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Aussie105

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9. Don't overestimate the worth of a gun as a defensive measure.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2024, 11:34 PM

Dec 2024

Bad guys breaking in will bring bigger guns.

Police entering your house unannounced will come in with weapons drawn, and will be prepared to shoot as soon as they see a gun in your hand.
'He had a gun' is enough reason.

Not accusing anyone on DU of being involved in anything illegal that warrants a no-knock door busting gun drawn police raid at 4 am, but police sometimes get muddled up on the address. Some of them have 4 digits, can be confusing.

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Stephen King: I'm a gun owner, and I respect the rights of responsible gun owners. That said, the second amendment will [View all] highplainsdem Dec 2024 OP

Ditto. nt MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #1

If I had a hobby involved in the slaughter of kids, I would find a new damn hobby. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #2

WE need reasonable gun control. At this point that is all we can do. walkingman Dec 2024 #3

I Don't consider the constitution a hobby. It's life for my family. Groundhawg Dec 2024 #4

Gun owner Sapper52 Dec 2024 #5

Many (most) Dems own firearms Arazi Dec 2024 #6

We have our share of rabid anti-gun people. summer_in_TX Dec 2024 #7

True. RW media and the NRA are extremely effective propagandists Arazi Dec 2024 #10

Yes, and we don't have a communication strategy and system that does a darn thing to counter all the lies summer_in_TX Dec 2024 #13

repuke paradise Skittles Dec 2024 #8

From my previous post here on this subject.. Woodycall Dec 2024 #11

Don't overestimate the worth of a gun as a defensive measure. Aussie105 Dec 2024 #9

I've stopped having this discussion on DU Orrex Dec 2024 #12

We are not gun owners and have no plans to change that. ShazzieB Dec 2024 #14

If the 2A were implemented as it was intended, that would do the trick. Karadeniz Dec 2024 #15