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Lunabelle Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-16-11 10:27 PM
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40. Not that it really matters
I don't even own a gun and the last time I held one was back when I was 12 years old on my granfather's property and we were shooting at pine cones in the lake with a 22.
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  - “I really mean what I said, if burglars don’t want to get shot, then they need to stop breaking in" Atypical Liberal  Aug-16-11 04:33 PM   #0 
  - As a woman I can tell you this is only fair game.  Lunabelle   Aug-16-11 04:36 PM   #1 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-16-11 05:06 PM   #7 
  - Refuse to be a victim...I applaud you.  ileus   Aug-16-11 05:21 PM   #12 
  - Thank you  Lunabelle   Aug-16-11 05:26 PM   #14 
     - From one fierce, proud human being to another  DWC   Aug-18-11 09:55 AM   #77 
  - ah, I love the smell of ...  iverglas   Aug-16-11 07:37 PM   #21 
     - You do seem to enjoy it so...  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-16-11 08:20 PM   #22 
     - yes, happy hour, when we start slurring our words ...  iverglas   Aug-16-11 08:45 PM   #25 
        - You clearly have been enjoying happy hour...  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-16-11 09:13 PM   #28 
        - listen, son, if you're going to make the allegation, back it up  iverglas   Aug-16-11 09:32 PM   #30 
           - Self defense and protection of the innocent are also liberal values  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-16-11 10:04 PM   #37 
              - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-17-11 08:31 AM   #44 
        - Did you REALLY just claim that a criminal breaking in your home and you defending yourself is NOT  cleanhippie   Aug-16-11 10:02 PM   # 
           - incoherence  iverglas   Aug-17-11 08:51 AM   #45 
              - Again you dance and obfuscate  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-17-11 10:27 AM   #52 
              - Well, it looks like you just continue to post more of the same.  cleanhippie   Aug-18-11 10:44 AM   #80 
     - "And just by breaking in I'm going to assume harmful intent."  cleanhippie   Aug-16-11 08:36 PM   #24 
     - By the time you question the intruder about their intent  Lunabelle   Aug-16-11 09:58 PM   #34 
        - Funny thing is, the poster that disagrees with you claims to have gone through JUST THAT!!!!  cleanhippie   Aug-16-11 10:01 PM   #35 
        - Well, then her reaction to violence is not up to me to decide.  Lunabelle   Aug-16-11 10:21 PM   #39 
           - blah blah blah  iverglas   Aug-17-11 09:04 AM   #48 
        - whyever would you imagine such ridiculous scenarios?  iverglas   Aug-17-11 08:54 AM   #46 
     - "One does not kill another human being on the basis of an assumption."  discntnt_irny_srcsm   Aug-17-11 04:14 PM   #61 
        - "One does not kill another human being on the basis of an assumption. ...  iverglas   Aug-17-11 09:23 PM   #67 
           - re: No assumption there, my love.  discntnt_irny_srcsm   Aug-17-11 09:43 PM   #70 
           - I ignored a Canadian joke?  iverglas   Aug-18-11 09:33 AM   #73 
              - Copied here with the "Torontonian" correction from another DU poster:  discntnt_irny_srcsm   Aug-18-11 12:03 PM   #81 
                 - oh, that one  iverglas   Aug-18-11 01:24 PM   #83 
                    - I see.  discntnt_irny_srcsm   Aug-18-11 01:31 PM   #85 
                       - heh, except for the bottled moose (?)  iverglas   Aug-19-11 11:19 AM   #88 
           - But seriously...  discntnt_irny_srcsm   Aug-18-11 12:19 PM   #82 
              - indeed  iverglas   Aug-18-11 01:30 PM   #84 
                 - Well no it doesn't...  discntnt_irny_srcsm   Aug-18-11 01:33 PM   #86 
                 - And that's the beauty of Castle Doctrine.  gravity556   Aug-19-11 11:48 AM   #90 
  - The "castle doctrine" flies in the face of those opposed to self-defense...  SteveM   Aug-16-11 04:42 PM   #2 
  - yeah, it really is happy hour  iverglas   Aug-16-11 05:11 PM   #9 
     - Then have another one! I'll buy. nt  SteveM   Aug-16-11 05:13 PM   #10 
     - You are indeed an expert at the vile misrepresenation of others...  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-16-11 06:07 PM   #19 
     - Why do you resort to such cheap shots?  Starboard Tack   Aug-16-11 09:14 PM   #29 
        - I like that one  iverglas   Aug-16-11 09:35 PM   #31 
        - Using her own words against her...debunking her falsehoods  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-16-11 10:06 PM   #38 
