Really? Me too.
Really? Me too.
I am nowhere near the badass that my wife is. Her family has a LONG history in martial arts. Her brother owns the biggest school in Utah. That dude is a millionaire and his kids are famous YouTubers: Ninja Kidz TV
(bastard didn't even graduate from high school and I have had 20 years of formal education--I have been cheated)
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
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That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
And the people, who never touch a weapon? How they are able to survive in the anti-united weaponed toy world of America?
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
How long have you owned this gun? You say it "may" save your life "someday" which implies you've never needed it. Do you think maybe, you don't need this gun, but you got snookered into buying one because of right wing fear and paranoia.
I cannot tell you how many times people on this board have told me I "need" a gun to protect myself. I'm 71 years old and I have never "needed" a gun in my life. I used to play poker in Toronto in underground rooms and hung out with pretty dodgy people in my time, so it's not like I lived this pristine "church lady" life that never exposed me to any dangers.
You people have sold your souls to the NRA, and what did you get in return? 35,000 shootings deaths every year. 1000 children gunned killed by guns every year. More mass shootings than the rest of the world combined.
Gun violence costs your economy $229 billion per year:
This is a piece from the Globe and Mail in Toronto on the economic costs of gun violence in Canada. Canada's population is 1/10th that of the US. If you factor in the population differences, the economic cost of gun violence in Canada is $3 billion, compared to $299 billion for the USA.
Opinion: Failing to prevent gun violence costs lives. But we’re ignoring the other price tag
Tackling the ‘root causes’ of gun violence can seem expensive – but that calculus doesn’t incorporate the associated and invisible costswww.theglobeandmail.com
Since Americans don't care about the bloodshed, or the children dying, let's point out the ONLY thing that matters to Americans. The cost to the economy.
$229 billion per year, is what your obsession with guns costs. Is it worth it?
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
How long have you owned this gun? You say it "may" save your life "someday" which implies you've never needed it. Do you think maybe, you don't need this gun, but you got snookered into buying one because of right wing fear and paranoia.
I cannot tell you how many times people on this board have told me I "need" a gun to protect myself. I'm 71 years old and I have never "needed" a gun in my life. I used to play poker in Toronto in underground rooms and hung out with pretty dodgy people in my time, so it's not like I lived this pristine "church lady" life that never exposed me to any dangers.
You people have sold your souls to the NRA, and what did you get in return? 35,000 shootings deaths every year. 1000 children gunned killed by guns every year. More mass shootings than the rest of the world combined.
Gun violence costs your economy $229 billion per year:
This is a piece from the Globe and Mail in Toronto on the economic costs of gun violence in Canada. Canada's population is 1/10th that of the US. If you factor in the population differences, the economic cost of gun violence in Canada is $3 billion, compared to $299 billion for the USA.
Opinion: Failing to prevent gun violence costs lives. But we’re ignoring the other price tag
Tackling the ‘root causes’ of gun violence can seem expensive – but that calculus doesn’t incorporate the associated and invisible costs
Since Americans don't care about the bloodshed, or the children dying, let's point out the ONLY thing that matters to Americans. The cost to the economy.
$229 billion per year, is what your obsession with guns costs. Is it worth it?
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
How long have you owned this gun? You say it "may" save your life "someday" which implies you've never needed it. Do you think maybe, you don't need this gun, but you got snookered into buying one because of right wing fear and paranoia.
I cannot tell you how many times people on this board have told me I "need" a gun to protect myself. I'm 71 years old and I have never "needed" a gun in my life. I used to play poker in Toronto in underground rooms and hung out with pretty dodgy people in my time, so it's not like I lived this pristine "church lady" life that never exposed me to any dangers.
You people have sold your souls to the NRA, and what did you get in return? 35,000 shootings deaths every year. 1000 children gunned killed by guns every year. More mass shootings than the rest of the world combined.
Gun violence costs your economy $229 billion per year:
This is a piece from the Globe and Mail in Toronto on the economic costs of gun violence in Canada. Canada's population is 1/10th that of the US. If you factor in the population differences, the economic cost of gun violence in Canada is $3 billion, compared to $299 billion for the USA.
Opinion: Failing to prevent gun violence costs lives. But we’re ignoring the other price tag
Tackling the ‘root causes’ of gun violence can seem expensive – but that calculus doesn’t incorporate the associated and invisible costs
Since Americans don't care about the bloodshed, or the children dying, let's point out the ONLY thing that matters to Americans. The cost to the economy.
