Are you pro life?

[Sledge]

Page 14, A-Mike!

[Jersey Girl]

You're freaking obsessed. You're the last person who should own a weapon.

So basically you're doing the same thing you accuse me of. So back at you, do you know me well enough to say I shouldn't own a weapon??

Given the way that you obsessively and compulsively throw up gun videos here, the alarmist way in which you post about guns, the way you make an assumption without fact checking...yes, I think you shouldn't own a gun. Yep.

[Jersey Girl]

Did you answer my questions? What do you know about me and the nature of where I live or how I live? Answer those questions and I'll answer yours.

I know you don't like anchovies
And name the trees in your yard, hi Bob!!

Try again. I don't have a yard.

[Atlanticmike]

So basically you're doing the same thing you accuse me of. So back at you, do you know me well enough to say I shouldn't own a weapon??

Given the way that you obsessively and compulsively throw up gun videos here, the alarmist way in which you post about guns, the way you make an assumption without fact checking...yes, I think you shouldn't own a gun. Yep.

That's ridiculous and you know it!

[Jersey Girl]

Page 14, A-Mike!

Nope. Are you even reading the thread that you yourself started? Nope.

[Sledge]

Page 14, A-Mike!

Nope. Are you even reading the thread that you yourself started? Nope.

Of course I am. I replied to A-Mike on page 14 and never received a response. Here is my reply again:

No, my wife and kids have never needed to use a firearm for self defense. Why does that matter? Are you saying we shouldn't prepare for the worst??

Living is accepting a certain amount of risk. If you always prepare for the worst, regardless of the probability, you would hunker down in a shelter somewhere and never leave. It is extremely improbable, as evidenced by the historical data you just submitted, that your wife would need to use a gun in self defense. Depending on where you live, your wife is probably more likely to get struck by lightning--does she wear a non-conductive rubber suit everywhere she goes? Why not prepare for the worst?

Your wife is far far more likely to get injured in an automobile incident, yet I assume she still drives a car. Why aren't you preparing for the worst?

You see, we need to weight risk, benefit, and probability when considering guns. You will never need to use a gun for self defense; it's extremely rare. Yet it is more likely that the gun will be discovered by a child and the unthinkable happens. Guns are extremely dangerous, and they provide no benefit.

Ok! Now you answer my question. What should my wife do if a 200lbs man breaks into our house and wants to cause her bodily harm?

Won't happen.

Here's another one. What about the woman that experienced a rape in the past and feels more comfortable with a fire arm in the night stand, are you saying you want to take away her freedom to protect herself??

I recommend pepper spray.

Here's a rape victim that chose to carry a firearm after being trained how to use it. What you're telling me is, you want to deny her the right to protect herself?
https://youtu.be/RiSQ3vNTJTU

Nope. There are plenty ways to be safe and to protect oneself without carrying a dangerous death machine.

[Jersey Girl]

Ok Sledge. Gotcha.

[Jersey Girl]

Given the way that you obsessively and compulsively throw up gun videos here, the alarmist way in which you post about guns, the way you make an assumption without fact checking...yes, I think you shouldn't own a gun. Yep.

That's ridiculous and you know it!

You are ridiculous and I know it. If you think that owning a gun and knowing how to shoot it, is the ultimate key to your safety--you're living in a fantasy world.

[Atlanticmike]

AtlanticMike,

On page 14 of this thread, I replied to your questions, and now it appears you are ignoring me. Why?

Post all of the one-off Youtube videos you want; they are unconvincing. You are talking about an extremely low probability of events like these happening.

Yes, I understand you hate guns and want America to become Europe.

Here's what our founding fathers said about being armed

""Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more unsurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit it of.''

James Madison 1788



""Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force Superior to any band of regular troops.""

Noah Webster 1787



""Guard with jealous attention the public Liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that Jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that Force, you are ruined, the great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.""

Patrick Henry 1778



""The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are Peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.""

Samuel Adams 1788

[Atlanticmike]

That's ridiculous and you know it!

You are ridiculous and I know it. If you think that owning a gun and knowing how to shoot it, is the ultimate key to your safety--you're living in a fantasy world.

How do you protect your family?