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15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 0 replies · +1 points

But it's true - and you know it. Hence why there was no denial - just a weak jab.

Thanks for making my point.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 1 reply · +1 points

Yes, the dogs are a good start. That's being proactive. Stocking up on guns and ammo is being reactive. Do you understand the difference? These mystery thugs will choose the other house - the one without the dogs, the alarm, the motion sensors, etc.

The thugs aren't coming though - I know you think they are, but I think you watch too much TV.

And teaching your kids about all of these thugs that are going to break into your house with guns and shoot and kill you - no, that's not paranoia. Not at all.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 3 replies · +1 points

You're missing my point again.

I'm not talking about deterring your guns - I'm talking about all of those home invaders that you're so paranoid about! Your goal should be to deter those guns from ever entering your home.

If you don't want them invading your home with guns ablaze, then make it more difficult for them to do so! Be proactive, not reactive (hypothetically of course since these gun-toting home invaders are mostly just movie characters)

The 2nd Amendment doesn't discuss gun safety. The 2nd Amendment doesn't talk about what would happen if a child witnesses his/her father shooting someone. The 2nd Amendment doesn't clean the blood off of your floors and walls.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 5 replies · +1 points

Don't be so defensive about your self-imposed "liberal code." Pickups just make more sense to me than compact Japanese imports. I guess I could have thrown out the conservative code and said Subaru - you know, the incredibly practical and reliable car brand that seems to bother some people out here.

The lightning strikes do not surprise me. And for that, I now understand why you might be a little paranoid. So forgive me.

Your house seems fairly secure - and I love the line about the stars. A good alarm system, some exterior lights, and good landscaping would help it be even more secure. The goal is for the guns not to come into your home. So by doing all of those things proactively, a murderous thief (with a gun) will choose a different house.

But if you have no lights, no alarm, and trees that offer good hiding spots - a thief might think your house is a good one to enter. Naturally, you'll be right there to blow his head off though. And then you'll have all kinds of stains to clean and your kids will have nightmares forever.

I'd rather deter the home invaders than invite them in. Sorry.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 7 replies · +1 points

Bad people exist alright - and plenty of them have legally purchased guns in their homes and pickups. I'm a big city boy - so being naive just doesn't exist in my DNA. I'm more of a realist - and stocking up for the fear of a home invasion just doesn't make sense. You're more likely to be hit by lightning or a falling tree.

You know how you can be prepared? Move to a neighborhood with less crime. Maybe one with a quality police department. Install an alarm system that is connected directly to the aforementioned quality police department. Purchase your locks from reputable dealers and not the bargain basement ones at Walmart. Adopt a dog. Install motion detectors on your exterior lights.

Just a few ideas on how you can be prepared. All of which fall short of owning deadly weapons that are more likely to be stolen or used inappropriately than used for your intended purpose.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 9 replies · +1 points

Sorry, but your argument for stocking up on guns and ammo is pure paranoia. The statistics tell us that armed home invasions are far fewer than you'd like to think.

Feel free to live in fear. I'll leave my front door unlocked tonight in honor of you.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 0 replies · +1 points

You sound like the Holocaust deniers who claim without any proof that 6,000,000+ is an exaggerated number.

Or the 9/11 conspiracy nuts who claim that the 3000+ is an exaggerated number.

Everything was great in the Superdome. It was the media's fault again. But only the East Coast Liberal College Graduate Elite Media, right?

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 11 replies · +1 points

You obviously have no interest in being part of the solution. That is why owning more guns is not helpful. It might make you feel better at night knowing that you have a weapon to kill people with - but it doesn't help society as a whole.

Again, if you focused more of your energy on helping people and trying to make a difference in your community and less time preparing for the apocalypse, maybe your community would be in better shape.

But naturally, you're either lazy, a hypocrite, or both.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 0 replies · +1 points

Firstly, he was deemed sane or else he would not have been executed.
Secondly, I think plenty of the tea baggers are insane.

15 years ago @ Big Government - Judges, Guns and Money... · 0 replies · -1 points

Most gun deaths occur at the hands of governments?

huh?

Back to the whole the government is out to get us bit.

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