Yeah same here. These are great stories of people defending themselves, and i'm glad they beat the odds. But statistically, they are in the minority.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Just looking at the stats. > > We probably are going to be discussing past each other on this > (arguing cases and emotional stories vs stats and research) so I'll > just bow out at this point. > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I suspect you have had very little experience with armed grannies. Most > of > > us who have weapons know how to use them, and aren't afraid to do so. > > > > Last person who messed with me, I took them out with a tire iron. I would > > have done even more damage to him if I had been armed. I'm only 4'11" > but > > I cover every inch of ground I stand on. > > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> More likely he beats the crud out of her, steals the gun, uses it in a > >> robbery where someone is killed, and then sells it for $500. > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:52 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > yes, i know this fantasy well. > >> > > >> > Granny is awoken by a noise somewhere in the house (the noise is loud > >> > enough to wake her, of course, but not to give the prowler second > >> thoughts > >> > about leaving...and the noise occurs early in the break in, giving her > >> > plenty of time to take up her defense). She quietly and adeptly > unlocks > >> her > >> > gun and loads it in the dark (since all responsible gun owners keep > their > >> > guns locked and unloaded, right?). > >> > > >> > She then creeps out into the living room, where she sees a man > standing > >> > there ready to do something really bad. She points her gun, the man > sees > >> > it, is terrified, and runs away into the night, never to bother her > >> again. > >> > Hooray granny with a gun! > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360990 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
