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In reply to the discussion: I'm from the UK where debates about guns don't exist. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)you do realize he came with all the equipment he needs to get what he wants? He's already armed and doesn't need your weapon. He doesn't need any weapon at all, in order to kill you. That's the point. YOU need a weapon for defense. HE doesn't need anything to pepetrate his crime. But most criminals come in with their tools of their trade. He has a plan, after all. That's what he's doing there.
There's no way the police can get to you in time to protect you. But they can find your body and call your relatives.
I was raised around guns. I respect them. They have protected me in the past, and I will use them to protect myself in the future, if need be. I'm not particularly brave. I don't live in any more a dangerous place than anyone else who lives in a big city. But if you watch the news and true crime stories or follow statistics...women die every day, killed by men. I hope I never need my gun again, but if I do, I have it. I'm not going to sit here like a duck and let someone come in and torture me or kill me, without putting up a fight. And I need a weapon to have a chance in a fight with a male criminal. If he takes it from me...meh...he didn't need that gun to kill me, in the first place. But I'm at least going to try.
I called the police when I had an intruder years ago. I scared him off with my gun. The police got there 20 minutes later and took a report. If I hadn't had a gun, they may have found my dead body, instead. The intruder had a crowbar. They come prepared for combat.