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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Do you keep a loaded unlocked gun in a home with children, or a home where children visit?
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rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3616 Posts |
Ok, lets put this in perspective.
Do Police Officers unholster and unload their guns and put trigger locks on them when they enter a school, a Wal-Mart, a grocery store etc., etc., because children are present?? My point: You can be safe and be around children with a loaded gun. Better question, do I keep a loaded gun around children where they could get to it?? Heck no, of course not. If I am asleep it stays in a small bedside safe that is accessable in less time than you could put a pair of slippers on. Fingerprint reader. Question for you: Do you lock up all your kitchen knives when children are around? Do you lock up all cleaning agents when children are around. Fact is that more children are harmed with the aformentioned items than guns each year, but the guns make the headlines. |
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
*sigh* Rowdy, I was being a bit tongue in cheek. I already said if I had a gun, I'd be keeping it in a gun safe. (See Landmark's point. Not locking it up is considered child endangerment, at least in my state.) I've got a 2-year old, the toys are just part of the territory. The fact is that if someone really wants to shoot you dead, they've got a decent chance of doing it, regardless of whether or not you're armed yourself. You can reduce the chance, certainly, but never eliminate it.
If someone just wants to break in, and happens to be armed, then the alarm (which does call the police- who's station is about a mile away) is the primary deterrent; if they want to steal something, they'll have to be quick. I'm sure they'd rather go to a house without an alarm, where they could be more leisurely about it. Hmm, maybe I should join the NRA, so I can put that sticker in the window beside the security alarm sticker.
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rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3616 Posts |
I would have to disagree with you on the statement that if "someone wants to shoot you dead, they have a decent chance of doing it".
In my experience, I havent seen to many "burglars, gang bangers and home invaders" at the local shooting range or competing in shooting matches. Actually the odds highly favor a gun owners survival chances verses an unarmed person. Imagine who the odds favor in this scenario. Someone who is intent on killing you breaks into your house and you are waiting on the Police. What are your odds. Second scenario, they break in and you have a 12 guage shotgun you are trained to use. Hmmmmm, something tells me scenario #2 has the better odds of coming out in your favor. |
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rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3616 Posts |
But again, until you are the victim of a violent crime where you were helpless, you may never realize the importance of being prepared to defend your family.
I just visited with a lady who experienced a home invasion. The man had terrorized another family the same way a few years earlier. He raped the woman and fatally shot her husband. The lady I visited with defended herself. She shot the intruder. He died. She lived. She lives in the country and knew the police response time was about 15 to 20 minutes. It was ruled justifiable. Oh, by the way, the intruder shot and killed her 3 year old Doberman Pincher she had in the house. Dog didn't help in this case |
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On 2011-03-14 23:57, LobowolfXXX wrote: You want something that happened? An off-duty police officer came out with his weapon to aid two officers trying to take down an armed suspect. The two uniformed policemen gunned the officer down. Now the armed suspect, who had dropped his weapon by this point, is being charged as an accessory to the death of the officer.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
Rowdy, what did I do that ticked someone off so much they want to kill me in the first place?
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On 2011-03-16 10:06, rowdymagi5 wrote: Yes, that is what I meant. The fingerprint safe idea is interesting. Re, knives and cleaning agents. Any parent that doesn't keep them locked or out of the way of young children is an idiot.
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rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3616 Posts |
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On 2011-03-16 10:49, EsnRedshirt wrote: You flashed when doing the final load in your Cups and Balls routine. People kill for that. Just kidding!! It was just a hypothetical, most "bad guys" don't need much of a reason to kill it disturbingly seems. |
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
It's a fallacy that you can't protect yourself if you have to spend the time taking a gun out of a safe or undoing a trigger lock. There are many ways to delay an intruder and provide yourself extra time. A gate, a dog, an alarm, multiple locks, another gate, a solid door that's not made of crappy hollow plywood, secure windows... etc, etc. They even make this rubber thing you can attach to your door so if an intruder kicks it in the door will bounce back at them.
Also remember, you are in a familiar environment and they aren't. It's not like they are rushing straight to your bedroom if they don't know where it is. You can be safe if you learn your ****. That said, I've also taught my kids to respect guns so they aren't strange mystery toys to them.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
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On 2011-03-16 10:49, EsnRedshirt wrote: Oh I don't know being a lib it could be any number of a thousand things I guess. Start with all the names you like to call the other side of an arguement. (Like lib, I do that with only you because you do it to others.) Calling rich people 'Fat Cats' simply because they have achieved enough to earn money. Your outright hatred of corporations, your desire to redistribute other people's money, you feeling that the government makes better decisions than people, your wanting to shread the constitution. That is a short list of what could get people angry at you. I certainly would think that if someone was pushed to violence over these things, let alone deadly physical force they are a bit unbalanced, but that is only how I feel. Others mileage may vary
Danny Doyle
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Taxation, Danny whether you like it or not, is redistribution of monies.
But I do think it might be nice to start a new thread to talk about the thoughts concerning progressive taxation rates and the like.
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EsnRedshirt Special user Newark, CA 895 Posts |
Danny, you strike me as a very angry individual. Okay, wait, on second thought, please don't strike me.
Kidding; I don't think you're a violent person. But if any of those things make someone angry enough to kill, they need some professional help.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
That was exactly my point. I think the same thing. As a matter of fact ANYTHING that brings one to violence I find questionable. Words that is. I could never in my life find anothers position on an issue, ANY ISSUE, a reason for violence, hatred, or anything of the sort. Heck I celebrate it as part of the greatness of our country! I may disagree, I may think it stupid, but still I am thankful for where we live and it is a fantastic illustration of what makes it great.
Yea taxation is redistribution of monies. So? Why do you need a whole new thread to figure that out?
Danny Doyle
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Your screed against Esn included among his other putative faults "your desire to redistribute other people's money."
That's the point of taxation. I advocated a new thread because it might be interesting to look at the whole concept of taxation a little more deeply without hijacking this one.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
Danny strikes me as a loving man with a beautiful soul.
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
And I'm sure he thinks the very same of you Santa. Good night and God bless.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21219 Posts |
Oh no you used the "G" word!
Danny Doyle
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Woland Special user 680 Posts |
Redistribution of people's money is NOT the purpose of taxation. The purpose of taxation is to support the legitimate functions of government. Taking money that you have earned away from you, in order to give it to someone else, who has not earned it, but who the government happens to think is more deserving of it, is illegitimate.
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gdw Inner circle 4884 Posts |
"Taking money that you have earned away from you, in order to give it to someone else, who has not earned it, but who the government happens to think is more deserving of it, is illegitimate. "
What if those the govt thinks deserves it are those carrying out the "legitimate" functions of government?
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