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In reply to the discussion: I SWEAR this is not a 'flamebait' post, it is a serious question... [View all]ileus
(15,396 posts)7. Are "the bad guys" known to only attack with firearms?
are "the bad guys" of equal strength and numbers and capabilities as my wife or I?
Can you guarantee that the bad guys would never try to attack my wife, kids, or attempt a home invasion? Will the bad buys magically stop being bad guys if you take their firearms away? Is it the firearm that makes them bad guys?
Then of course the fact that the bulk of my collection is from my GF and Father I'd still rather keep family heirlooms in the family, not someone elses.
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Ferretherder
Dec 2012
OP
We also live in the country and use our guns for when there is a need to protect our animals
peacebird
Dec 2012
#3
MY guns will kill precisely zero preschoolers next year or any other year.
Lizzie Poppet
Dec 2012
#14
Would you prefer "astronomically low but marginally greater than zero probability?"
Lizzie Poppet
Dec 2012
#29
1. Guns are fun to fire. 2. Foreign invasion? 3. Then, your "IF" is ridiculous and after 1 and 2.
Festivito
Dec 2012
#8
No, because the "argument" is "Keep guns away from the bad guys." And they would be identified HOW??
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#23
I have owned in the past too, not the antique guns you owned, but I knew people who did
Cleita
Dec 2012
#20
And private gun ownership did what, in those instances (unless you aren't speaking of the U.S.)?
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#24
Yes, this was an extreme outlier, that is true. He was a dedicated plotter who went to
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#40