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napi21

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5. Something I was told MANY MANY years ago and always will be true.
Sun Nov 15, 2015, 10:13 AM
Nov 2015

IF you access a gun BE READY TO USE IT WITHOUT HESITATION! Many people grab or carry a gun to feel safer, but when it comes to a confrontation, hesitate just for a second because its very hard for the average person to KILL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, and that gun that made you feel safe gets used on YOU!

Decades ago I had to walk across a bridge from where I parked my car to where I worked. Because you're a captive audience hen you're in the middle of a bridge, I carried a concealed S&W snub nosed 38 in my pocket. I would think about what my my reaction would be if confronted on that bridge, and realized that I would try to scare the attacker with the gun because I really didn't want to KILL anybody. I quit carrying because I realized that same gun that made me feel safe would most likely be used to kill ME!

Just something to think about. BTW, I made that trip twice a day for 14 years, and never had any problems.

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The truth about guns and self-defense [View all] SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP
So here's why I question this TeddyR Nov 2015 #1
What percent of "80 million Americans who keep guns in the home" are criminals? SecularMotion Nov 2015 #3
If you had your way... krispos42 Nov 2015 #9
Hah! Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #12
Thanks anyways but I'll keep my rights to self defense... ileus Nov 2015 #2
Math issues sarisataka Nov 2015 #4
Something I was told MANY MANY years ago and always will be true. napi21 Nov 2015 #5
IMHO the most under discussed part of personal security is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #8
remember folks: "the killing of a felon... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #6
The irony. Gun-banners demand corpses as the basis for analysis. Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #13
Doesn't include non-lethal DGUs. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #7
They never do, the numbers don't look good when it's included DonP Nov 2015 #10
We owe the OP a debt for keeping our media literacy skills sharp friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #15
Check the dates too DonP Nov 2015 #18
".........that turns out to be a pro second amendment story." pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #28
I think it has more to do with having more of his posts up in our group DonP Nov 2015 #30
Well here's an example of a DGU... Ghost in the Machine Nov 2015 #11
Update on shooting of nursing mother... Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #16
Thanks for the update, Eleanors38! I was in the process of looking Ghost in the Machine Nov 2015 #17
Our rights aren't determined by statistics. beevul Nov 2015 #14
It's not about the statistics, it's about shaming DonP Nov 2015 #19
Good point. Our rights aren't determined by shaming. beevul Nov 2015 #20
It might bother me ... if they were in the least bit effective DonP Nov 2015 #21
Speaking of Ms Watts... beevul Nov 2015 #22
I guess the ones killed by suicide bombers at the stadium are out of luck as far as she's concerned DonP Nov 2015 #23
All that, plus... beevul Nov 2015 #24
AFAIC they can continue to shame all they want -- the more the better. pablo_marmol Nov 2015 #29
rights aren't determined by statistics, yet.... jimmy the one Nov 2015 #32
Yes, every year... beevul Nov 2015 #33
yes you are contradictory, & misleading jimmy the one Nov 2015 #34
Well, whaddya know...self-reporting of defensive gun use is unreliable... Marengo Nov 2015 #25
Yeah, its funny how selective some folks are about things like that. beevul Nov 2015 #26
Let's all be sure to ask them about the discrepancy when the opportunity presents... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #27
What makes that opinion piece worth reading? ManiacJoe Nov 2015 #31
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