Prisoner_Number_Six
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 03:17 PM
Original message |
There's an armed man assaulting people in my apt. complex. |
|
I had a notice pinned to my door this morning warning there has been several armed assaults in the parking lot of about half a dozen buildings here. A generic description was given, but it means next to nothing- should I now avoid all average-height black men with gold teeth?
At least that explains why that unmarked cop car was parked outside last night.
I have GOT to get a pistol. I will NOT be assaulted without an equal response available to me. I will NOT.
|
billyoc
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 03:32 PM
Response to Original message |
1. You're in TX and you don't have a gun? |
|
I'd die of fright if I didn't have 2 guns.
|
anarch
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 03:34 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
2. for real...I thought that was against the law there |
Prisoner_Number_Six
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 03:36 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh, I have a gun alright... |
|
It's a 20ga. pump action scattergun- not exactly the kind of thing I want the cops to see me with after dark, if you know what I mean...
:rofl:
|
Javaman
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 04:17 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
6. Heck I have a gun just to shoot the lights out at night! LOL nt |
Mugu
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 04:03 PM
Response to Original message |
4. I have kept an "L" frame S&W under my pillow my entire adult life. |
|
It's not be my weapon of first choice, but it can provide me the time needed to get to my feet and retrieve my weapon of choice. A 12 ga. just doesn't fit under my pillow.
With any luck somebody will shoot holes through the perp so decent folk can live in peace.
Regards, Mugu
|
SteppingRazor
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 04:12 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
5. Wow. And you've managed to not blow your head off? |
|
I own four handguns, and I'm very comfortable using them, but there's no way I'd sleep with one under my head. You crazy!
|
Mugu
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 05:05 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's a double action revolver. |
|
How do you touch one off accidentally? A single action auto like a Glock I agree, there's no way. But a double action revolver doesn't go off accidentally.
Regards, Mugu
|
Wcross
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Thu Oct-25-07 06:40 PM
Response to Original message |
8. In a gunfight, having your own gun might be a good idea. |
|
Too late for your current situation though. You can't just buy a pistol and expect it to do anything but get you killed unless you train with it. I have a carry permit but rarely carry. I rarely go anywhere at night and am very careful of where I go when I do. I have it in case I need to carry in response to a specific threat. It isn't something you can do in a day. Hopefully the cops will nab him soon. We have been getting a LOT of store owners/clerks shot over money in the Nashville area lately. Things are getting bad in our economy so expect a LOT more of this type of crime.
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Sun May 05th 2024, 09:04 AM
Response to Original message |