--- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 15 Aug 2003 at 20:02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> > --- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Jan Coffey wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Once you have had the experience of home invasion
> > > you would understand.
> > > >
> > > > No Gun = No Sleep.
> > > >
> > > > I choose sleep.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Therapy?
> >
> >
> > <grimace> I'm harping here, but I have to say that I
> > would not be able to sleep well either without knowing
> > that I have the means to defend myself. You simply do
> > not feel safe or secure when you've wakened to find a
> > stranger standing in your bedroom doorway. (Well,
> > when I had a boyfriend who was a martial arts
> > practitioner as well as an experienced marksman, I
> > *did* sleep quite securely... ;) ) Having been both
> > assaulted and in severe accidents, I can personally
> > say that therapy is quite effective for accident
> > trauma, but residuals from assault continue for -
> > well, ever. Not crippling, mind you, but definitely a
> > factor in the back of your mind.
>
> The problem is that guns are too accident prone. (and illegal over
> here). I'm happy with keeping a throwing blade within reach when I
> sleep.
>
> And yes, I've had run-ins with skinhead thugs...but I've never,
> admitedly, been on the worse end of the resulting injuries.
>
You say that guns are acident prone. But you don't have a gun do you? You
havent had a gun around a lot, you don't know how they work or what features
they have so that accidents don't happen do you?
Why not give a for example. How does this accident happen?
What if someone drops the gun? No, modern guns will not fire when droped.
What if the triger catches on something? No, triger lock prevents that, along
with a very heavy triger.
What if someone walkes around their house with a fully loaded gun and puts
their finger on the triger, slips, falls and quezes the tigger on accident?
Then the gun would fire. But being recless like that is about the same as
driving around at 120kph with cruise control on, bare foot with you feet
drenched in baby oil.
What about lawn mowers? people don't mow the lawn bare footed for a reason.
What if a kid gets ahold of the gun? Well, they probably won't be able to
pull back on the triger anyway. But if they could, why were they able to get
to the gun in the first place? If you have kids do you put your car keys were
they can get them? what about draino?
If you have kids isn't every cabinet in your house kidproof? Don't you have
every outlet covered?
Well? I don't have kids, so my cabints are not locked, my outlets are not
covered, and my gun is close enough to be usefull.
Is anyone else tired of this topic yet?.. again?
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