i have greater chance of being hit by lightning and crushed by a tornado than being killed my own home by a stranger...22 homicides last year in a city of 1.1 million, none were children, without going deep into the history of each case I can tell you most of killers were known by the victim, a good number would be domestic disputes and gang related...strangers breaking into someones home while theyre asleep and killing them is extremely, extremely rare...and all this while very very few of us have hand guns, and no one keeps a gun under their pillow....your the victim of media induced paranoia...
ya know something, the issue of alcohol is NEVER discussed when talking about firearms. Most domestic disputes that result in guns being involved usually include alcohol - - - Updated - - - I can't help but notice when YOU talk about guns, you are merely projecting yourself on others.
probably every cops worst day, domestic disputes, highly volatile emotional situations and yes often alcohol is involved... Our gun control laws work, they allow legal ownership for responsible owners while keeping handguns , rifles and shotguns out of the hands of those who shouldnt have them...background checks sort out those with criminal records, mental health/violence issues, addiction problems, domestic violence records, its not perfect but it works...
well, your perception that you're going to be murdered didnt develop in a vaccum....you didnt come up with all those horror scenarios out of thin air...how would come up with those scenarios if not the media?
Because I have SEEN THEM...up close and personal. Unfortunately. And although I have seen and been apart of such things 2 times it had absolutely NOTHING to do with my JOB. AboveAlpha
Although I don't like the concept of reducing an argument purely to statistics, to numbers...here's some numbers. In 2010 Firearm suicides. Number of deaths: 19,392 Firearm homicides. Number of deaths: 11,078 Suicides account for 64% of all deaths involving firearms. You have a higher chance of taking your own life with a firearm than someone else taking your life with a firearm. It's rarely discussed however, I suppose because the issue of suicide is considered "taboo."
I am glad you brought this up as if there is there is one extremely good reason to own a firearm it is so that a person who has a painful beyond words disease with absolutely zero possibility of recovery and his state does not allow Dr. assisted suicide....having a firearm to end one's life so that a person doesn't have to needlessly suffer is reason enough to own one. AboveAlpha
A gun, just makes it that much easier to use as an impulsive act. Nobody wants to die...nobody. It's just the pain of continuing in life has outweighed the desire to remain alive. A permanent fix to a temporary situation. If one is prone to depression or feelings of suicide I would advocate the removal of any firearm in that household.
Why can't they go jump off a building, like everyone else Suicide isn't done for "practical" reasons. Suicide is rage, directed inwards, and just about all of the recent massacres have been, in fact, suicides. Most people would rather wait for death than embrace it, as they don't realize that conservatives in the United States WANT people who are sick to die.
I'm sorry, but Bull (*)(*)(*)(*). Most gunnies in the US don't even think about gun safety anymore as the NRA has made it so that we now blame the victim of any accident for being in the way.
and I bet you don't lock the keys to your car up. Secured every knife in your house? Filled you pool with concrete? Tossed your cell phone because you might be driving and texting? Get rid of all your chemicals in your house? Never, ever, jaywalked? Lock your feet up. Pick a fight? lock your mouth up...............jes sayig. And why should I have a gun for personal protection, in my house and NOT have it loaded? Your fears betray you, young Skywalker............
One of the most ignorant statements I have heard. Gun owners are some of the most law-abiding, law-respecting people in this country. They respect life, and is why they support self-defense of themselves and others.
Page 2 of the Liberal Guide to Eradicating Rights, paragraph 3............because if what they say is true, half of America would be waaaaaaaaaaaay dead by now. wait for it....................
If you just want my property, you will break into my house when I'm not home. I don't care about the property. If someone breaks into my home and I'm in it, the only logical conclusion is that they want to harm me or my family--which is the only reason I would shoot someone. If they just want property, they will break in while I'm gone.
"Gun owners are more likely to shoot you for going on their property. " well, only cause those that do not own a gun can't shoot you for going on their property, so I would say your 100% correct - lol - - - Updated - - - exactly, it's like being a black belt, when your hands and feet are deemed as weapons, you have to respond differently then if you were unarmed
Statistical evidence, please, unless pulled from your nether regions. ( I highly suspect that to be the case )
Nobody in their right mind breaks into an occupied house unless they intend harm. Yes, mentally ill and drug addled people do break into occupied houses, but the people that are just breaking into your house for stuff are not going to do it at night when you are there. I can't use your "hole myself up in my bedroom" logic, at this time. Why? Well we have a split bedroom plan, and the master bedroom is the opposite side of the house from the other bedrooms. I'm not going to hole myself up in my bedroom, leaving my sons as potential victims....... Now, were I a single man, or somebody without kids, I would do that. I'm not. I have much more responsibility, and thus can't just abandon them.
Unless you are in danger, you aren't allowed to shoot anybody. There is no legal difference between shooting someone in the leg, or shooting to kill. Or in other words, if you have legal justification to shoot to wound, you have legal justification to shoot to kill. If you don't have legal justification to shoot to kill, you shouldn't be shooting to "injure." - - - Updated - - - Of course a 9mm can incapacitate. They do so all the time. - - - Updated - - - I don't know of a jury (in any place that I have lived) that would convict her.......
Besides my sister-in-law, I don't know of any members of my family that don't own at least one gun. She is getting married to someone with guns, and was married to someone with guns. Life in the Southeast is different than in other parts of the country.
