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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 914617" data-attributes="member: 14668">I am glad that you are fortunate enough to live in an exclusive, gated community.I am glad that you are fortunate enough to be able to hire out the &quot;dirty work&quot; of your own security to the police whom you will call when and if your safety is ever threatened.I am glad that you have deluded yourself into thinking that you will never have to fear anybody.You want to hear a dirty little secret? Well here it is. Even though you would not deign to sully your pristine hands by touching one of those icky, yucky guns....you directly benefit from the fact that people like me own them.There is a reason that home invasions are far less common here than in countries like England. The reason...is that a would-be home invader is well aware of the fact that there is a better than 50% chance that the home he is breaking into belongs to someone with a gun who can fight back. So even if you are one of the 50% who doesnt own a gun....you are getting a free ride from those of us who do.The reality...is that you are a bigot. You are ignorant and fearful of guns, therefore you are bigoted and fearful of those who own them. You make ignorant and unfounded generalizations about people like myself who choose to take personal responsibility for their own well being instead of relying on the police to do it for them.Not everyone is as priveledged as you are. Not everyone can live in a gated community. Some of us live in rural areas, where a response to a 911 call might take half an hour or more. Not everyone has the ability to blissfully place their own security into the hands of others. Be grateful that you are one of those people...but try not to crap on the heads of the rest of us from your lofty moral perch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 914617, member: 14668"] I am glad that you are fortunate enough to live in an exclusive, gated community. I am glad that you are fortunate enough to be able to hire out the "dirty work" of your own security to the police whom you will call when and if your safety is ever threatened. I am glad that you have deluded yourself into thinking that you will never have to fear anybody. You want to hear a dirty little secret? Well here it is. Even though you would not deign to sully your pristine hands by touching one of those icky, yucky guns....[B]you directly benefit from the fact that people like me own them[/B]. There is a [I]reason[/I] that home invasions are far less common here than in countries like England. The [I]reason[/I]...is that a would-be home invader is well aware of the fact that there is a better than 50% chance that the home he is breaking into belongs to someone with a gun who can fight back. So even if you are one of the 50% who [I]doesnt[/I] own a gun....you are getting a free ride from those of us who [I]do[/I]. The reality...is that you are a bigot. You are ignorant and fearful of guns, therefore you are bigoted and fearful of those who own them. You make ignorant and unfounded generalizations about people like myself who choose to take personal responsibility for their own well being instead of relying on the police to do it for them. Not everyone is as priveledged as you are. Not everyone can live in a gated community. Some of us live in rural areas, where a response to a 911 call might take half an hour or more. Not everyone has the ability to blissfully place their own security into the hands of others. Be grateful that you are one of those people...but try not to crap on the heads of the rest of us from your lofty moral perch. [/QUOTE]

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