Firearms. Yea or Nay?

[Randi]

If the reason you have a gun is to protect yourself, then I think it’s pretty far out. Why not get a pepper spray?

When John and I had some agressive neigbors (HA types) who threatened us, a girl we knew in Texas offered to send us a pepper spray, and we asked a police woman who was married to my cousin about using it, should they try to break in. She said if we did, we would be in big trouble as they are illegal here. She suggested to use a hairspray.

In any case, I believe that violence will only lead to more violence - and I honestly can’t see the reason for ordinary people to own a gun.

Just think about it.... if NO ONE had a gun, the problem would not exist.

[Puckstop31]

Randi...

Violence is a human condition. The tool people use to harm one another is not relevant. If NO one had a gun, this thread would be about banning swords, or knives, or baseball bats...

Like it or not, there are evil people in this world. I believe that to be truly free, a person should be able to protect themselves from that evil. It's not about fear... Its about freedom.

[RICHARD]

She suggested to use a hairspray.

And a match, for some reason I love to see that flame thrower effect. IT makes me giggle and laugh like a fool-


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I hope this still applies to this thread.

I had some of the MOST KICK ARSE BACON THIS WEEKEND. I cooked up a whole package, put most of it in a container and have snacked on it for a few days. I am not a HUGE bacon fan, the smell of it in an enclosed house early in the morning makes me gag........But, I just had to have some...

Maybe I am pregnant.

[JenBKR]

Maybe I am pregnant.

That would mean.....another RICHARD running around PT!

[blue]

Well Joe, I don't understand why you have taken offense this time. You and your fellow travelers have repeatedly expressed the need for guns for protection. So I accept that. There is something from which you feel the need for protection. There is something you fear. Some fear for which you must be prepared.

I cant speak for Joe, Tom, Dick, or Harry.

Would you go out into bear country when the salmon are spawning and the boars are looking for a mate? Brown bears are smart, Ive heard stories of them coming into an area after bear spray has been used. They will circle around and come from up wind, or is it down wind. I have had bears in camp less then 20' from my tent.

Im not Timmothy Treadwell, and Im not going to wind up like him. Im also not going to stop going out into bear country.

People in Anchorage and Eagle River jog carrying handguns, and not because they fear being mugged.

The area I live in now is for the most part safer then the area of Anchorage I last lived in. In Anchorage it was easier to chase off the hookers and get the Hells Angel's to deal with the drug dealers. The Mat Su Borough, where I live now is also the meth capital of Alaska and it is an area larger then some states. If I didnt have the dogs Ild probably own more guns. Dogs are a bigger deterent for break ins then firearms.

Puck has pointed out in this thread and his own that the 2nd Amendment protects the rest of our Rights.

Somebody famous said,

People should not be afraid of their Government, Government should be afraid of the People.

Ill add to that with,

Government should rely on the People, People should not rely on Government.

[blue]

Bearing arms.

“Ammunition is crazy. There’s a big thing out there saying they’re going to have a 200 percent increased tax on ammo. Everybody is getting a little paranoid ...

Gun sales way up following Obama election: People who weren't buying firearms flocking to stores.

"They're stocking up on ammo, too, because they fear that the administration is going to slap a tax on it." "We're the largest retailer of firearms in the ...

Gun sales soaring.

Business owners say that more people are expressing concern that there will be more gun control laws enacted, along with an increase in tax on ammunition. ...

[blue]

[lizbud]

Good picture of Obama. but really you should give credit to the NRA.
They love to scare folks into buying more guns by spreading fear. They
laugh all the way to the bank.

[Cincy'sMom]

Not to take the thread a different direction, but how 'bout a gun as a medical device....

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16207

[Cinder & Smoke]

... how 'bout a gun as a medical device....

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16207

OH YIPPIE!!




Granny sez: Have PALM PISTOL - Will SHOOT (anything I think I see)!

Maybe get her TWO - one for each arthritic hand!

Wonder who will be the first to hold it UPside Down, squeezing the safety switches,
then rest it on a table or their own leg ... *BLAM!* ...
HEY - Where'd my kneecap go?

Poor Mom ~ How did she ever survive 'Old Age' without one?

[Cincy'sMom]

OH YIPPIE!!


Poor Mom ~ How did she ever survive 'Old Age' without one?

That is a good questions. After all:

""It's something that they need to assist them in daily living," says Matthew Carmel, president of Constitution Arms in Maplewood, New Jersey, which hopes to manufacture the Palm Pistol - now just a patent and specifications.

"The justification for this would be no more or less for a [walking aid] or wheelchair, or any number of things that are medical devices," he says."

Come on, daily living?!? Same justification as a wheel chair?!?

[lizbud]

That is a good questions. After all:

""It's something that they need to assist them in daily living," says Matthew Carmel, president of Constitution Arms in Maplewood, New Jersey, which hopes to manufacture the Palm Pistol - now just a patent and specifications.

"The justification for this would be no more or less for a [walking aid] or wheelchair, or any number of things that are medical devices," he says."

Come on, daily living?!? Same justification as a wheel chair?!?

Does this mean you have to be kind to grandma, or you'll apt to get shot
by mistake?

[caseysmom]

Those folks from that nursing home could have used some of those.

[Lady's Human]

Liz, the NRA doesn't make one red cent when someone buys a gun.

[lizbud]

Those folks from that nursing home could have used some of those.

It's funny, but that thought did occur to me too.