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In reply to the discussion: a guy broke into my sister's house [View all]SleepingGiant
(1 post)102. Outliers
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=7944123
Whenever someone speaks of "gun evils" I share the experience of "R.E." who was able to protect little Chelsea who is now alive and turning 8 this year. Who knows what would have happened to her had my cousin been stripped of his firearm. Criminals will not turn in their guns and every criminal who owns a gun does not have their firearms registered. Law abiding gun owners would be at the mercy of criminal rapists, murderers, and thugs should the Second Amendment ever be repealed.
Car crashes take more lives than guns, substantially more if you exclude suicide by gun. Should we outlaw cars? Abortion has ended the lives of over 50,000,000 children in the US alone since Roe v. Wade. Should we outlaw abortion? The hypocrisy of Politicians screaming for gun confiscation is dumbfounding. Bloomberg has a security compound staffed with a detail equipped with SUB MACHINE GUNS. All Politicians are protected by armed security details... even those who pursue "gun control" are hypocrits...
"Feinstein possessed a concealed handgun permit in the early 70's "And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."27 April 1995 [28][29]" (credit wi-ki)
Obviously your sister knew by the intruders actions that, although a frightening situation, the guy "wasn't right in his head." I wonder how your sister would have faired had Sylvester Griffin been the one to break into her house?
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/19/4425269/guilty-verdict-in-rape-and-asphyxiation.html
Whenever someone speaks of "gun evils" I share the experience of "R.E." who was able to protect little Chelsea who is now alive and turning 8 this year. Who knows what would have happened to her had my cousin been stripped of his firearm. Criminals will not turn in their guns and every criminal who owns a gun does not have their firearms registered. Law abiding gun owners would be at the mercy of criminal rapists, murderers, and thugs should the Second Amendment ever be repealed.
Car crashes take more lives than guns, substantially more if you exclude suicide by gun. Should we outlaw cars? Abortion has ended the lives of over 50,000,000 children in the US alone since Roe v. Wade. Should we outlaw abortion? The hypocrisy of Politicians screaming for gun confiscation is dumbfounding. Bloomberg has a security compound staffed with a detail equipped with SUB MACHINE GUNS. All Politicians are protected by armed security details... even those who pursue "gun control" are hypocrits...
"Feinstein possessed a concealed handgun permit in the early 70's "And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."27 April 1995 [28][29]" (credit wi-ki)
Obviously your sister knew by the intruders actions that, although a frightening situation, the guy "wasn't right in his head." I wonder how your sister would have faired had Sylvester Griffin been the one to break into her house?
http://www.sacbee.com/2012/04/19/4425269/guilty-verdict-in-rape-and-asphyxiation.html
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It is obvious within s split second and often on sight that a person is mentally handicapped.
alphafemale
Jan 2013
#3
Had something to do with his aunts house next door if I recall correctly. n/t
A Simple Game
Jan 2013
#85
Isn't it obvious she deliberately picked psycho and wanted to get gunned down?
lunatica
Jan 2013
#118
I was responding to the idea that one can instantaneously recognize mental disability. nt
RedCappedBandit
Jan 2013
#164
Having worked with many mentally handicapped, it is not always obvious with in a split
1monster
Jan 2013
#115
One is too many. And, it is more than one, despite what the frothing at the mouth NRAers want
morningfog
Jan 2013
#38
A retired Chicago police officer 'accidentally' shot and killed his son early Tuesday,
Unknown Beatle
Jan 2013
#55
But, a gun in the house increases the risk that it will be used in a suicide or against the gun
morningfog
Jan 2013
#40
Sure is a lot of aggressive shit being thrown at people tonight. It's really too bad.
NBachers
Jan 2013
#96
Oh. Well, I regret to inform you that it failed miserably to do that. It did make me giggle
dexter sinister
Jan 2013
#171
This thread has an enormous amount of recs and comments, so here is one more...
reeds2012
Jan 2013
#117
My son and another individual ran away from the facility where they live and broke into a home
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#130
My mother was a single parent back in the late 1950's. Even THEN she always kept all the doors
raccoon
Jan 2013
#152
You're right. And the homeowner who "shot first" would have suffered, too
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2013
#159