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Why citizens must own and carry firearms

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Bro. Curtis, Jul 12, 2006.

  1. PastorSBC1303

    PastorSBC1303 Active Member

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    I guess as a result of this thread I had better run out and get me a gun and some stickers to put on my home and cars:laugh: :rolleyes: :laugh:
     
  2. TaterTot

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    time to go shopping, SBC....you know we are right. :saint:
     
  3. Daisy

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    Are people less well-armed next door in Louisiana? Crime rate is high there.

    Is one thing to have arms in rural areas and quite another in the city where the potential for deadly mistakes is so much higher.
     
  4. Bro. Curtis

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    [snippy]

    You mean like the deadly mistake of walking your girlfriend home ?

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  5. Joseph_Botwinick

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    If you are not comfortable with it, then don't buy one. Just realize that when someone breaks in your home to do violence to you and your family, and you call 911 that by the time the police get there, you and your family will most likely be dead already. If you have a weapon with you, more than likely, the person who broke in your house will be dead.

    Joseph Botwinick
     
  6. Daisy

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    Or at least some stickers....
     
  7. TaterTot

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    Yes the crime rate is much much higher next door. We lived in New Orleans for 3 years before coming here, and you better believe we were armed. Even since the hurricane, the crime rate is back to an alltime high. It is difficult for an average citizen to legally carry a gun/pistol in that state. In my state, its quite easy.
     
  8. Daisy

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    You gonna sleep with a loaded gun under your pillow? What happens when the "burglar" happens to be your teenager sneaking home late at night?
     
  9. Joseph_Botwinick

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    Tragic accident that could have been avoided had the teenager not been so rebellious.

    Joseph Botwinick
     
  10. TaterTot

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    ya know I have actually worried about that same thing. My DH sleeps with his 38 right beside the bed and when I go to bed after him, I have often worried he would mistake me for an intruder, lol. He wakes up kinda wild-eyed at times, lol. So if yall hear a bunch of noise late at night, its either that me and DH are having a shoot out or SBC cheated on his diet and ate some bean burritos. :laugh:
     
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    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: (..the way you said it, Joseph, is a hoot.) :smilewinkgrin:
     
  12. TaterTot

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    Yep, I laughed out loud on that one! :laugh:
     
  13. Bro. Curtis

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    That's the funniest thing I have read here in a long time.:applause:
     
  14. PastorSBC1303

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    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
     
  15. Hope of Glory

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    We had an outsider come in and try to rob a bank a few years back. He was held at gunpoint by 17 people until the police arrived.
     
  16. Hope of Glory

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    Well, your second paragraph is a lot of it.

    As to the first, I worked in a business for many years that took me to some questionable places. There were three robbery attempts made against me (four if you count the attempted snatch-and-grab), two with guns. None were successful. In one of them, I was in a DC suburb, but was carrying legally. In one of them, although I was outnumbered, they decided it wasn't worth it and they ran to find easier pickings. In the other, I held the perpetrator (a wanted criminal) until the police arrived.

    Two of my co-workers were victims of car-jackings and they were both very anti-gun and thought they were more dangerous than anything else.

    As an aside, it's usually a bad idea to attempt a snatch-and-grab from someone who is 6'9" and 300 pounds.
     
  17. TaterTot

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    Hope, They are wise to stay away from you!! I had to laugh out loud picturing 17 folks holding a bank robber at gunpoint. Way to go!!
     
  18. PastorSBC1303

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    :saint: *mental note* leave Hope of Glory alone :saint:
     
  19. LeBuick

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    That makes two of us but I think I'll stick with just stickers. I never could hit the 25 or 50 meter target when I was in the military. I'd hate to shoot myself :laugh:
     
  20. LeBuick

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    Talk about having a bad day! :laugh:
     
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