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HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
25. I would use whatever was in my environment
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 08:02 PM
Aug 2012

to defend myself, as I have in the past. Surprise element, buy enough time, and RUN. lol

It's better to be a victim, than be rude and impolite to society. ileus Aug 2012 #1
While ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #2
If you read the article: Kaleva Aug 2012 #7
Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #9
And your evidence that isn't actually what happened is? Kaleva Aug 2012 #12
None ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #16
so basically backwoodsbob Aug 2012 #31
If that is what you call ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #33
So it was the victim that did something that got himself shot? Not the fault of the kelly1mm Aug 2012 #61
Your intuition is not data TPaine7 Aug 2012 #18
And I can probably google up ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #34
Your categorical statement was demonstrably false and convenient to your argument. n/t TPaine7 Aug 2012 #36
Okay 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #37
The last line of the article is comedy gold. NewMoonTherian Aug 2012 #3
Sounds like something to go on a tombstone--"The Brady/VPC Special Engraving", 35% off. n/t TPaine7 Aug 2012 #20
Why didn't SHE have a gun on her person? HockeyMom Aug 2012 #4
she was not in the same town gejohnston Aug 2012 #5
Jeez. Maybe she should have gone to WalMart and bought one of those $100 guns shadowrider Aug 2012 #6
Where was the store owner's gun? HockeyMom Aug 2012 #10
How am I supposed to know? shadowrider Aug 2012 #11
Did you get that from the NRA poster? 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #35
A thousand gun carrying people is an equally target rich environment, true that shadowrider Aug 2012 #38
You forgot one ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #39
No, Tucson does NOT disprove it. GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #40
First ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #41
he was actually across the street gejohnston Aug 2012 #42
Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #43
If he had been at the scene he would have had no difficulty knowing who was the bad guy. GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #45
not at all gejohnston Aug 2012 #46
How about several cites? GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #44
LOL bongbong Aug 2012 #54
But ... But ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2012 #56
Rambo uses a bow and a big assed knife gejohnston Aug 2012 #58
Yes bongbong Aug 2012 #63
14.3 vs 2.3 HALO141 Aug 2012 #76
Logic fail HALO141 Aug 2012 #59
More laughs bongbong Aug 2012 #62
If you want to be HALO141 Aug 2012 #66
lol bongbong Aug 2012 #72
Please demonstrate one proof you've made. HALO141 Aug 2012 #75
In each case the armed citizen prevented more deaths. N/T GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #67
False bongbong Aug 2012 #73
If you want to bet that heavily against the odds, then... GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #79
"patently and provably false." HALO141 Aug 2012 #55
SO hilarious bongbong Aug 2012 #64
Put down the crack pipe HALO141 Aug 2012 #65
More laughs as always bongbong Aug 2012 #71
Whatever. HALO141 Aug 2012 #74
If every citizen carried a gun, there would be no need HockeyMom Aug 2012 #48
not at all because gejohnston Aug 2012 #49
So then you agree it is everyone for themselves? HockeyMom Aug 2012 #52
a sad false choice gejohnston Aug 2012 #57
It is what it is. HALO141 Aug 2012 #60
You are waking up to a sad reality. GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #68
Then I suppose I will probably be a dead victim HockeyMom Aug 2012 #69
I respect your right to make that choice, but not the choice itself. GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #70
Probably not. HALO141 Aug 2012 #77
He'd have been better off with a gun than a phone. NewMoonTherian Aug 2012 #13
Sounds like a very bad idea. I'd oppose a requirement to own a gun - whether petronius Aug 2012 #17
I think I speak for the vast majority of gun rights proponents when I say TPaine7 Aug 2012 #21
There is a town, forget where, HockeyMom Aug 2012 #22
Kennesaw, Georgia gejohnston Aug 2012 #23
That law is toothless, it is basically ceremonial since it doesn't apply to anyone who objects TPaine7 Aug 2012 #24
I would use whatever was in my environment HockeyMom Aug 2012 #25
Interesting, but I was hoping for an answer to my question. n/t TPaine7 Aug 2012 #28
I can't think of anyone arguing that people should be required to own a gun 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #14
Would that not have been better in your mind? Union Scribe Aug 2012 #32
Did you even bother to read the story? CokeMachine Aug 2012 #47
Reading is fundamental. HALO141 Aug 2012 #53
And we are told that gun toters can save the day. How about gun toter who shot clerk in head Hoyt Aug 2012 #8
How about the OP? friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 #15
If the point is not in your favor, avoid the point. It's an elementary anti tactic. n/t TPaine7 Aug 2012 #19
I think they miss the wild wild west. n/t Ed Suspicious Aug 2012 #26
The wild, wild west was much tamer than CCW holdout and former gun free paradise of Chicago n/t TPaine7 Aug 2012 #29
you need to take a history class gejohnston Aug 2012 #30
Denizens of the wild west would be horrified at the violence in our modern civilized cities 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #78
The 911 operator needs a new job... Historic NY Aug 2012 #27
Why didn't she just call the cops . . . 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #50
She needs to program her speed-dial with the relevant number. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2012 #51
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