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In reply to the discussion: The problem is that too many gun owners are more afraid of ****CRIMINALS**** and/or [View all]Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)33. I've actually defended myself with a gun without firing a shot
Against a man who had a good 100 pounds and a foot height advantage on me who had a knife. It was an instant equalizer against a man who thought the short woman in the parking garage was an easy target- the dynamic changed from him feeling he had every advantage to him turning to run.
I've never had one of my guns used in a massacre nor been threatened by one.
I'll just leave my decisions on what I do based on my leaned experience instead of someone else's supposition about what's best for me.
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The problem is that too many gun owners are more afraid of ****CRIMINALS**** and/or [View all]
hedgehog
Oct 2015
OP
Despite the fact that violence in general has been dropping for decades
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#2
If tens of thousands of Americans were not killed every year by handguns and semi-autos,
tabasco
Oct 2015
#29
Which google shows no mass murders but individual and of course accidental.
uppityperson
Oct 2015
#17
The intended purpose of a firearm is to expel a projectile at a high rate of speed with accuracy...
TipTok
Oct 2015
#47
But the chances of any one person being the victim of crime are very small. Maybe we have to take
hedgehog
Oct 2015
#24
I don't fear government to the point of hyperventilation like a right wing gun nut, but ...
Old Union Guy
Oct 2015
#34