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Originally Posted by willravel
If you own a gun without a permit, you are breaking the law. Breaking the law is iiresponsible. It's no more complicated than that.
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so you ARE equating illegal gun ownership with murder. it's no more complicated than that.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Then those specific cops are idiots, and people should report them. There are plenty of pro gun police officers.
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Have you ever filed a complaint against a police officer? It's not as easy as it sounds. try it sometime and see.
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Originally Posted by willravel
I don't fear criminals. Most of them are stupid. Most of them are desperate. Most of them have little to no training (in gun fire or fighting). This isn't about your reality, in which the world is out to get you. This is about the reality reflected in EVERY statistic in the country. This is the reality in which the odds of my house being broken into are so small that making an investment like a gun would not only be a waste of money but would bring a very dangerous weapon into a house with a two year old girl in it. That is what I deep a larger danger. I've seen too many stories about kids playing with guns, even when they are locked up, and hurting or killing with those guns accedentally. Even on the microscopic chance that my house is broken into, the odds are that the person is just down and out and looking for some stuff to hawk. I'm not saying this person isn't dangerous, but this person probably isn't a career criminal. Let's say that the odds are really not in my favor and I hit the lottory and a real career criminal does break in. Well, and you can ask Long about this in the other thread, odds are that they will break in when we are not home. Career criminals know that their job is much easier when there is no one home, so they usually strike during the dat when the house is empty, or when the amily is on vacation. Confrontation is not on the top of their list of things to do. I have the financial security where I can afford to lose a TV or DVD player. Now lets say that I really get struck by lightning, and the person who breaks in doesn't want to steal frim us, but breaks in with the pure intention of doing harm. This is the person that matters. This is the person where we would have to fight back. Do you know what the odds are that a person like this will break in to my house? I challenge you to find the statistics, and then convince me that I am in any kind of danger.
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Again, you do not live in reality. Read the stories I posted. What do you think THEY thought the odds were about being invaded? I'm sure THEY thought that confrontation was not on the criminals mind either, and yet it happened. It's like playing russian roulette with your family. THAT is insane.