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Never forget, and no it is not just like a knife.
When I feel like it.So when is it time take the gun back out?
Loaded with one in the chamber, it's a DA/SA.And you keep it loaded all the time? In and out of the safe?
Never forget, and no it is not just like a knife.
When I feel like it.So when is it time take the gun back out?
Loaded with one in the chamber, it's a DA/SA.And you keep it loaded all the time? In and out of the safe?
When do you feel like it?
Like if a squirrel runs across the roof, is that a triggering mechanism to get it out?
You ask some really stupid questions. Is it really this hard for you to grasp that there are millions of extremely responsible gun owners like myself?
that makes me feel better
No not at all.
Just checking how responsible you are. I have lots of friends that own guns. But they don't keep a loaded gun in their nightstand. They don't seem as fearful as you. It's interesting.
My my wife won't allow guns in our house. A kid accidentally shot another kid while she was taking piano lessons. Right in front of her. So everyone has their baggage, what's yours? And yes we (she) own guns, but they are not in the house.
(CNN) -- Sandra Bullock came face-to-face with a man who allegedly scaled a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire to get into her house last month, according to a police search warrant.
The warrant, obtained by TMZ, said that Bullock, upon hearing banging inside the house around 1 a.m. June 8, found the intruder in the hall outside her bedroom door.
What good are your guns for protection if they aren't in your home? I'm not fearful I'm practical. If someone comes in my home I'll have the means to defend myself. It's not a guarantee that I'll come out on top but I like my odds.
They are her grandads. His WWII collection and his own personal handguns and hunting rifles. Stay in the family, but not in the house. Have you ever heard of such a crazy way to acquire guns, just un fathomable, eh?
I think practical involves waking up in the middle of the night to some sound that might indicate a breakin, and realizing I am usually very groggy and not on high alert, snap to marine mode. And that my chances of doing something very stupid are greater than preventing an intruder from harming me.
But that's just me, I don't wake up well, and alert. So your practical is not my practical.
Fair enough. I wake up easily and am alert. I also have a flashlight attached to the bedside gun to identify what I'm pointing my gun at.
I am interested in the what looks to be almost reveling in the fact that people have guns to protect themselves.
Like its macho. It's weird. I would hope I would never have to use it, versus, "I dare you to step foot on my property".
Its not a mindset of protection, it's more like come and get it.
Bizarre...
Some people probably do hope for the chance to shoot an intruder. I hope I never have to use mine. Killing someone would probably haunt me everyday, but I'd do it if my life or my loved one's life were in jeopardy, no doubt. I am responsible for my own well being, to rely on anyone else (police) is foolish.
what are the odds that will happen to me. My guess is less than a 1% chance.
But hey, if you're scared it might happen to you, by all means, get a gun.
( number of residence invasions / number of residences ) per year would give you some idea.
Probability is much higher that your gun will kill yourself, your family, friends, strangers before it will kill a residence invader.
I have much more control over one of those probabilities. With just a little bit of thought and precaution, I can lower the 2nd one you mentioned to just about 0.
And if someone does get into my house, and if I have a gun, I can also lower the probability that he will hurt my family as well.
I'm curious boutons...how do you protect your home?
San Antonio in general is much higher than a 1% chance. Care to let us know exactly where in San Antonio you are so we can get an actual number?
Northside. Yeah, I'd be interested in an actual number.
You really have to assess your own personal situation.
We all get into cars with other drivers on the road that could easily kill us. With all these driver wanted signs posted on the backs of 18 wheeled vehicles here in South Texas... We as a society have accepted death by car as a biproduct. Don't take away my transportation freedom, that's the rallying cry. 16 year olds and people who can't see are react any more are driving tonnage. 75 mph speed zones in some places?
We make our choices on acceptable deaths.
Can't really search it by "northside" and I know you probably don't want to reveal what part of northside so you'll have to search yourself.
I just hope this never happens to you, especially if you have kids.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/learning...083807265.html
liberals now gun owners after violent home invasion
The only people who want to hurt me are SA210, SBM and Roberto Diaz and all of them think I am some dude named David.
National average of burglaries is roughly 3.7 million per year
"In contrast, the rate of household burglary when someone was home remained stable between 2000 (8.5 per 1,000 households) and 2007 (8.3 per 1,000 households."
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/ascii/vdhb.txt
So roughly a .84% chance on national average?
I can't imagine it's any higher where I live.
xmas said he wanted to hurt you but I guess that was a bad joke on his part
He meant like a hot dog splits a fragile bun
http://www.usa.com/san-antonio-tx-cr...crime-rate.htm
The San Antonio crime rate is higher than the Texas average crime rate and is much higher than the national average crime rate.
Crime Index, #650
The crime index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the crime level in a region. Higher crime index value means more crime.
San Antonio, TX 2,965.79 Texas 2,039.24 U.S. 1,723.80
Many of the same posters I have on ignore.
Coincidence... I think not.
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