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[QUOTE]Originally posted by JeffKardde: [QB] Oh, dammit, what am I going to do with this big plutonium device then? Shiiiit ... [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] [i]Now what is it with liberals and letting criminals win? "If someone breaks into your house, you should make your family jump out the window until he leaves" "Just let him HAVE the money. Don't take any precautions that he won't kill you when he's done"[/i] Gotta love the National Rifle Association, Omega. Okay, here's what I don't get about being burglarized: a thief breaks in. You hear him, wake up, you get your gun. You call the police. If he comes near your bedroom or those of your children, then, yeah, I could see (or at least understand) your motivation in confronting him and possibly using deadly force. If he's just taking your TV out the front door (and leaving your family alone otherwise) why would you confront him? Let the police handle it. Are you really willing to kill someone over a TV set that could be easily replaced? It's not about not taking precautions if you want to, its about letting the police do their jobs and not taking matters into your own hands. Certain people on this board seem to take life cheaply, including talking about shooting a mugger in the back when he's walking away after having robbed them. I couldn't take a life for a handful of money, and I certainly couldn't contemplate doing it unless I knew for certain my family was in danger. If the guy is in the living room ripping off my TV and EASILY REPLACED stuff, why entertain that possibility? Let the police do their jobs. [i]As to the idea that a criminal is somehow MORE likely to attack and kill a visibly armed person than an unarmed one ... I'd have to swallow a lot of orange pills before I'd believe THAT concept was remotely logical. TV may teach you that, but TV is full of crap, too.[/i] I don't believe I ever said that. You're apparently skipping over the fact that in Maryland, only police officers may carry a "visible" weapon. Military servicemen (and women) may carry concealed weapons with a permit. No one else may. Therefore, I couldn't carry a visible weapon, now could I? [i]of the more than 2 million times that the display or use of firearms is successful in preventing and/or stopping crimes each year[/i] I've still yet to see that report. Omega posted a link once, which said that reports DRAWN from the UCR came to that conclusion, but that government reports (therefore, the FBI) themselves only put that number at 80,000. I'm happy your brother wasn't robbed or worse. Come on folks, don't you think if I thought I needed to carry a gun, I'd be doing so? Or at least bitching about not being able to do so? "Those Republicans have some backwards ideas, except when it comes to guns..." The biggest problem I have when it comes to delivery is the dumb-shits who think I like it when they give me a quarter as a tip and tell me not to spend it all in one place. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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