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In reply to the discussion: Woman uses 2 guns to shoot at would-be home invasion robber [View all]Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)77. The NRA is your friend, no friend of any liberal I know.
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"I'm betting the perp realized pretty quickly that he had picked on the wrong household."
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#3
I was thinking because of that and the fact she went to retrieve a second gun maybe she
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#7
If they had only kept the door locked, nobody would have fired a shot, but that wouldn't be news. nt
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#14
You obvously didn't read the link, but your choosing to remain ignorant doesn't surprise me. nt
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#39
Firearms are *sometimes* lawfully employed to save the lives of innocent victims, true.
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#45
Is it, then, your position that if a thing brings more harm than good it should be banned?
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#50
The criminal came to the door asking for a third party as part of a ruse.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#33
If the perp saw cameras, an alarm system, and re-inforced doors and locks
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#46
"don't you think it's more likely they'd just move along and find an easier target"
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#47
Sigh, no, that is not what I'm saying. It's not black and white.Defending yourself should be allowed
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#52
"She'd have done just as well with a sound-track of gunfire, with less danger to others"
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#88
In that particular situation what I said is the truth, even though you hate to admit it. nt
Electric Monk
Jan 2015
#90
Scientific studies not your thing? One incident is all you got? Not even a very good one.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#65
Scientific studies are my thing. That article isn't about a scientific study
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#66
Let's talk about the pain you feel at the thought of people defending themselves.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#71
The studies suck, that is the point of the whole article you folks are apoplectic about.
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#75
Controllers have been bitching that the NRA has been blocking the CDC from studying guns.
hack89
Jan 2015
#76
Don't believe the myth that the government does not study gun violence, it's simply untrue.
branford
Jan 2015
#81
The gun-averse have a visceral hatred towards those who employ armed self-defense:
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#87