I have a question for the gun owners that say they have them for defense.
If your guns are locked up safely, and I am assuming the ammo would not be loaded, how is that really going to protect you against a person breaking into your house and attacking you? Are you assuming you will have time to get the gun out of its protective spot, load it, and then defend yourself?
I am honestly curious about this. If I were wanting to be ready to defend myself, I would want something within arm's reach,.
Well, I'm not going to have a gun in my nightstand drawer. I guess I'm fucked.
I don't like guns. It takes a split second to kill someone, it's a lot harder to kill someone with any other weapon. Just my opinion but I would not have one in my house. Guns scare the crap out of me.
Maybe to you. We're really confused by a lot of this shit. We're not kidding or trolling. I can only really speak for myself, all my questions are totally legit.
Isn't this why gun people have them? But then it's weird that they scare us?
I mean, we could go down the list of history lessons which brought us as a nation to the conclusion that we have the right to bear arms. Is the answer really that unbelievable?
And I am not trying to be a bitch, I am just saying that if the question is where is my gun in relation to a break in.. yeah that info will not be privvy to you or anyone else because I am a responsible gun owner.
Have the police said that Adam went to that school?
This is exactly why I said you guys should stick to the "I'm scared" argument.
Jesus Christ. And I'm a paranoid person who's reacting like this!
Do we have to go down the list of lessons (aka victims) that are bringing us as a nation to the conclusion that a lot of people shouldn't have their guns? Cause it's a long fucking list, and it continues to grow.
Is the answer really that unbelievable?
Well I don't think his mothers guns WERE for defense. If they were, why not have just one? Who has 6 guns for self-defense? Wasn't it just a hobby for her?
A lot of the gun owners I have met (and there have been a lot given that I live in the south), seem borderline paranoid to me.
I'm so sorry, dude. I can't imagine.
I disagree. I believe people can be reasoned with to the point they don't want to hoard weapons of mass destruction (which is what they are).
And ironically, if they cannot be, they probably shouldn't have them anyway.
Crazy people can be evil, but I feel a lot better if the most dangerous thing they can get can be found in a hardware store.
I guess it depends on the type of gun you're talking about. For some handguns, separating a loaded clip from a gun is easy enough, keeping both secure but reachable. Same is true for rifles. Revolvers, not so much, unless you keep the bullets in a speedloader separate from the gun but again, somewhere accessible. You can always tape it to the back of the headboard, or the back of the mattress. And for many gun owners the first instinct when confronted with situations, they call 911. Some pull a Scooby Doo and investigate (I do, because hearing noises doesn't scare me but it does make me angry as hell) It's easier for me with knives, they're silent, easily concealed and just as deadly...can't say that for a 12 gauge. Part of it is a keen sense of what's going on around you. You know if someone's digging around in your kitchen and there are no lights on then it's probably not the kids. Mine will turn every light on at 0200 just to take a piss, and that's fine.
Some people, myself included, get the shakes when things like this happens, and it can make loading a weapon a challenge (again, why I prefer knives). The true test of firearms is the ability to perform under pressure and that takes training, practice, more training, more practice, and still you may not be able to effectively defend yourself. Take any story about police officers being ambushed and shot and my case is made, like the ones at the movie theater here in Texas a few days ago.
Don't like what I have to say? I respect that. Go fuck yourself.
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