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Originally posted by Candide
To recapitilate my point: if you do not want burglars/rapists/straw men to attack your posessions or persons, keep them out of your house in the first place. That is only logic. If they skip your house, they are not in your house to attack you. Do you not agree that is the best possible outcome? The alternative is to long for a confrontation.
Once they are in your home, reducing the chance of harm to yourself (I would suggest) is the prudent course.
Police, security agencies, almost everybody except the gun industry says that without a doubt, not being found is the best course of action. Once found, not giving the bad folks a reason to shoot you becomes the safest course. Best way to get shot during a burglary? Produce a gun.
If the only way to prevent harm is to inflict harm, I will. To that end, I have taken self-defense training (at my parents - both police officers - suggestion) and I maintain my abilities through periodic re-training. There are objects scattered around my house that would make formidable weapons indeed.
If research demonstrated that I was safer with a firearm in my house than without, I would not hesitate to get one. This is not ideology, it is science. Nor is this the result of some "sheepish" "victimistic" attitude. I make a habit of trying to think for myself and not following a herd - whether pro- or anti- gun.
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I applaud you for making your own decisions. My question for you is do you still respect the right of others to own/carry firearms. Or do you vote to strip others of the right. Think about this the next time you say you do not follow a crowd. Even for those who try to find their own choices can still be swayed by illogical and wrong arguements.
Next point (no offense to your parents) Of course police are going to say you are safe to hide and call 911. If people start defending themselves, the police will be out of a job. Not to mention they really don't care what happens to an individual. Police have no right to protect anyone. Courts have ruled this way time and again. Self-protection is up to the individual.
Please read the link I provided above. Read it with an open mind. Whether you agree with the statements put forth in it, it is a good social commentary for this day and age.
Edit: I agree about hiding. However, I feel that most interior doors are no block to a determined attacker. So if they do find me it will be them looking down the barrel of a 12 ga.