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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
then you're living in the right city, because thats exactly what you have. You aren't even allowed to be responsible for your own families safety.
as an afterthought, it dumbfounds me that some of the attitudes that people have about life, especially their own. On top of that, the pitiful opinions that they have in regards to the capabilities of others compared to the ideas that they have about their own as well. It's no wonder this country has gone to hell in a handbasket when people feel they know whats right for everyone else. You say you are fine with the flawed system, I take that to mean that if your kids are killed in front of you because the cops could not get there in time, you're fine with that and thats just plain pathetic. To view life in such a callous fashion is just beyond my comprehension. what is wrong with you people?
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I am allowed to be responsible for my own family's safety, just not with a handgun. I don't let the kids play in the street or jump off the roof. How would owning a pistol help with either of those? I make sure they know how to swim and that a policeman can help if they're lost. Thank god I have my gun for that (oh wait...)!
Look, I just don't think that you need to carry a gun 24/7 to be safe. In my line of work I get reports all day long of horrible ways that people die. I'm trying to figure out how I can start a thread to tell some of the more interesting stories without risking the anonymity of my clients. For the record, I do write the liability coverage for 4 different manufacturers of guns that at least 10 members here own (last I checked about 6 weeks ago). Guns don't malfunction and kill people, but lots and lots of other things do, like paper bailers, cement trucks, manlifts and scaffolding. In my part of Chicago, I am much more likely to get 1) hit by a car, 2) hit by a bicyclist or 3) die in a fire than get shot.