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Tue Feb-26-08 09:33 AM
Response to Reply #60 |
| 61. LOL, fine! Well then, why the switch from shotgun to pistol? |
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I started out commenting on the dramatic effect you used with the shotgun example. I immediately thought of all movies where such scenes are used to dramatize a showdown between the good guy and the bad guy. It makes for a very effective film scene. I have no doubt you have that film scene playing in your mind and why not? Lots of people have dramatic cinematic moments in their heads. I don't call you names for it because I think it is natural.
Where you get into a problem is real life. Now your father was able to reach around that headboard and frighten away the bad guy. I'm glad he wasn't hurt. Other scenarios with loaded handguns beside beds are not so rosy. I will not go into it, but this scenario played out in a grim, blood spattered way in my own family. No one has made a HOllwood movie of my family's tragedy.
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| -In light of the recent firearm controversies, let's take a gun self-defense poll |
krispos42 |
Feb-21-08 02:05 PM |
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" have been armed while investigating a potential home invasion" but not with a gun. |
Buzz Clik |
Feb-21-08 02:08 PM |
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Hmmm... I'll fix that to "armed with a gun". |
krispos42 |
Feb-21-08 02:14 PM |
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Never had to deal with a home invasion myself, |
backscatter712 |
Feb-21-08 04:58 PM |
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Note to potential thieves: Do not enter backscatter712's home. |
Buzz Clik |
Feb-21-08 08:08 PM |
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How about if I simply hit them in the head with a pistol? |
TomInTib |
Feb-21-08 02:13 PM |
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Do the worst case one, and feel free to elaborate in a reply |
krispos42 |
Feb-21-08 02:16 PM |
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It's too long of a story for me to type. |
TomInTib |
Feb-21-08 02:27 PM |
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And you were acting as a private citizen? |
krispos42 |
Feb-21-08 02:31 PM |
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Yeah, we were pretty fed up with it all. |
TomInTib |
Feb-21-08 04:54 PM |
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You've led an interesting life, Tom. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-25-08 05:02 PM |
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Or spit the bullets at your target? |
Buzz Clik |
Feb-21-08 02:18 PM |
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How about another option: |
NCevilDUer |
Feb-21-08 02:21 PM |
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That would be a different poll |
krispos42 |
Feb-21-08 02:28 PM |
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No option for criminal usage of a gun? |
onehandle |
Feb-21-08 02:28 PM |
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If you're engaging in a criminal act... |
krispos42 |
Feb-21-08 02:33 PM |
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Criminals use firearms to defend themselves far more often than non-criminals. |
onehandle |
Feb-21-08 06:48 PM |
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Well, what are we talking about here? |
krispos42 |
Feb-22-08 02:28 AM |
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Doesn't really sound like the garage owner really defended himself. |
onehandle |
Feb-22-08 03:48 PM |
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It was an attached garage |
krispos42 |
Feb-23-08 02:04 AM |
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nt |
onehandle |
Feb-22-08 03:47 PM |
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whether true or not I'd heard all my life that the victim is more likely to be killed with his own |
madokie |
Feb-21-08 06:52 PM |
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It is 10x more likely that someone who lives in the home |
pbca |
Feb-21-08 06:54 PM |
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That's a misleading statistic |
krispos42 |
Feb-22-08 02:31 AM |
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Suicide doesn't count? n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-25-08 05:00 PM |
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Suicides would happen with or without guns.. |
DadOf2LittleAngels |
Feb-25-08 07:53 PM |
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case closed |
madokie |
Feb-22-08 08:06 AM |
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No, I've never owned a gun, |
LWolf |
Feb-21-08 08:33 PM |
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As a child, |
Mugu |
Feb-22-08 07:44 AM |
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Never had to defend myself, and I hope I never have to |
EstimatedProphet |
Feb-22-08 07:49 AM |
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Yes. I displayed my gun to my attacker(s) |
michreject |
Feb-22-08 08:23 AM |
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That is the usual result, I think |