$229 billion per year, is what your obsession with guns costs. Is it worth it?
Your numbers are way off btw, and yes, some of us have used our guns to stop people from killing us, or others.
I've never used either of the fire extinguishers I keep handy, and I haven't put a tourniquet on anyone since Afghanistan, but I'm not getting rid of those either.
And I have to wonder why you are so against someone keeping a piece of emergency, life-saving equipment (which is what a pistol is) handy...... that doesn't seem like the behavior of someone with good intentions to me, it sounds like someone who wants to see people die.
Why do you want people to die?
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
How long have you owned this gun? You say it "may" save your life "someday" which implies you've never needed it. Do you think maybe, you don't need this gun, but you got snookered into buying one because of right wing fear and paranoia.
I cannot tell you how many times people on this board have told me I "need" a gun to protect myself. I'm 71 years old and I have never "needed" a gun in my life. I used to play poker in Toronto in underground rooms and hung out with pretty dodgy people in my time, so it's not like I lived this pristine "church lady" life that never exposed me to any dangers.
You people have sold your souls to the NRA, and what did you get in return? 35,000 shootings deaths every year. 1000 children gunned killed by guns every year. More mass shootings than the rest of the world combined.
Gun violence costs your economy $229 billion per year:
This is a piece from the Globe and Mail in Toronto on the economic costs of gun violence in Canada. Canada's population is 1/10th that of the US. If you factor in the population differences, the economic cost of gun violence in Canada is $3 billion, compared to $299 billion for the USA.
Opinion: Failing to prevent gun violence costs lives. But we’re ignoring the other price tag
Tackling the ‘root causes’ of gun violence can seem expensive – but that calculus doesn’t incorporate the associated and invisible costs
Since Americans don't care about the bloodshed, or the children dying, let's point out the ONLY thing that matters to Americans. The cost to the economy.
$229 billion per year, is what your obsession with guns costs. Is it worth it?
Your numbers are way off btw, and yes, some of us have used our guns to stop people from killing us, or others.
I've never used either of the fire extinguishers I keep handy, and I haven't put a tourniquet on anyone since Afghanistan, but I'm not getting rid of those either.
And I have to wonder why you are so against someone keeping a piece of emergency, life-saving equipment (which is what a pistol is) handy...... that doesn't seem like the behavior of someone with good intentions to me, it sounds like someone who wants to see people die.
Why do you want people to die?
Homicides in Brazil were at historic highs in 2017. They dropped a bit in 2018, as candidate Bolsonaro ran on reform of the gun laws to allow self defense, and reform of the law to get tough on crime. The homicide numbers dropped from 59,000 in 2017, to 51,000 in 2018. President Bolsonaro was elected in October of 2018.
The rate reduction was not quite that high. Only 10,000 lives were saved. From wtop.com:
When translated to homicide rates, the rate dropped 17% in 2018, then 23% more in 2019. The population of Brazil in 2019 was 210 million. The rate of homicides per 100,000 was 19.83. That is less than 2/3 of the homicide rate in 2017, which was 30.8.
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
How long have you owned this gun? You say it "may" save your life "someday" which implies you've never needed it. Do you think maybe, you don't need this gun, but you got snookered into buying one because of right wing fear and paranoia.
I cannot tell you how many times people on this board have told me I "need" a gun to protect myself. I'm 71 years old and I have never "needed" a gun in my life. I used to play poker in Toronto in underground rooms and hung out with pretty dodgy people in my time, so it's not like I lived this pristine "church lady" life that never exposed me to any dangers.
You people have sold your souls to the NRA, and what did you get in return? 35,000 shootings deaths every year. 1000 children gunned killed by guns every year. More mass shootings than the rest of the world combined.
Gun violence costs your economy $229 billion per year:
This is a piece from the Globe and Mail in Toronto on the economic costs of gun violence in Canada. Canada's population is 1/10th that of the US. If you factor in the population differences, the economic cost of gun violence in Canada is $3 billion, compared to $299 billion for the USA.
Opinion: Failing to prevent gun violence costs lives. But we’re ignoring the other price tag
Tackling the ‘root causes’ of gun violence can seem expensive – but that calculus doesn’t incorporate the associated and invisible costs
Since Americans don't care about the bloodshed, or the children dying, let's point out the ONLY thing that matters to Americans. The cost to the economy.
