all to see that I posited nothing Whovian Feb 2013 #115
I think our friend Lizzie might need anger management help. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #123
At least. Whovian Feb 2013 #125
And such a transparency page for our friend Lizzie! Highlights: apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #130
Tsk, tsk. Look who just keeps hazzing the sadz... apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #117
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #119
There, there. It ain't as bad as all that, is it? apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #121
You don't even know how this bit of banter is making you and your cause look. Whovian Feb 2013 #122
Much anger in the young man - just the kind of specimen we need toting a pistol around, eh? apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #126
You're as wrong in your silly attempt as psychoanalysis... Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #128
There, there. It's going to be alright, sir, I can assure you. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #131
*UPDATE*: add another Angry-gram to the 'ole Transparency Page: apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #136
How many of these can people get before they are asked to leave? Maraya1969 Feb 2013 #160
That gives her 6 hides in the last 90 days, or exactly half as many as the OP. 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #177
Do you has a sad pintobean Feb 2013 #221
That's nice. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #222
"I think we're done here" - Or not. *UPDATE* - we ARE done here. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #133
"In the evening; gettin' angry; ain't we got fun?" And the transparency page to prove it! apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #135
Just as this one does. nick of time Feb 2013 #178
BWAHAHAHAHA! I'm amazed it lasted as long as it did. 11 Bravo Feb 2013 #209
Yep. nick of time Feb 2013 #210
Just as these, errrr, ummmm, "two" do: apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #219
You must have never owned a firearm, nor read the Owners Manual if you have.. Ghost in the Machine Feb 2013 #218
The Kellerman study has long since been debunked. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #17
This wasn't Kellerman's study. Whovian Feb 2013 #23
Then post a link to the study you seem to be embracing. nick of time Feb 2013 #28
The New England Journal of Medicine. Whovian Feb 2013 #32
Thanks. nt. nick of time Feb 2013 #33
Say again. SayWut Feb 2013 #43
Like "SayWut" said, that IS Kellerman's study. Lord Magus Feb 2013 #61
2.7 might be accurate. Incitatus Feb 2013 #129
43:1 wasn't the risk ratio Major Nikon Feb 2013 #213
Guns - The Love That Keeps On Giving - Round After Round cantbeserious Feb 2013 #26
Over 1,200 killed by guns since Sandy Hook mokawanis Feb 2013 #31
Thank you. The pro gunners here are terribly vile. Whovian Feb 2013 #34
WTH? So everytime a woman is attacked and would have chosen to defend herself but Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #36
Every woman you speak of Lordquinton Feb 2013 #49
"No one has been prevented by law in owning guns" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #54
No broader a statement than Lordquinton Feb 2013 #62
So when other posters run around saying pro-RKBA advocates Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #63
My mistake. Lordquinton Feb 2013 #70
And what does the body of the post say? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #72
Says that I got the Semantics wrong Lordquinton Feb 2013 #78
You are determined to be a dishonest about this as possible, aren't you? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #88
What about it? Lordquinton Feb 2013 #103
Until the attacker punches your lights out, and then kills you with your own gun. Dash87 Feb 2013 #100
+1,000. Spot-on observation, and 100% accurate. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #91
Well at least she votes Democratic RZM Feb 2013 #35
And she doesn't look 30 years old, as is the 1983 Kellerman study is with all its massaged data n/t Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2013 #38
That's not the original text pintobean Feb 2013 #42
I keep guns in my home sulphurdunn Feb 2013 #45
She needs better training. ileus Feb 2013 #46
But she won't get it mokawanis Feb 2013 #48
Then again pintobean Feb 2013 #51
You don't even know, do you? Whovian Feb 2013 #53
Enlighten me. pintobean Feb 2013 #56
I don't think I can. Pissing in the wind comes to mind. Whovian Feb 2013 #57
So, you don't know. pintobean Feb 2013 #58
She'd decrease the threat to her family Warpy Feb 2013 #55
From a perspective of 71 years, our culture has gotten more fearful and violent, WHEN CRABS ROAR Feb 2013 #60
Thank you for a moment of clarity. Whovian Feb 2013 #134
i almost didn't click on the thread. barbtries Feb 2013 #66
So glad someone appreciates it. Whovian Feb 2013 #92
You got 40 Recs, but the same tiresome little ban of pro-NRA shillmeister's gave it their all to apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #69
Are you serious with that sig line? Support of 2nd Amendment is racist? Skip Intro Feb 2013 #71
Possibly the single most fuckwitted thing I've ever read on DU. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #75
Oh, look who haz a sad. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #77
Nope. I haz a LMAO, actually. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2013 #85
Sure. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #87
Oh yeah, it's meant seriously. Skip Intro Feb 2013 #81
You tell 'em, Skip! apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #86
Are you having another "party"? Perhaps you can alert on it: apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #76
You're trying to deflect from your own sig line? Skip Intro Feb 2013 #79
Better get on that alert, Skip. n/t. apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #80
Yeah, ok. Have a nice rest and take it easy. Skip Intro Feb 2013 #82
"it is in poart to discuagg issue gtwettn oher duers but this is talkinb bad about other duers apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #84
Thanks. There seems to be a vendetta of sorts. Whovian Feb 2013 #93
And I apologize that two of the posters currently stalking me decided to bring their vendetta apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #97
LOL... Not your fault I believe they were here already Whovian Feb 2013 #98
Because keeping them on the front lawn would be counterproductive? randome Feb 2013 #73
Yeah, the neighbors will complain about anything. Deep13 Feb 2013 #104
It depends on the person's location and circumstances. Incitatus Feb 2013 #127
Look at it this way: if you kill yourself or your family with your weapon... Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #132
Another thread full of stupid. flvegan Feb 2013 #137
Bigger question: How paranoid are gun owners to think that they are ALWAYS at risk of a shootout? MessiahRp Feb 2013 #142
+1000 Whovian Feb 2013 #145
While I agree with most of your post but I have a question. ... spin Feb 2013 #146
If you own over 20 firearms I would consider you a threat to public safety. Whovian Feb 2013 #149
How about me Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #154
4 guns seems like overkill to me as well... MessiahRp Feb 2013 #165
The CCW makes it much easier to buy a gun Recursion Feb 2013 #199
Well here is my answer Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #201
I suspected you would just like most people who have little understanding ... spin Feb 2013 #211
What is your reasoning for the need to carry at all times? MessiahRp Feb 2013 #164
If I had an reliable app for this iPad that would remind me that today was a day ... spin Feb 2013 #214
if all gun owners were like you, there wouldn't be a problem! farminator3000 Feb 2013 #202
Interesting thread you linked to. I added a comment. (n/t) spin Feb 2013 #216
you might like this one, too. farminator3000 Feb 2013 #217
It must suck for those people to live their lives in constant fear. Apophis Feb 2013 #183
Don't confuse me with facts, I want my guns Progressive dog Feb 2013 #150
+1 nt Whovian Feb 2013 #151
If you think about it in a certain way than we are better off because of them. aandegoons Feb 2013 #155
What about this reason doc03 Feb 2013 #166
Yup amuse bouche Feb 2013 #169
I think one of the root problems is intolerance forward4freedom Feb 2013 #180
and many of the city/urban types Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #181
Option? to do what? nt forward4freedom Feb 2013 #185
have a weapon Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #194
I think the 2nd part is NRA propaganda forward4freedom Feb 2013 #205
I keep mine in my home, too. Where else would I keep them? MineralMan Feb 2013 #182
Rec #100 Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #187
Because you are stupid and selfish, like Nancy Lanza Dems to Win Feb 2013 #203
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