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Originally posted by MrSpad
Most of the guns criminals have come from homes of gun owers the rob. Then again what are the odds of perfectly inocent person being the victim of a home invasion? You have far betters odds of shooting yourself then you ever do a criminal. I have never had to draw a weapon at home but, I also practice gun safety and also secure my weapons. Something clearly most gun owners do not. They are the problem.
Originally posted by cavtrooper7
Man, you mean an mp44, those are NFA, she's lucky BATF didn't see that.
Originally posted by Spike Spiegle
"San Francisco And Oakland Crowds Hand Over Guns In Buyback"
www.breitbart.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
In San Francisco and Oakland on Saturday, citizens brought their guns to sell to the police in return for cash. Every volunteer who returned a gun was $200 richer walking away. The line was so long in San Francisco that there was no cash left after lunchtime and I.O.U.s were substituted instead.
Oakland’s police chief, Howard Jordan, said, "When we remove guns off our streets that could be used in a crime, we reduce the possibility of our youth and community being a victim.”
There’s only one problem with this scenario: in all likelihood, it’s the law-abiding citizens returning g
CBS
Mercury
Originally posted by infolurker
reply to post by AuranVector
LOL,
I have some old junk .22's and Mosins that I would gladly turn in for $200 so then I could go buy a good one
Originally posted by Hijinx
reply to post by tjack
Do you have any combat training? Do you understand how easy it is to disarm someone? Ever been shot? Ever been stabbed? Which do you prefer I'd take a bullet over a stab wound any day, and to be honest in your own home a criminal is at a serious disadvantage. You are better off using something other than a gun, in a high stress situation where you could send a round through a wall and injure your family. In a CQC situation you want to neutralize your target as quickly as possible, and I don't know about you but people aren't necessarily easy to kill. You shoot the gun toting criminal and unless you've hit his hand, heart or head he is still 100% capable to empty his gun into you and your home. At which point you will likely do the same. Houses aren't meant to stop bullets, if you have children in your home think about that.
Do you have High stress shooting skills? Have you ever been shot at and had to return accurate fire? I'm willing to be my life the vast majority of American gun owners do not possess the necessary skills to accurately discharge their weapons in the dark under the stress that would come with an armed intruder. Standing in the dark and swinging a bat, a firing a taser at center of mass will put the most would be criminal on his ass guaranteed.
My logic, is not flawed. I have a family myself, I also own firearms. I however will not risk using a firearm inside my home for the exact fear a round could carry through the intruder into one of my loved ones rooms, or god forbid I get taken out giving them my firearms. I'm plenty happy to put my face on a poster professing I would not use my firearms on an intruder. It's too risky for the other occupants of my home.
Originally posted by Hijinx
reply to post by tjack
Do you have any combat training? Do you understand how easy it is to disarm someone? Ever been shot? Ever been stabbed? Which do you prefer I'd take a bullet over a stab wound any day, and to be honest in your own home a criminal is at a serious disadvantage. You are better off using something other than a gun, in a high stress situation where you could send a round through a wall and injure your family. In a CQC situation you want to neutralize your target as quickly as possible, and I don't know about you but people aren't necessarily easy to kill. You shoot the gun toting criminal and unless you've hit his hand, heart or head he is still 100% capable to empty his gun into you and your home. At which point you will likely do the same. Houses aren't meant to stop bullets, if you have children in your home think about that.
Do you have High stress shooting skills? Have you ever been shot at and had to return accurate fire? I'm willing to be my life the vast majority of American gun owners do not possess the necessary skills to accurately discharge their weapons in the dark under the stress that would come with an armed intruder. Standing in the dark and swinging a bat, a firing a taser at center of mass will put the most would be criminal on his ass guaranteed.
My logic, is not flawed. I have a family myself, I also own firearms. I however will not risk using a firearm inside my home for the exact fear a round could carry through the intruder into one of my loved ones rooms, or god forbid I get taken out giving them my firearms. I'm plenty happy to put my face on a poster professing I would not use my firearms on an intruder. It's too risky for the other occupants of my home.
Originally posted by Hijinx
reply to post by tjack
Do you have any combat training? Do you understand how easy it is to disarm someone? Ever been shot? Ever been stabbed? Which do you prefer I'd take a bullet over a stab wound any day, and to be honest in your own home a criminal is at a serious disadvantage. You are better off using something other than a gun, in a high stress situation where you could send a round through a wall and injure your family. In a CQC situation you want to neutralize your target as quickly as possible, and I don't know about you but people aren't necessarily easy to kill. You shoot the gun toting criminal and unless you've hit his hand, heart or head he is still 100% capable to empty his gun into you and your home. At which point you will likely do the same. Houses aren't meant to stop bullets, if you have children in your home think about that.
Do you have High stress shooting skills? Have you ever been shot at and had to return accurate fire? I'm willing to be my life the vast majority of American gun owners do not possess the necessary skills to accurately discharge their weapons in the dark under the stress that would come with an armed intruder. Standing in the dark and swinging a bat, a firing a taser at center of mass will put the most would be criminal on his ass guaranteed.
My logic, is not flawed. I have a family myself, I also own firearms. I however will not risk using a firearm inside my home for the exact fear a round could carry through the intruder into one of my loved ones rooms, or god forbid I get taken out giving them my firearms. I'm plenty happy to put my face on a poster professing I would not use my firearms on an intruder. It's too risky for the other occupants of my home.
Originally posted by SLAYER69
Besides, I too have a couple of old crappy worn out rifles that are functionally on their last legs
I could use a couple of hundred for eachedit on 23-12-2012 by SLAYER69 because: (no reason given)