           - I think you are way out of your league, professor.  Starboard Tack   Aug-17-11 11:44 AM   #55 
              - You are welcome to that opinion  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-17-11 12:13 PM   #56 
              - She dances around the line of civility from time to time, as many of us do in this forum  Starboard Tack   Aug-17-11 02:34 PM   #57 
                 - but *civil discourse* really does mean something (edited)  iverglas   Aug-17-11 02:40 PM   #59 
                 - If that is what you want to call it...  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-17-11 03:15 PM   #60 
                    - I have no problem with any of those quotes  Starboard Tack   Aug-17-11 07:21 PM   #63 
                    - Interesting standards of civility you have  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-17-11 08:58 PM   #64 
                    - aw shucks  iverglas   Aug-17-11 09:08 PM   #65 
                    - snork  iverglas   Aug-17-11 09:18 PM   #66 
                       - So you hold others to a standard you do not measure yourself against  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-17-11 10:54 PM   #71 
                          - snork  iverglas   Aug-18-11 09:35 AM   #74 
              - I suspect  iverglas   Aug-17-11 02:36 PM   #58 
     - I would suspect that you have a narrower range for "potentially lethal force in self-defense"...  krispos42   Aug-16-11 08:54 PM   #26 
        - words ... and the meanings they actually have ...  iverglas   Aug-16-11 09:03 PM   #27 
           - A cognizant statement  krispos42   Aug-16-11 10:02 PM   #36 
              - as I said  iverglas   Aug-17-11 09:06 AM   #49 
  - I agree 100% with what the sheriff said but I still have to ask  tularetom   Aug-16-11 04:46 PM   #3 
  - Seems less and less are doing so.  Atypical Liberal   Aug-16-11 04:49 PM   #4 
  - I don't see the "castle doctrine" as social policy...  SteveM   Aug-16-11 05:09 PM   #8 
  - Are we disagreeing? I'm not sure  tularetom   Aug-16-11 05:28 PM   #15 
     - No. I don't know, however, if home-invaders will get the message...  SteveM   Aug-16-11 05:33 PM   #17 
  - Because they are stupid? nt  hack89   Aug-16-11 08:29 PM   #23 
  - Well, if I had to guess, I would have to say  gravity556   Aug-16-11 09:39 PM   #32 
     - ah, so now we have an IQ test to determine eligibility to live  iverglas   Aug-16-11 09:48 PM   #33 
        - Wrote that one yourself did you?  rl6214   Aug-17-11 12:32 AM   #41 
        - nah, just had to adapt it  iverglas   Aug-17-11 08:18 AM   #43 
        - re:so now we have an IQ test to determine eligibility to live  gravity556   Aug-18-11 01:52 AM   #72 
           - oh whiiiine ... it's the nanny state, mummy  iverglas   Aug-18-11 09:36 AM   #75 
              - You're right. It's the politiically intelligent thing to do...  gravity556   Aug-18-11 05:29 PM   #87 
  - It is becoming more and more unhealthy  DWC   Aug-16-11 04:54 PM   #5 
  - I also live in Texas  Philippine expat   Aug-16-11 05:04 PM   #6 
  - and another one who conflates himself and his gun  iverglas   Aug-16-11 05:15 PM   #11 
  - Well said...do what you must within the law.  ileus   Aug-16-11 05:30 PM   #16 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Aug-16-11 05:23 PM   #13 
  - ........  Angry Dragon   Aug-16-11 05:33 PM   #18 
  - I agree 100%!!! k and r  Hoopla Phil   Aug-16-11 06:43 PM   #20 
  - Not that it really matters  Lunabelle   Aug-16-11 10:27 PM   #40 
  - Someone breaks into your home you have no option  ileus   Aug-17-11 07:44 AM   #42 
     - Absolutely true.  brendan120678   Aug-17-11 09:01 AM   #47 
     - "engage and neutralize the threat"  iverglas   Aug-17-11 09:07 AM   #50 
     - What terminology would you perfer?  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-17-11 10:25 AM   #51 
     - Your posts speak volumes as well....  We_Have_A_Problem   Aug-17-11 10:28 AM   #53 
     - We get it, you like attention.  Union Scribe   Aug-17-11 05:16 PM   #62 
     - actually, you've got it all wrong  iverglas   Aug-17-11 09:26 PM   #68 
        - He is pretty close to right on  ProgressiveProfessor   Aug-18-11 09:43 AM   #76 
           - maybe you're one of those aural learners  iverglas   Aug-18-11 09:58 AM   #78 
     - It does greatly simplify the situation.  GreenStormCloud   Aug-17-11 09:28 PM   #69 
     - Well said  Philippine expat   Aug-18-11 10:07 AM   #79 
     - Would you prefer, perhaps, this one?  gravity556   Aug-19-11 11:26 AM   #89 
     - I've never heard or read  DWC   Aug-17-11 11:13 AM   #54 
 

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