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Sage advice.Thank you for your concern. But I have been in mortal peril three times because of people WITH guns, not in spite of. And if I had had a firearm, it would have made things worse, I was better off without. I like guns, but I believe we can do without them as a culture.Good point. We all will die, most in unpreventable ways. And a gun or lack there of will play no part in our demise. Accidents, diseases or old age. So what's the big deal if we have one less thing out there to add to our worries?Good post. Let me add: if you are a parent, you sometimes have to take a toy away from your child because they start abusing them. It isn't the toy that is at fault. There is a weird group-think mania that takes something to a different level. Some adults often act like children, and they need to have their toys taken away. Guns aren't the problem, in the hands of rational people. But it's the irrational ones that easily end up with guns, that are the problem. So maybe it's better if none of us had guns. I have no problem with that.
Okay, so let's say you are a single woman living alone, and a man breaks into your home with a knife and every intent on using it against you. How would you defend yourself against that attacker if you are a 60 year old woman; get in a knife fight with a strong 22 year old male?
There is no such thing as "nobody having a gun" than there is nobody having heroin or cocaine. It isn't possible, especially in this country.
We are debating a southern wall and the anti-wall people are saying it won't stop illegals and it won't stop drugs. But somehow, making guns illegal would stop guns. Can anybody explain the dynamics of each situation?
Lol, well.......I think you would feel differently if something like that happened to you. When a nut is coming after you to slit your throat, I doubt you would be thinking "Oh well, we all have to die sometime!"
It's like I've said in this forum and in others like it. If you really don't think that legal gun ownership protects you, then get a huge sign made that says WE HAVE NO FIREARMS IN THIS HOUSE, put that sign on your front porch, and see how that works out for you. Because one of the reasons you are safer is because you could be armed, and the criminal doesn't know if you are or not.
By making firearms illegal, it's no different than hanging that sign on your front porch. Every criminal would know that the people in all their homes have no way of protecting themselves. And since there is no way to disarm the criminal, he has the advantage over you, and that's something I would hate to see happen.
How about a little advice....stop trying to rob liquor stores.