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Yes, I am prepared to kill someone who is trying to harm or kill me in my home, without a doubt. Being prepared does not mean I live in fear, I sleep well at night. Are you not prepared to kill someone if they are trying to kill you?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
You may not be actively doing anything but you are locking your doors so obviously you are afraid of intruders. You brought up being murdered in your home so obviously it is something you think about and fear. I just don't understand why you are living in fear of being murdered and yet even more afraid of having the means to defend yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
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Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
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“It's a good feeling, you know, to shoot a bad guy. Something you Democrats would never understand. Americans... we're homesteaders, we want a safe home, keep the money we make, and shoot bad guys.”
~ Denny Crane
:lol
You might as well have quoted Stephen Colbert.
I just watched that episode last night. Couldn't help but post it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spurminator
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0530522/?ref_=ttep_ep10
By definition it's living in an amount of fears if you actively prepare to kill someone every night.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
It's not a big deal.
I never said I was afraid to have a gun, and the fact I don't lock my door when I'm at home half the time must mean I am less fearful than those who are arming themselves every night.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnakeBoy
Why are gun folk afraid to admit they are afraid?
Because you keep repeating it doesn't make it true, I don't live in fear, I am prepared to deal with a threat against me if it ever happens. It's funny how you keep saying gun owners all live in fear when I can guarantee you're the guy who crosses the street when a group of black guys is walking on the side as you.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
And I'll ask you again since you dodged the question earlier, are you willing to kill someone if they are trying to kill you?
Nah. Why would I? We're just walking down the street.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
Of course you live in fear. There is no reason to arm yourself every night if you aren't living in fear.
sure. I just don't live in fear of that every day of my life like you demonstrably do.Quote:
And I'll ask you again since you dodged the question earlier, are you willing to kill someone if they are trying to kill you?
No one believes you.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Recognizing that crime is a reality and having a gun handy does not mean one is living in fear no matter how many times you say it. This brings me back to seat belts. I don't wear one because it's the law, I wear one because accidents happen. I don't drive in fear for my life.Quote:
Of course you live in fear. There is no reason to arm yourself every night if you aren't living in fear.
sure. I just don't live in fear of that every day of my life like you demonstrably do.
Do you have a first aid kit at your house?
Do you have a surge protector for your electronics?
Do you have bottled water/canned foods/flashlight in case of natural disaster?
Comparing Snapping on a seatbelt with moving a gun from a safe to a bedside table then back to the safe every single day isn't really a fair comparison. You're routine reeks of fear. The behavior you've described is irrational IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
so now securing a gun when I am not home is irrational? :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Th'Pusher
It's wildly excessive. As opposed to comparing it to wearing a seatbelt, a better comparison would be wearing a dental dam to sleep at night so that you don't swallow a spider :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...e-they-sleep1/
How do the majority of criminals acquire their guns?Quote:
Originally Posted by Th'Pusher
It's not irrational to keep your gun in a safe. As you should have noted by my apt comparison, what's irrational is moving it from your safe to your bedside table every night when you go to sleep. You've already bragged in this thread that you live In a low crime area. Do you really need to sleep with a loaded gun next to you? The whole scenario reeks of fear, if in fact you actually exercise that ridiculous routine...Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
lol speaking for others.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
lol another failed analogy.Quote:
Recognizing that crime is a reality and having a gun handy does not mean one is living in fear no matter how many times you say it. This brings me back to seat belts. I don't wear one because it's the law, I wear one because accidents happen. I don't drive in fear for my life.
Tell me, what are the odds of being murdered in a home invasion compared to those of being in a car accident of any kind?
Don't dodge this question.
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Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
What are the odds of cutting my finger compared to being murdered in a home invasion?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
What are the odds of a power surge compared to being murdered in a home invasion?Quote:
Do you have a surge protector for your electronics?
What are the odds of may power being knocked out compared to being murdered in a home invasion?Quote:
Do you have bottled water/canned foods/flashlight in case of natural disaster?
You have a specific fear of being murdered in your home, and that fear causes you to prepare to kill someone every night.
I have no fear of being murdered in a home invasion and I won't live in that fear. Violent crime peaked in the early 90s. I lived through that, so I'll just keep doing what I do. If someone really wants to murder me, they'll find a way -- but considering the percentage of homicides committed in the course of a home burglary (look it up, it is laughably small), chances are better it will be in the parking lot of a Buffalo Wild Wings for something I posted here.
What is irrational about moving a gun from a safe to a drawer at night and how exactly is a five second process ridiculous? Aren't you all about keeping guns out of the hands of criminals? And do I need to sleep with one next to me? I'll answer that when I can see in the future.Quote:
Originally Posted by Th'Pusher
keep telling yourself thatQuote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Dying in a car accident would have been a better comparison than a general accident imoQuote:
Tell me, what are the odds of being murdered in a home invasion compared to those of being in a car accident of any kind?
Don't dodge this question.
I will, and it's exactly right because you are trying to do just that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
Nope. they protect against injury in any kind of accident. And I have been in car wrecks of all types, including one that led to a fatality. Have you been involved in a home invasion murder lately?Quote:
Dying in a car accident would have been a better comparison than a general accident imo
But sure -- move that goalpost to help yourself out -- what are the odds of dying in a car wreck compared to being murdered in a home invasion?
Dude, you tried to equate being murdered in your home to a power surge to your computer -- then you try to limit seat belts to only preventing death.
Try to decide which extreme of preparedness you are going to argue here.
The odds mean nothing to medo you fear cutting your finger?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
do you fear a power surge?Quote:
What are the odds of a power surge compared to being murdered in a home invasion?
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What are the odds of may power being knocked out compared to being murdered in a home invasion?
do you fear a natural disaster?Quote:
You have a specific fear of being murdered in your home, and that fear causes you to prepare to kill someone every night.
I have no fear of being murdered in a home invasion and I won't live in that fear. Violent crime peaked in the early 90s. I lived through that, so I'll just keep doing what I do. If someone really wants to murder me, they'll find a way -- but considering the percentage of homicides committed in the course of a home burglary (look it up, it is laughably small), chances are better it will be in the parking lot of a Buffalo Wild Wings for something I posted here.[/Quote]nope. No fear. Sorry. Some just make different preparations for possible situations.
Obvious fear.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheSanityAnnex
If you have no fear of being murdered at home you wouldn't sleep with a gun by you.
I have a very real fear of dying in a car wreck and I'm not afraid to admit it. My experience and the statistics justify that fea. Why are you afraid to admit your fear of being murdered in a home invasion?
Do your experience and the statistics justify your fear?
Again we just see things differently. You go through life telling yourself it could never happen to me, it's rather naive.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChumpDumper