Re: soul4sale
Originally posted by Cletus_Vandam
So you’re going to base an opinion on someone's net handle? Seems a bit presumptuous, to say the least.
Methinks I hit a nerve. You are welcome to draw any conclusion you like from my handle. Satan worshipper? That's a new one. Might explain my demonic-looking Mario Bros. Boo-Buddy avatar. Tremble at its power...
You seem to be very misinformed about crime here in southern Maryland.
Um, no, not hardly...at all. And I'll leave it at that. As for reading the newspaper, I read five or more a day, and that's just the domestic ones. Waldorf is increasingly experiencing extraburban problems, but this ain't exactly anywhere near the hood, and it won't be for a few more years.
Home invasions and car jackings haven’t quite made their way to So. Md. yet.
Yes, they have. How often do you read the newspaper?
If you feel more comfortable carrying a ball bat in your backseat, that's your prerogative.
I feel more comfortable knowing that it's going to take a serious effort to dole out lethal force, not just a misplaced or mistaken shot. If someone gets the jump on me with a gun, it's not going to much matter what I'm armed with.
If you choose to bring a ball bat to a gun fight; or choose to protect your self with a shotgun that in your closet at home while your miles away at the mall when you find yourself in the mix of five or more punks that want your wallet or your girl, I know who I’ll be putting my money on....
In keeping with this hypothetical fantasy, how are you going to ensure that your supreme marksmanship with a weapon that can't hit the broad side of a barn door isn't going to injure or kill a bystander? Ever been jacked up on adreneline with a pistol in your hand? That's what I don't feel comfortable with, cowboy. A couple weekends at the range ain't going to prepare you for the messy realities of armed conflict. I would rather see you humiliated and robbed, but ALIVE, than watch you throw down in the middle of a bunch of unintended targets. And when do you feel justified in drawing? When someone looks at you too hard? When you think you see a weapon? When you hear trash talk? Awful vague standards for lethal force. Or is it when they've already drawn a gun on you? At that point, I have severe doubts that you would be able to turn the tables. Escalation of hostility leads to escalation of destruction, and I think you'll find that the "statistics" don't favor you too much. Now, I suppose you could go get some state training and join a regulated force, like some say the Constitution specifies, but somehow I doubt you'd go for that.
As for my shotgun preference, the only time I will likely ever get the drop on an armed opponent is in my house. If I happen to blow someone's brains out in the privacy and comfort of my own home, they isn't going to be a whole lot of legal fallout in the form of homicide charges or property destruction claims. Plus, it's damn hard to miss with a shotgun. OTOH, if you happen to shoot wildly at a percieved assailant in the mall, and your .44 slugs happens to brain an old lady instead, I'm sure you'd find that the courts would take great glee in nailing your butt to the wall. They don't like that cowboy stuff, cuts into their turf.
The one thing that all the gun-grabbers out there never want to talk about is how many crimes are thwarted by simply displaying a firearm, making the criminal know that you are not a welcome victim.
And how often does that happen here in your Wild West of SoMD? Are you going to waltz around the mall with your piece in plain view? Think that won't make you a mark or be seen as provocation? How about in P.G., D.C. or Bawlmer?
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All the hype out there being published by the Liberals on violence is garbage and cannot be supported by facts… [/QUOTE]
Facts? Or assumptions? Stats are only facts if you agree with the assumptions underlyng their collection. If you don't agee, then they are just propaganda. And it's fairly obvious that you don't agree and instead quote from sources that support your view. Big surprise. It cuts both ways. I honestly don't know what effect our gun laws have or if loosening them would curb gun crime or invite more of it. What I do know is that there are an awful lot of people that I wouldn't trust being legally lethally armed, myself among them.
and it's only illegal if you get caught. :shrug:
Also, if you have a CWP, or are trading in a gun for another, there's no 3-day waiting period. And, the Brady Bill is not observed down here. If you have a CWP or are trading in a gun, you take your gun home the day you pay for it.
