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Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:42:18 GMT
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Hey fellas,
I've read a few of the many recent posts about firearms and whatnot. Welp, it's
late and I feel like rambling a bit. Bear with me.
Why is it that people dislike firearms so? I don't mean to pick on anyone, but
in recent posts Dave and Scott have been forerunners in this, so...
Dave and Scott. If someone broke into your house, and you had at your disposal
a tool(weapon, whatever) to dispatch said person (form your own conclusions on
the definition of that), wouldn't you use it? I certainly wouldn't walk up and
politely tap them on the shoulder and ask them nicely to leave. They could very
well pull out a gun and shoot you and your family. I'd rather live with the
fact that I took a human life (in self defense, cold blood, whatever you want to
call it) than die because I didn't act. I knew a couple, lived close to me,
that had their home invaded. They called 911 and hid in a closet. They were
found and each had a bullet put in their brains. The horrid and sad truth is
that there are people in this world that will kill you for nothing more than
something to do. If nothing else, I'd at least go down fighting.
As many know, I was raised in the prescense of firearms, and was taught to use
them properly, and above *all else* respect them. That means don't play around
and point it at your friend, don't leave them laying out where little kids can
find them, etc. I'm a gunowner. That doesn't mean I think everyone is entitled
to own bazookas and the like. My dad's a lifetime NRA member (insert joke
and/or comment here), and I get into debates with him regularly about gun
control and such.
I think I had a point in there somewhere, but eh? What do I know - I'm just a
gun toting yahoo.
-Chris
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| (...) Ah. But I don't live in the USA; I live in Scotland (think Whisky, Haggis, Great Scenery & Rain). Where I live only 1 or 2 home-owners are killed by burglars each year. In 2000 there were a total of 64 (sixy-four) handgun offences in Scotland. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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| (...) As one of the Daves in this go-around, I'll offer my thoughts in response. I should underscore outright that I'm definitely not anti-gun. I admit that I have leaned more in that direction in the past, but my opinion has evolved, and I no (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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| First I should say I am anti-gun ownership, possibly partly due to the fact that I am a UK subject (not citizen as I don't live in a republic) A point that appears in this thread is the term gun crime. In the UK pretty much all gun deaths/injuries (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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