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Protection is a relative term. Most crimes of the home are committed without a weapon or at the least a knife. Bringing your own gun into the situation only ups the risk you or your family is going to get shot. As for the rabid dog or racoon or whatever, I personally would keep my family inside and call the wildlife and conservation authorities or the police and have them take care of the situation.
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I'm guessing you live in the city, and not in the boonies where people largely have to handle their own business. My husband shot a rattler last year in our yard. It was as big around as my forearm....(Eastern Diamondback).
I suppose we should have waited for animal control.
As for home protection, most cops will tell you that if you're going to own a gun, a shotgun is the best sort to own. If you do live in BFE, and I do, it's going to take the police a long while to get to your house. Of course, if you live in BFE, it's probably also legal to shoot an intruder without inquiring of his business in your home. Which would be our preference. No, I don't expect to ever use the gun for that purpose, but on a camping trip a few years ago, up in the Uintah Mountains in Eastern Utah, after listening to some idiots firing off rounds all night (and then, a few months later, hearing a news story about a missing couple whose bodies were discovered in the spring by the smell--who disappeared from an area only about 100 yards from where we were camped), we no longer camp without a weapon.
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First off, I don't think of hunting being a sport by any definition of the word.
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Yes, we know this. You prefer to be carnivorous, but not do the dirty work yourself. We've already established that you like to eat fuzzy little animals, but like to remove yourself from the ugly process of killing them as much as possible. And, of course, your values on this issue should trump other people's values, right?
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Secondly, do you need to use assault weapons as hunting tools?
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Remember? You were suggesting banning ALL weapons aside from shotguns and .22s. So YOU PERSONALLY widened the parameters of discussion.
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No...that's what shotguns are for.
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Shotguns are preferable for birding, but for hunting deer, rifles are far more humane.
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For those who target shoot, I still don't see how that is important.
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Yes, again, your values and preferences should trump those of everyone else.
Move to England...where they have no crime since they've banned guns.
Right?
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You can get food at the grocery store, or you can hunt like I said with shotguns or bow and arrow and be just as successful as you would be with assault weapons. I think these hunters look ridiculous...like they are going off to war against the woods.
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And, by all means, your opinion on such matters should rule the day. Others feel differently. Why are your opinions on such things more valid than theirs?
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A lot of people don't like the kick of a shotgun and so a .22 rifle is good for shooting smaller animals like birds or squirrels etc.
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My comments were in regards to a .22 handgun, which is what I'd suggested, repeatedly, should be banned.
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