Weapon for home- No! They will use it on me. SAD

[kmyers]

I've saw a lot of these people posting on news sites around the internet. They really are convinced that only a police officer can possibly manage to handle a firearm properly; anyone else will, according to them, either shoot innocents or have the gun taken away and will be shot themselves.

What I laugh at these people for is they are the same who act like a most people can't handle a handgun safely and effectively so no permits should be allowed, but turn it around and the same handgun is so easy to handle that they should be outlawed because the average person can use them effectively.

 

[mkk41]

Sheep to the wolves!

 

[Engineer1911]

Owning a kettle, doesn't make you a chef. Food servings begin in 10 minutes.

 

[Rule 303]

loco,
Sheeple Mentality, too bad, she's probably a nice lady.

Rule 303

 

[Sprefix]

How far do you go to save someone?

If they have no value of their own life, then why would you? Not really, but you see my point. If you and a loved one are on a boat in the ocean and it sinks and you can swim and your loved-one can't, you would try to save them. If they drag you under, you will die together or you will let them go. This is harsh and terrible to think about, but what would you do? Really? How far will you go? If my dearest love on this earth refuses to help themselves when they have the ability, then what is my answer? Everyone has a line if they know it or not. Lets hope we don't have to bump up against that line.

 

[GatorFarmer]

Good thing that violent video games and incessant TV violence have cured the current generation of such squeamishness. Though it still important to start bayonet practice before age five. Nods.

 

[labworm]

If they have no value of their own life, then why would you? Not really, but you see my point. If you and a loved one are on a boat in the ocean and it sinks and you can swim and your loved-one can't, you would try to save them. If they drag you under, you will die together or you will let them go. This is harsh and terrible to think about, but what would you do? Really? How far will you go? If my dearest love on this earth refuses to help themselves when they have the ability, then what is my answer? Everyone has a line if they know it or not. Lets hope we don't have to bump up against that line.

I'm not buying your quote

Take this as a compliment.

You and I both served in the US Army and we are both veterans.
I think both of us and a lot of other vets would go to the max to help others. You have already done it once in your life as many others have. Just my opinion.

 

[amazingflapjack]

She may have thought it through and knows she would not-could not- use deadly force on another human being, or even hurt one. It isn't always about fear, but that's a big factor. Some folks won't have a gun because it reinforces the reality that something could very well happen. Think about it,We have handed out a whole bunch of decorations to medics and others that went and served, but wouldn't handle a gun. It is easy to considder how others should be from OUR point of view, but it is more enligtening to look at how they might view things. It ain't all about how we see it for others, just our selves (?) I say "get her a dog" like the man said. There are vollunteers waiting at the humane society who would jump at the oppurtunity to tear the next "big bad robber man" a new one.

 

[REM 3200]

If a person does not have the resolve to use it, then yes it could be more of a liability than an asset. Because it very well could be used against you.

It might be taken from me and used againt me, but the *** will have to beat me with it 'cause it'll be empty !

 

[357larry]

Since she seems to be the non-violence type, I'll volunteer to have my mother-in-law move in with her. She does a fine job of keeping people away.

 

[quneur]

I would get a loaded shotgun and plug the barrel and place it near the front door. Let them use it against me.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

.... you should wait until a dark, stormy night, and cut the power to her house. then, creep up to her bedroom while making these horrible dragging noises .. and just as the lightening strikes and illuminates her room, raise a chainsaw over your head and scream through the holes on your hockey mask 'YOU'RE GONNA DIE, WOMAN!!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!! and gas the chainsaw, sliding it through a large piece of furniture. Hopefully she doesn't have a heart attack and will have left the house while you are slicing up her dresser.

Next day, see if she'd like a gun.

 

[NKJ nut]

Any decent person knows that committing murder is morally wrong. But many folks do not makes a distinction between the committing of murder and killing. To them it is one and the same. In fact the bible does say "Thou Shalt not kill". Unfortunately this comes from a translation that fails to distinguish between taking a human life and criminal homicide.

So, if a person believes that taking another human life is morally wrong, then yes they would prefer to be a victim. At least it was someone else doing wrong and not them. I believe that this is the main reason that more people do not prepare to make what i consider a proper response to violent attacks against them.

 

[7shooter]

Here is one with a happy ending. Makes me proud to have grown up in North Dakota.

Elderly Jamestown man holds intruder at bay with handgun

 

[G-Mac]

Recently, someone tried to enter her home by breaking a window while she was home and sleeping. She heard the noise and screamed 'I have a GUN and a BIG DOG!!'. The attempted intruder ran away.

We should learn something from this...

HAVE a gun and a big dog.

 

[snowman]

Any decent person knows that committing murder is morally wrong. But many folks do not makes a distinction between the committing of murder and killing. To them it is one and the same. In fact the bible does say "Thou Shalt not kill". Unfortunately this comes from a translation that fails to distinguish between taking a human life and criminal homicide.

So, if a person believes that taking another human life is morally wrong, then yes they would prefer to be a victim. At least it was someone else doing wrong and not them. I believe that this is the main reason that more people do not prepare to make what i consider a proper response to violent attacks against them.

Excellent post, NKJ nut. There are a number like that in my area, but I would venture to say that there is another factor which is even more significant in preventing most people from using force to defend themselves.

In spite of the violence which so often plagues more heavily populated areas, there are still vast regions of this country which remain relatively free of the threat of criminal assault. Scores of millions of us have been raised and continue to live in areas which go for many years without a single murder, rape, or etc. I'm thankful to live in such an area. The danger of this is that the psyche of many a resident is so shaped by his/her peaceful existence that it cannot stand the shock even of contemplating being attacked and striking back. Such a scenario is so alien and terrible that they refuse even to think about it. Since obtaining a gun for defense would force them to think about such things, they can't/won't consider it.

I've not described the above phenomenon very well, but I'm convinced that it exists. In my view we ought to gently but persistently seek to persuade any who will listen that there is no guarantee of safety and that some awful things happen to people like them. They owe it to themselves and their loved ones for whom they are responsible to equip themselves with some means of defense.

Andy

 

[venomballistics]

@ snowman ...
I used to live in such a place. While it may seem a peaceful flowery Utopia on the surface, with a little digging around you will find evil is alive and well despite what the neighbors say .. which is all too often what they have been told versus what they have actually seen.
Our cities may be host to gang wars and drug traffic, this is the "retail" end of the chain. Its in the rolling hills and peaceful beauty of the country where weed is grown, meth is produced, and all else is processed. Thats how bumbling hikers and hunters end up missing.
Its nothing new really, same old song and dance from the days when moonshine was the meth of the prohibition era.
as hard as we may try, we cant escape it, only stand against it.

 

[H Richard]

Having taught classes in handgun safety and marksmanship it is "Usually" evident there is one or more in a class that should not have a handgun. Either mentally or physically are not equipped to properly handle a firearm.

 

[old bear]

Some people are just like that. My wealthy, highly educated Sister and BIL live in a very upscale home, outside a major City rarely lock their doors, have lots of valuable things and just HATE guns or even the thought of them. They travel a lot, home is just a big nice target.

Rule3, you willing to get a little more specific with an address?

 

[moosedog]

I've pondered this same question over the years. How anyone could loose the fundamental desire for self preservation is beyond me.
I guess that we may have become too civilized