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me b zola

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2. I think they give a false sense of security to many people

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 04:33 PM

Dec 2012

I think it would be far easier--and more accessible-- to carry a less lethal method of protection.

So sorry that you needed protection, but glad that you are here and safe.

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We should reject the use of guns for self protection [View all] me b zola Dec 2012 OP

I couldn't get to my gun when I needed it most. Ilsa Dec 2012 #1

I think they give a false sense of security to many people me b zola Dec 2012 #2

Less lethal protection is often carried with the gun. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #4

Thank you. I changed my focus on security. nt Ilsa Dec 2012 #5

Interesting but 810,000 LEOs choose handguns as do 8 million citizens who possess CCW. Lets disarm jody Dec 2012 #3

I'm not proposing taking anyone's gun me b zola Dec 2012 #6

Understand but the issue is divisive and polarizing. The two options are Ban vs No Ban. No one has jody Dec 2012 #7

And I'm attempting to step around the polarization to encourage discussion me b zola Dec 2012 #10

Still 810,000 LEO choose handguns for self-defense. It should not be a surprise when law-abiding jody Dec 2012 #11

Guns are Old Codger Dec 2012 #9

"whether or not we should continue to see guns as an acceptable method of self-defense" ElbarDee Dec 2012 #13

Yes me b zola Dec 2012 #15

Tell that to my GLBT firearms students who reluctantly decided that arming themselves was the only ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #8

"There is a sickness of violence in our society today" Exactly and no one has a treatment for it. nt jody Dec 2012 #14

No. nt rDigital Dec 2012 #12