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In reply to the discussion: 911 Puts Woman On Hold While She Watches Her Husband Being Shot [View all]HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)25. I would use whatever was in my environment
to defend myself, as I have in the past. Surprise element, buy enough time, and RUN. lol
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GreenStormCloud
Aug 2012
OP
So it was the victim that did something that got himself shot? Not the fault of the
kelly1mm
Aug 2012
#61
Your categorical statement was demonstrably false and convenient to your argument. n/t
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#36
Sounds like something to go on a tombstone--"The Brady/VPC Special Engraving", 35% off. n/t
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#20
Jeez. Maybe she should have gone to WalMart and bought one of those $100 guns
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#6
A thousand gun carrying people is an equally target rich environment, true that
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#38
If he had been at the scene he would have had no difficulty knowing who was the bad guy.
GreenStormCloud
Aug 2012
#45
That law is toothless, it is basically ceremonial since it doesn't apply to anyone who objects
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#24
I can't think of anyone arguing that people should be required to own a gun
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#14
And we are told that gun toters can save the day. How about gun toter who shot clerk in head
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#8
If the point is not in your favor, avoid the point. It's an elementary anti tactic. n/t
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#19
The wild, wild west was much tamer than CCW holdout and former gun free paradise of Chicago n/t
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#29
Denizens of the wild west would be horrified at the violence in our modern civilized cities
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#78