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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
That may be and my wife doesn't help the issue much. She is a pacifist in that she doesn't believe that ANY life should be taken, yet in the same breath will tell you that anyone who tried to harm her kids would face death at her hands....and then she'll admit to being a hypocrite but thats how it is. She thinks I should feel the same way but then is glad that I at least have the capability of defending them, even though she doesn't agree with it...drives me  |
Lol. Our wives would get along famously.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
again, I don't doubt that 99% of the police out there WANT to be able to, its just a sad fact that they can't protect everyone all the time. You have to be responsible for your/family safety/lives.
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But having a gun isn't the only way to take responsibility for your/family safety/lives. Providing defensive measures, such as security doors, bars on windows, security systems, etc., are excelent ways to preotect your family without having a gun.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
On my street, where the worst crime is generally a car being broke in to, has just ventured in to the robbery assault category. An elderly woman who lives on the far side of the street was followed from her place of work, knocked down in the driveway, and had her purse stolen. Luckily, she ended up with nothing but some scrapes and bruises but it could have been much worse. This lady now has my cell phone number and she is to call me if she sees anything suspicious or unnerving to her. crime has an ugly way of escalating in areas and I feel its just a matter of time before one or two home invasions happen in my neighborhood.
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A neighborhood watch system is an EXCELENT way to prevent and deter crime. I know how nosey my neighbors are, and I am a member of our neighborhood watch program. I'm very sorry that woman was victimized, but elderly people could have difficulties firing a gun. She might have been better off with an aerosol or tazer.
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Seeing how I am the only one that carries it, except the two months I was working out of state, I'm confident enough that accidents won't happen. Now all I have to worry about is something happening while I'm not there.  |
Well, you are a responsible gun owner. Many people do not carry in their homes, so the gun is in a drawer, safe, hidden, etc. We are talking about the average gun owner.
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No thank you. my head hurts enough at the end of the day just debating what I do now.  maybe in the future though. |
Sure. I understand.
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that should be everyones concern. Through the years many measures have been taken to do as much as possible to prevent that from happening. Nothing is foolproof though. I don't see how tighter gun control laws will work when DC, chicago, new jersey, and california have some of the strictest around, yet have some of the highest crime rates. Let those people, who have no violent criminal records, have the ability to defend themselves using the current laws in place.
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And in congruence with that, make sure the gun control people know what the hell their doing. I suspect that if the NRA were to take part in helping to draft gun control laws, they might be more effective. Unfortulatally, the NRA seems to think that gun control is a bad idea. It's a shame that we waste such a great possibility because of a few narrow minded old gun nuts.