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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 05:45:46 GMT
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Scott, Larry & Tim,
Well, I understand this whole debate came from the initial posting of
gun control. And I agree that controlling guns may not have the desired
affect upon gun related crimes, since only law-abiding citizens will register.
But lately, it sounds like the debate it why have a gun in the house at
all? Does anyone remember the Polly Klause(sp)case? A young girl, taken
from her own bedroom, with a friend sleeping over, at night, with the
parents home. She ended up dead!
My first choice of a home defense weapon is a shotgun. Even a
frightened person, shaking horribly, could *stop the criminal from
continuing their action*. (Notice I didn't say kill, hurt, or disable.)
There isn't much aim required for a shotgun. It has the power to *deter*
someone when fired. Have you heard the sound created when a round is
chambered. Very intimidating!
The chances of shotgun pellets going through the wall, bouncing off the
washing machine and taking out my child is highly unlikely. But still $#!T
happens, and I'm willing to take that risk.
In addition, I keep the shotgun next to the bed, loaded. Why? Because
every member of my household knows how to load, fire and unload and clean
it. Even my 11 year old. I started teaching her about it at the age of 4
and she's a damn good shot! Yeah, she has to kneel while shooting, she's
only 85lbs. Before another debate is made about how young is too young to
teach children about weapons, at the age of 4, that long big thing make a
lot of noise and gets really hot!
I even took my upstairs neighbors' 6 year old (they come to visit all
the time) to the range to teach him the damage it can do. He has total
respect for that shotgun after seeing his lunch (a watermellon) blasted to bits.
He KNOWS it's not a toy. I've even destroyed some of his old toys to teach
him what it will do.
Guns don't kill people, people kill people!
Joe
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| (...) Think about this for a moment: 1) Are all walls the same? 2) Are all washing machines the same? 3) What angle will a bullet hit a wall at? 4) What angle will a bullet hit a washing machine at? I concede that a bullet may well go through a wall (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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