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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:05 PM Original message |
Poll question: In light of the recent firearm controversies, let's take a gun self-defense poll |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. " have been armed while investigating a potential home invasion" but not with a gun. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hmmm... I'll fix that to "armed with a gun". |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Never had to deal with a home invasion myself, |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Note to potential thieves: Do not enter backscatter712's home. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. How about if I simply hit them in the head with a pistol? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Do the worst case one, and feel free to elaborate in a reply |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's too long of a story for me to type. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And you were acting as a private citizen? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yeah, we were pretty fed up with it all. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. You've led an interesting life, Tom. n/t |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Or spit the bullets at your target? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. How about another option: |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That would be a different poll |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. No option for criminal usage of a gun? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. If you're engaging in a criminal act... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Criminals use firearms to defend themselves far more often than non-criminals. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Well, what are we talking about here? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Doesn't really sound like the garage owner really defended himself. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. It was an attached garage |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. nt |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. whether true or not I'd heard all my life that the victim is more likely to be killed with his own |
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pbca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. It is 10x more likely that someone who lives in the home |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. That's a misleading statistic |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Suicide doesn't count? n/t |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. Suicides would happen with or without guns.. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. case closed |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-21-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. No, I've never owned a gun, |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
21. As a child, |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
22. Never had to defend myself, and I hope I never have to |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
24. Yes. I displayed my gun to my attacker(s) |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That is the usual result, I think |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Didn't see the need |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
25. Just because you have not used your gun to defend yourself does not mean you don't have a right to. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm a little surprised by this |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. I answered no |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. You forgot to add a question |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Start your own poll |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. Since I'm not a cowboy living in the Wild West, I do not own a gun. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 03:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Can you own a gun in the Netherlands? n/t |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I honestly don't know. It's just not an issue among the Dutch. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Just curious. What is your rate of gun fatalities in the Netherlands compared to the U.S.? |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. You would have to Google this; I don't know. |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. You forgot, "I shot my lawyer in the face while bird hunting." |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. I almost shot a guy who I thought was trying to break into my house. Come to find out, he was |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Glad you didn't shoot |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
43. one of the best things about a heavy-gauge pump-action shotgun for home-protection... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That sounds like a scene in a movie... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. i've had cops tell me the same thing... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. I'm sure your scenario, as you write it, is compelling, but I don't know about real life. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. my father has always kept a gun in his nightstand... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. He kept a "heavy gauge pump action shotgun" on his nightstand? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. you have a serious problem with comprehension, don't you? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. My comprehension is fine. My exchange with you started over your |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. how well did you comprehend this part of a sentence, then...? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. LOL, fine! Well then, why the switch from shotgun to pistol? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. possibly because my father used a pistol, and not a shotgun? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. No, but what you wrote is a common movie scene and I do like to do |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. list some movies that it's appeared in... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Well, I have been around so long it's hard for me to remember. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. exactly what i expected...thank-you. |
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Greyskye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. remember slide projectors? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Why isn't pistol whipped my attacker an option? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. What if I scared off an attacker by saying: "Say hello to my leeetle friend?" |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
50. I don't feel the need... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. I Don't Feel the Need Either |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ive never owned a gun |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
62. Never owned a gun - never will. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
68. I voted no but I've had two friends defend themselves |
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