$229 billion per year, is what your obsession with guns costs. Is it worth it?
Your numbers are way off btw, and yes, some of us have used our guns to stop people from killing us, or others.
I've never used either of the fire extinguishers I keep handy, and I haven't put a tourniquet on anyone since Afghanistan, but I'm not getting rid of those either.
And I have to wonder why you are so against someone keeping a piece of emergency, life-saving equipment (which is what a pistol is) handy...... that doesn't seem like the behavior of someone with good intentions to me, it sounds like someone who wants to see people die.
Why do you want people to die?
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
How long have you owned this gun? You say it "may" save your life "someday" which implies you've never needed it. Do you think maybe, you don't need this gun, but you got snookered into buying one because of right wing fear and paranoia.
I cannot tell you how many times people on this board have told me I "need" a gun to protect myself. I'm 71 years old and I have never "needed" a gun in my life. I used to play poker in Toronto in underground rooms and hung out with pretty dodgy people in my time, so it's not like I lived this pristine "church lady" life that never exposed me to any dangers.
You people have sold your souls to the NRA, and what did you get in return? 35,000 shootings deaths every year. 1000 children gunned killed by guns every year. More mass shootings than the rest of the world combined.
Gun violence costs your economy $229 billion per year:
This is a piece from the Globe and Mail in Toronto on the economic costs of gun violence in Canada. Canada's population is 1/10th that of the US. If you factor in the population differences, the economic cost of gun violence in Canada is $3 billion, compared to $299 billion for the USA.
Opinion: Failing to prevent gun violence costs lives. But we’re ignoring the other price tag
Tackling the ‘root causes’ of gun violence can seem expensive – but that calculus doesn’t incorporate the associated and invisible costs
Since Americans don't care about the bloodshed, or the children dying, let's point out the ONLY thing that matters to Americans. The cost to the economy.
$229 billion per year, is what your obsession with guns costs. Is it worth it?
Your numbers are way off btw, and yes, some of us have used our guns to stop people from killing us, or others.
I've never used either of the fire extinguishers I keep handy, and I haven't put a tourniquet on anyone since Afghanistan, but I'm not getting rid of those either.
And I have to wonder why you are so against someone keeping a piece of emergency, life-saving equipment (which is what a pistol is) handy...... that doesn't seem like the behavior of someone with good intentions to me, it sounds like someone who wants to see people die.
Why do you want people to die?
Same thing with house or car insurance. The chances of you needing it are very slim unless you're careless or a bad driver, but if you do ever need it, you'll be glad it's there.
What we can't pound through the heads of leftists is that guns don't kill people--people kill people. A person who wants to kill another person or several people are not going to allow no access to guns to stop them.
At 60 years old, I can honestly say recreational narcotics have been illegal my entire time on this planet. Yet today, we have a worse problem with narcotics, especially the hard stuff than we ever had before. OD deaths have reached record levels.
In spite of that, leftists believe that if they could strip us of all our guns, the bad guys would surrender theirs too, and we would have a gun-free society outside of police officers and armed security. Liberals live in fairy land.
Talking out your lying ass again...
"A stand-your-ground law (sometimes called "line in the sand" or "no duty to retreat" law) provides that people may use lethal force to defend themselves or others (right of self-defense) against threats or reasonably perceived threats, regardless of whether they can safely retreat from the situation. Under such a law, people have no duty to retreat from any place where they have a lawful right to be[1] and may use any necessary force if they reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death, serious bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, or (in some jurisdictions) robbery or some other serious crimes. The exact details vary by jurisdiction. "Stand-your-ground law - Wikipedia
That's idiotic. No one is per se innocent. I remember an US-American, who had murdered a German exchange student some long years ago, because the student had entered his garage. An irreplaceable loss. I was astonished how many US-Americans think everyone has the right to murder someone, who enters their house. But this murderer is in jail now for the rest of his life. I remember in this context for example someone, who had a car accident. This was in the USA. Another car driver stopped and liked to help him. The idiot murdered the helping person by saying something like he thought he likes to use his helpless situation for to do a crime. A very bad thing happened once in Germany here. A man saw a teenager at a railway station, who was sad, and asked "What's wrong, may I help?" - the teenager murdered him.
Then you wonder why we carry guns here?
A gun is a thing, which throws little pieces of metal with a very high speed through the air. If someone takes not care such pieces of metal are able to hurt a living organism - in worst case someone dies, because of the use of such toys. I think to use guns is a boring and stupid game from idiots for idiots.
