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In reply to the discussion: "If they have the drop on you, you will get shot if you resist with a gun" [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)23. Well, if I do get "ignored" ... I do hope that I get the "Welcome to my ignore list" response.
Whenever I get that response (and I have received it before, I can be a smart ass, no no, its true!!!) ... I always ask to know who else is on that particular ignore list because I'd probably like those folks a great deal.
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"If they have the drop on you, you will get shot if you resist with a gun" [View all]
TPaine7
Aug 2012
OP
Did you not read the OP or do you have a rule against letting facts affect your opinions?
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#60
When I was a kid, the mother of my friend was killed when his father, a cop ...
JoePhilly
Aug 2012
#14
I have never known anyone, of any persuasion, who claimed that gun accidents don't happen
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#28
I'm told that guns protect your family more than they create a risk to your family ...
JoePhilly
Aug 2012
#30
Well, if I do get "ignored" ... I do hope that I get the "Welcome to my ignore list" response.
JoePhilly
Aug 2012
#23
Suicide with a gun is possible. Have you seen anyone claim otherwise on DU? n/t
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#22
I personally know of three anecdotal tales in which people with a carry permit ...
spin
Aug 2012
#41
Holding a long gun to somene's head isn't very smart. If they can get inside the length of the
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#15
Wrong. I don't know anyone who argues that if you try to defend yourself with a gun,
DanTex
Aug 2012
#44
Yes, but if the term "every time" isn't implicitly included, then a single anecdote..
DanTex
Aug 2012
#49
Oh, I get it! You are using anecdotal evidence to disprove categorical arguments that...
DanTex
Aug 2012
#54
They need to be deterred, definitely. Shooting anyone should be an absolute last resort.
Starboard Tack
Aug 2012
#71
Some people seem to assume all legal gun owners are incompetent rubes, but . . .
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#67