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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 453050" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>Lol, anything that contradicts you is automatically "NRA propaganda". Those statements are not "propaganda", they are facts. Whether you like them or not allowing firearms in private hands is the best way to combat crime. </p><p></p><p>Despite what you feel about guns let me put this to you. Its a quiet Saturday afternoon with just you and your significant other at home. A knock comes at the door and your significant other goes to answer it. As the door is opened you hear the sounds of screaming and a struggle coming from your from entry way as two criminals on crack are invading your home. Now, you have the choice of two objects within your reach. A cell phone or a .45 caliber handgun. You can make the call from the cell phone, but the police are 10+ min. away from you, and the bad guys are less than 30 seconds from finding you. They are not there to hang out, they are there to take as much as they can from you including your life if they have to in order to get as many of your valuables as they can. With the handgun you can at least scare them away, but with the cell phone they can possibly take it from you before you get to make a call, or worse yet it not connect or the battery happens to be dead at the wrong moment in time. I personally would want the handgun nearby than the cell phone. Sometimes its just best to shoot first and ask questions later. I know you may say that this situation took place in a bad neighborhood, but even here in my hometown of Indianapolis most home invasions/burglaries take place in rich neighborhoods where people have stuff. Not the ghetto where the criminals know few people have much of value. So even if you lived in a "nice neighborhood" this is a very possible situation. </p><p></p><p>Finally, let me leave you with this. In the situation which began this thread you had one crazy man with a gun, and 9 unarmed people. Had one of those 9 had a handgun this situation would have been turned around as they would be hauling the dead body of the crazy man from the house instead of 9 charred bodies from a the smoking remnants of what used to be a house. Since the reality is weapons will be available either through legal or illegal means, its best to have the majority of those weapons in the hands of law abiding citizens than in the hands of crazy people who commit crimes with them. In the end the good guys need to be able to protect themselves, and even the Supreme Court has stated that the police have no responsibility to protect you in a dangerous situation. You are ultimatly responsible for your own well being.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 453050, member: 249"] Lol, anything that contradicts you is automatically "NRA propaganda". Those statements are not "propaganda", they are facts. Whether you like them or not allowing firearms in private hands is the best way to combat crime. Despite what you feel about guns let me put this to you. Its a quiet Saturday afternoon with just you and your significant other at home. A knock comes at the door and your significant other goes to answer it. As the door is opened you hear the sounds of screaming and a struggle coming from your from entry way as two criminals on crack are invading your home. Now, you have the choice of two objects within your reach. A cell phone or a .45 caliber handgun. You can make the call from the cell phone, but the police are 10+ min. away from you, and the bad guys are less than 30 seconds from finding you. They are not there to hang out, they are there to take as much as they can from you including your life if they have to in order to get as many of your valuables as they can. With the handgun you can at least scare them away, but with the cell phone they can possibly take it from you before you get to make a call, or worse yet it not connect or the battery happens to be dead at the wrong moment in time. I personally would want the handgun nearby than the cell phone. Sometimes its just best to shoot first and ask questions later. I know you may say that this situation took place in a bad neighborhood, but even here in my hometown of Indianapolis most home invasions/burglaries take place in rich neighborhoods where people have stuff. Not the ghetto where the criminals know few people have much of value. So even if you lived in a "nice neighborhood" this is a very possible situation. Finally, let me leave you with this. In the situation which began this thread you had one crazy man with a gun, and 9 unarmed people. Had one of those 9 had a handgun this situation would have been turned around as they would be hauling the dead body of the crazy man from the house instead of 9 charred bodies from a the smoking remnants of what used to be a house. Since the reality is weapons will be available either through legal or illegal means, its best to have the majority of those weapons in the hands of law abiding citizens than in the hands of crazy people who commit crimes with them. In the end the good guys need to be able to protect themselves, and even the Supreme Court has stated that the police have no responsibility to protect you in a dangerous situation. You are ultimatly responsible for your own well being. [/QUOTE]
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