That toy may save my life someday, so this idiot will always keep his.
How long have you owned this gun? You say it "may" save your life "someday" which implies you've never needed it. Do you think maybe, you don't need this gun, but you got snookered into buying one because of right wing fear and paranoia.
I cannot tell you how many times people on this board have told me I "need" a gun to protect myself. I'm 71 years old and I have never "needed" a gun in my life. I used to play poker in Toronto in underground rooms and hung out with pretty dodgy people in my time, so it's not like I lived this pristine "church lady" life that never exposed me to any dangers.
You people have sold your souls to the NRA, and what did you get in return? 35,000 shootings deaths every year. 1000 children gunned killed by guns every year. More mass shootings than the rest of the world combined.
Gun violence costs your economy $229 billion per year:
This is a piece from the Globe and Mail in Toronto on the economic costs of gun violence in Canada. Canada's population is 1/10th that of the US. If you factor in the population differences, the economic cost of gun violence in Canada is $3 billion, compared to $299 billion for the USA.
Opinion: Failing to prevent gun violence costs lives. But we’re ignoring the other price tag
Tackling the ‘root causes’ of gun violence can seem expensive – but that calculus doesn’t incorporate the associated and invisible costs
Since Americans don't care about the bloodshed, or the children dying, let's point out the ONLY thing that matters to Americans. The cost to the economy.
$229 billion per year, is what your obsession with guns costs. Is it worth it?
Your numbers are way off btw, and yes, some of us have used our guns to stop people from killing us, or others.
I've never used either of the fire extinguishers I keep handy, and I haven't put a tourniquet on anyone since Afghanistan, but I'm not getting rid of those either.
And I have to wonder why you are so against someone keeping a piece of emergency, life-saving equipment (which is what a pistol is) handy...... that doesn't seem like the behavior of someone with good intentions to me, it sounds like someone who wants to see people die.
Why do you want people to die?
Same thing with house or car insurance. The chances of you needing it are very slim unless you're careless or a bad driver, but if you do ever need it, you'll be glad it's there.
What we can't pound through the heads of leftists is that guns don't kill people--people kill people. A person who wants to kill another person or several people are not going to allow no access to guns to stop them.
At 60 years old, I can honestly say recreational narcotics have been illegal my entire time on this planet. Yet today, we have a worse problem with narcotics, especially the hard stuff than we ever had before. OD deaths have reached record levels.
In spite of that, leftists believe that if they could strip us of all our guns, the bad guys would surrender theirs too, and we would have a gun-free society outside of police officers and armed security. Liberals live in fairy land.
No I don't think they believe that at all.
I think they for some reason, resent the hell out of people who are better prepared for things than they are; they don't like it when someone is stronger, smarter, better educated, or better equipped than they are.
I don't for the life of me understand why they don't simply improve themselves rather than trying to handicap everyone else, but it seems like that's all they want to do.
That "was on--wax off" concept really sank in for me when I branched into Wing Chun (I wanted to understand Bruce Lee's methods) and started using the mook jong (wooden dummy). They cost over $1000 retail, so I just built one by gluing and clamping 8 2x10x84 Southern Yellow Pine deck boards together, cutting the holes before a final glue up, and shaving it into a "log" with a cheap, Harbor Freight electric hand planer.Really? Me too.
I am nowhere near the badass that my wife is. Her family has a LONG history in martial arts. Her brother owns the biggest school in Utah. That dude is a millionaire and his kids are famous YouTubers: Ninja Kidz TV
(bastard didn't even graduate from high school and I have had 20 years of formal education--I have been cheated)
Don't feel bad, a lot of wealthy people never had an advanced education. Running a business is more about talent and desire. Education helps, but is not a necessary requirement.
I'm a little too old to be fighting, but I still remember a lot of what I was taught, especially when using deadly force. As you already know, when you start getting to the more advanced belts, you are trained to kill people in just a few moves, so learning the laws about it was part of the program.
One lesson I expressed concern about the law and possibly killing somebody. My instructor told me if in a battle, never think about karate. You just fight like you always did before you even knew how to front kick.
After his demonstration, I was amazed. I was using moves I never even thought about for years. The instructor just smiled at me and said "wax on--wax off."
Made the biggest mess. I made the leg and the arms by gluing 1x4 poplar and red oak boards in a pattern I found on the web.
