Originally Posted by Bklyn
Who ARE you people? (Don't mean to single out FlatFender with an out-of-context quote, but it was the juiciest recent one....) I live in New York City. I don't know ANYONE who has a gun. Really. Maybe threads like these bring out the munitions experts; I don't know. Personally, I feel much safer on the bike than off.
lol, I live in Northern Michigan. I dont know of ANY household that does not have at LEAST one firearm. Everyone hunts. Nov. 15th (Opening day of Firearm deer season) is a holiday, schools are closed and everything.
As far as the wannabe Rambo quote, I will tell you that I take a lot of pride in being a Responsible gun owner. I own more gun locks than I do guns. My guns are locked with a trigger lock, inside a locked steel cabinet. Ammo is locked in another case in another room. I carry my gun for my job, along w/ OC spray, a collapsible baton, and 2 pairs of handcuffs.
Originally Posted by Geraldo
Your opponent might start with violence, not threats.
Your opponent is probably armed.
This is not his first rodeo.
He may have brought a few friends.
That draw you practiced so diligently may not work so well when you are on the ground getting the crap kicked out of you, or when the bad guy is actively trying to take your pistola from you, or when someone is shooting at you or going at you like a human cuisinart.
When you shoot, you had better not put a round through the dome of some person walking down the street, or through the bedroom wall of a child or elderly person.
Unless you qualify for a public defender, expect your attorney to ask for $5K up front, and you had better exercise your right to counsel as well as your right to remain silent even if things go well.
Even if you win the battle, you can lose the war-legally or mortally.
^^ I agree 100% with this post. Carrying a firearm is not for everyone. But keep in mind that you encounter people EVERY DAY who are carrying one.