No they don't, you're right. How many criminals are trained fighters though?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:27 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Gun Control, run from this thread now :) > > Y'all do realize that guns *don't* make you invincible. At > point blank range, your odds are just as likely that (if the > person that you're pointing at is a trained fighter) you'll > be disarmed, and probably lose function of a wrist or arm. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Gun Control, run from this thread now :) > > Two guys held up my cousin's jewelry store in Richmond. Too > bad for those guys, they didn't know that my cousin and his > brothers, the Baker boys, were all armed to the teeth. Both > of the those guys were carried out in body bags, and the > Governor gave my cousins a medal. You're damn right I would own a gun. > > On 3/15/07, Dana wrote: > > > > Sounds like Capitol Hill. As I understand it, the argument > is usually > > that if they take the gun away from you you're in much worse shape > > because > you've > > escalated the situation. I used to drive a cab out of > Prince George's > > county, and I was driving people like that around. Most of > those kids > > selling drugs don't see much hope for the future otherwise, > but they > > only shoot each other. It's stray bullets, robbers and > burglars that > > are the > real > > danger imho. > > > > On the other hand I lived in Maryland when I was in DC, and though > > some of those neighborhoods were pretty bad and even drug markets, > > nobody was getting *shot* outside my door. I did have to testify in > > two completely different murder trials though. One of them > was for a > > friend of mine who shot a ex-roommate who absolutely > refused to be an > > ex and kept coming back to the house and beating up an old man who > > lived there. My friend did > seven > > years out of twenty for killing him. Was it a good idea to > have that gun? > > > > I have to say that this went on for several months, the police were > > called many times and they were totally inept. But my advice at the > > time was > look, > > this guy is an asshole. Your landlord is an asshole. Those two guys > deserve > > each other. This house is not worth the drama. ::sigh:: > > > > Oh and a co-worker of mine was shot at his second job. He > died. This > > was in *Bethesda* > > > > You tell me. Would you have a gun? > > > > > -- > --------------- > Robert Munn > www.funkymojo.com > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230333 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