krispos42 |
Feb-22-08 02:15 PM |
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Didn't see the need |
michreject |
Feb-22-08 09:28 PM |
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Just because you have not used your gun to defend yourself does not mean you don't have a right to. |
ThomWV |
Feb-22-08 08:31 AM |
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I'm a little surprised by this |
krispos42 |
Feb-22-08 12:20 PM |
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I answered no |
notsodumbhillbilly |
Feb-22-08 02:31 PM |
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You forgot to add a question |
Indenturedebtor |
Feb-22-08 02:36 PM |
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Start your own poll |
krispos42 |
Feb-23-08 01:59 AM |
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Since I'm not a cowboy living in the Wild West, I do not own a gun. |
DutchLiberal |
Feb-22-08 04:59 PM |
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Can you own a gun in the Netherlands? n/t |
krispos42 |
Feb-23-08 02:07 AM |
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I honestly don't know. It's just not an issue among the Dutch. |
DutchLiberal |
Feb-23-08 06:48 PM |
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Just curious. What is your rate of gun fatalities in the Netherlands compared to the U.S.? |
CTyankee |
Feb-23-08 07:38 PM |
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You would have to Google this; I don't know. |
DutchLiberal |
Feb-24-08 06:57 PM |
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You forgot, "I shot my lawyer in the face while bird hunting." |
Sancho |
Feb-23-08 07:43 PM |
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I almost shot a guy who I thought was trying to break into my house. Come to find out, he was |
IsItJustMe |
Feb-23-08 08:26 PM |
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Glad you didn't shoot |
GoneOffShore |
Feb-23-08 08:45 PM |
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one of the best things about a heavy-gauge pump-action shotgun for home-protection... |
QuestionAll |
Feb-24-08 07:04 PM |
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That sounds like a scene in a movie... |
CTyankee |
Feb-25-08 03:38 PM |
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i've had cops tell me the same thing... |
QuestionAll |
Feb-25-08 04:45 PM |
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I'm sure your scenario, as you write it, is compelling, but I don't know about real life. |
CTyankee |
Feb-25-08 07:00 PM |
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my father has always kept a gun in his nightstand... |
QuestionAll |
Feb-25-08 07:47 PM |
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He kept a "heavy gauge pump action shotgun" on his nightstand? |
CTyankee |
Feb-26-08 08:48 AM |
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you have a serious problem with comprehension, don't you? |
QuestionAll |
Feb-26-08 09:05 AM |
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My comprehension is fine. My exchange with you started over your |
CTyankee |
Feb-26-08 09:13 AM |
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how well did you comprehend this part of a sentence, then...? |
QuestionAll |
Feb-26-08 09:16 AM |
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LOL, fine! Well then, why the switch from shotgun to pistol? |
CTyankee |
Feb-26-08 09:33 AM |
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possibly because my father used a pistol, and not a shotgun? |
QuestionAll |
Feb-26-08 10:07 AM |
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No, but what you wrote is a common movie scene and I do like to do |
CTyankee |
Feb-26-08 11:53 AM |
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list some movies that it's appeared in... |
QuestionAll |
Feb-26-08 12:03 PM |
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Well, I have been around so long it's hard for me to remember. |
CTyankee |
Feb-26-08 12:39 PM |
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exactly what i expected...thank-you. |
QuestionAll |
Feb-26-08 01:28 PM |
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remember slide projectors? |
Greyskye |
Feb-25-08 07:27 PM |
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Why isn't pistol whipped my attacker an option? |
Truth Hurts A Lot |
Feb-25-08 04:47 PM |
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What if I scared off an attacker by saying: "Say hello to my leeetle friend?" |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-25-08 04:58 PM |
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I don't feel the need... |
sendero |
Feb-25-08 05:02 PM |
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I Don't Feel the Need Either |
fascisthunter |
Feb-25-08 07:03 PM |
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Ive never owned a gun |
DadOf2LittleAngels |
Feb-25-08 07:50 PM |
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Never owned a gun - never will. |
TankLV |
Feb-26-08 09:55 AM |
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I voted no but I've had two friends defend themselves |
pokerfan |
Feb-26-08 09:17 PM |
#68 |
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