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Anthony William Sloman
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On Friday, October 21, 2022 at 2:37:27 PM UTC+11, Flyguy wrote:
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> Here is an astonishing fact: Democrats are more likely to be victims of violent crimes than Republicans. They are poorer and live in more dangerous neighborhoods.
All facts.
> Consequently, they are more likely to be interested in self-defense than Republicans.
A deduction, rather than a fact.
\"Thereâs good reason to believe that most defensive gun uses are never reported to law enforcement, much less picked up by local or national media outlets. \"
In other words they couldn\'t find much evidence of defensive gun use, presumably not enough to justify the real dangers of having a gun around the house, of which suicide by gun tops the list.Being right-wing lunatics they ignore that risk.
So he has risked his life and lives of his family members to be in a position to use it on a single occasion. He was trained in it\'s use and had to practice using the gun at regular intervals. Concealed carry users are less constrained.
> I don\'t care what you think you would do in this situation, or if you will ever be in the situation. It doesn\'t matter. But DON\'T YOU EVER decide FOR ME!!!!
Gnatguy hasn\'t noticed that he makes bad decisions every time he posts something here. Having a guy with his risible cognitive skills wandering around with a concealed and loaded gun isn\'t making the community any safer - quite the reverse.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
On Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 1:58:44 AM UTC-7, Don Y wrote:
On 10/12/2022 12:18 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 10/10/22 12:00 AM, Don Y wrote:
On 10/9/2022 11:13 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 10/9/22 12:19 PM, Don Y wrote:
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> Here is an astonishing fact: Democrats are more likely to be victims of violent crimes than Republicans. They are poorer and live in more dangerous neighborhoods.
All facts.
> Consequently, they are more likely to be interested in self-defense than Republicans.
A deduction, rather than a fact.
Defensive gun use isn\'t a myth - it is a FACT:
https://datavisualizations.heritage.org/firearms/defensive-gun-uses-in-the-us/
\"Thereâs good reason to believe that most defensive gun uses are never reported to law enforcement, much less picked up by local or national media outlets. \"
In other words they couldn\'t find much evidence of defensive gun use, presumably not enough to justify the real dangers of having a gun around the house, of which suicide by gun tops the list.Being right-wing lunatics they ignore that risk.
A gun is a tool just like any other. Now, I wouldn\'t give a Skil-Saw to an ignorant person w/o training and supervision - the same goes for guns.
You can own guns for many years and not have to use them. But one day you may. My brother was a cop on the SFPD for many years, and, of course, carried a gun every day. He never had to use it for many years until one day there was a hostage situation in a high-rise office building. He was close to the scene and responded. He talked about going up the stairwell as workers were streaming downwards in shear terror. As he got closer to the floor in question he could smell the cordite (gun powder). Entering the floor he saw the problem: one person was already dead on the floor and bleeding, a woman was being held at gun-point by the perp with a shotgun. The shotgun had a wire loop tied to it, which was around the head of the woman, and the perp had his finger on the trigger. The perp was the ex-boyfriend who was convinced that his ex-girl friend was screwing her supervisor (the dead guy). He was screaming stuff that was pretty much incomprehensible. There were FOUR cops there by then, each with their service revolver pointed at the perp. One was trying to talk the guy into releasing his ex-girl friend, but he wasn\'t listening. Then, there was a distraction (door slam or something), the perp looked away to see what it was and briefly took his finger off of the trigger; all four cops, including my brother, fired simultaneously, killing the perp. END OF STORY! This was the ONE AND ONLY time my brother had to use his gun in anger during his entire career.
So he has risked his life and lives of his family members to be in a position to use it on a single occasion. He was trained in it\'s use and had to practice using the gun at regular intervals. Concealed carry users are less constrained.
> I don\'t care what you think you would do in this situation, or if you will ever be in the situation. It doesn\'t matter. But DON\'T YOU EVER decide FOR ME!!!!
Gnatguy hasn\'t noticed that he makes bad decisions every time he posts something here. Having a guy with his risible cognitive skills wandering around with a concealed and loaded gun isn\'t making the community any safer - quite the reverse.
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Bill Sloman, Sydney