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Originally posted by charly
It's amazing how many people here think they are Bruce Willis characters.
A criminal comes into your house and you face him with a gun.
You are thinking if I shoot him I get into a lot of trouble, he's thinking if he shoots you he gets out of a lot of trouble.
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Now you're being silly.
If someone you don't know is standing in your hallway the first thing you think is "oh my, I better not hurt his pretty little tootsies, I could get in trouble!" Maybe in Europe. Maybe in Canada. Maybe in Australia. But not in the United States.
If someone that we don't know is in our house in the United States, putting our families at risk to who knows what, we care very little about that persons health or the "consequences" we may face. We care about our families only. They come first.
If you don't like guns, fine, thats great. Don't get one. I know plenty of girls that have been attacked, near raped, and raped while out and about. Could a gun have made those situations worse? Absolutely. Could a gun have made those situations better? Absolutely. It's all in the holder of the gun.
I have no problems with laws requiring people to learn gun safety, background checks, etc.
I find it interesting how people that aren't into guns always think it's about a power trip or some false sense of security. Guns are a hobby to many. They're protection to many. They're interesting to many.
Guns are not bad. It's the irresponsible people using those guns that are bad.