Quoting hal9g:

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Unlike Daddy DVD, I would not "ask him why he's unlawfully breaking into people's houses" because frankly, I don't give a rat's a$$ why he's doing it.

I did not meant I was interested in knowing why, I meant that if you would take the time to talk some reason into the perpetrator you will be less likely to become a victim of a violent act.

Quoting Daddy DVD:

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Quoting hal9g:

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Unlike Daddy DVD, I would not "ask him why he's unlawfully breaking into people's houses" because frankly, I don't give a rat's a$$ why he's doing it.

I did not meant I was interested in knowing why, I meant that if you would take the time to talk some reason into the perpetrator you will be less likely to become a victim of a violent act.

You are living in a Dream World! Criminals love your kind, easy targets.

Quoting eaglejd:

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You are living in a Dream World! Criminals love your kind, easy targets.

Almost, I live in Europe where the chance of being held at gun point is almost zero and most people use their own brains instead of manipulated ones.

I repeat what I said before regarding everday feeling of safety, even more now having heard from Eagle and Max that they have twice had to use firearms for defence, and others talking of their home 'arsenal'. For me that is truly shocking, and something is very wrong with a society that can consider this as a 'norm' and who's solution is to arm themselves 'in case' it happens to them. I don't blame you guys, if I felt my family or wellbeing were threatened like that I'd probably do the same. I'm just glad living in UK it isn't necessary.
Having travelled to the States many times on business and holiday (Vegas again in August) I can honestly say I have only ever felt threatened once in the New York subway, but naievely never even considered the antagonist may be carrying a gun    Other than this one occasion I have only ever found warm welcoming people in America and completely non-violent and non-xenophobic.
This forum is a bit more hardcore 

Quoting mdnitoil:

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I know this will really blow your mind, but there are millions of people right here in the USA who don't give any real thought to bad guys breaking in and wiping out the whole family.  Frankly, if I thought that way then a handgun wouldn't be enough.  I mean, who's to say that a whole pack of bad guy rapist murders won't break in?  In that case I'd need more firepower.

Your sarcasm is unappreciated. Your callousness towards victims of crime and how they may choose to cope with it also reflects the type of person you are. If one chooses to arm themselves as a result of being victimized then so be it.

I thank God I live in a country where I have a right to protect my family, myself and my property. If I choose to due it with kind words as Martin suggests or by force then that is my choice.

You better ask Ken for a Gun profiler When you come over to Europe, get used to carry no gun and don't feel naked

Truth is I bought my wife a .38 Smith & Wesson because I was traveling on business every week, five days a week for 10 years.  My wife is a whopping 4'11" tall and 96 pounds soaking wet.  I wonder just how much damage she would inflict with her "bare hands" on a 250 pound assailant with a knife, Martin.

You've heard the old adage "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure".  Well that certainly applies here.

I took my wife to the shooting range and had her professionally trained in the use of her pistol.  She is quite confident in it's use and I have no doubt that she would in fact use it if she needed to.  This particular model has no exposed hammer and does not need to be "cocked" before firing.  All she has to do is aim and shoot.  And a .38 caliber bullet will stop all but the drug induced.  Then it might take two.  We have no children in the house to worry about.

For me, this provided a certain level of personal peace of mind while I was away.  It never completely removed the nagging concern at the back of my mind that I could come home and find a disaster, but it helped a lot.

As it turns out she has never had to even take the gun out of the night stand, and that's a very good thing.

What really bothers me is this "concept" that many seem to have that owning a gun means that you yourself are a violent person with no concern for human life.  Nothing could be further from the truth.

I congratulate all of you who believe that they live in society's where violence against them or their families will "never" happen.  I pray to God that this is in fact the case.

Personally, that is a gamble that I choose not to take for the people that I love.

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The way to make the small percent (groupt to the left) smaller is EDUCATION. 8-Ball could you please explain to me, why the CA lottery did not solve CA's educational crisis?

Take Care
Rico

The CA Lottery is a sham. It's just a way for the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer. Only a small fraction of the billions from the lottery actually reach the education system. IMO it should be terminated.