butthead aka 216

so i should trust the guy who has no respect for me or my property to not injure me??

or i should just let him raid my home of valuables without confronting him? and if i do confront him cross my fingers he doesn't have a weapon??

seems like im puttin a lot to chance in the guy who just broke into my house to steal my property

djchameleon

This is basically what he's getting at. Just let the burglar take your shit

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butthead aka 216

in that case i believe anyone on earth should have the right to defend their property

Urban Hat€monger ?

No i'm not.
I'm saying you're probably less likely to be shot yourself if you have a baseball bat rather than a gun.
A baseball bat says to an intruder I'm going to defend myself if I have to
A gun says I can kill you.

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midnight rain

You should call 911.

butthead aka 216

so i can file a police report and hope i get some of my stuff back? good chance i am never seein my stuff again once he leaves my home, even if he is eventually caught. police dont usually stop crimes in progress, they show up after its been committed


we are really talkin about a specific hypothetical the last few responses. lets say someone had the intention or murdering me for whatever reason. he has a gun and comes into my home. do you think i should be allowed to have a gun as well to defend myself?

midnight rain

I just don't see how putting your life on the line is worth it for materialistic items. If the robber is strapped too, there's a very good chance you'll be the one shot dead


Would a person intent on murdering you make his presence known to you if there was a possibility you were armed? You might not even have the opportunity to grab your gun

You also have to take into account it would be harder for that person to obtain a firearm in the first place as well.

But in reality that would probably be one unfortunate situation where you would be worse off with stricter gun control. In the big picture I'd expect a drop in homicides

djchameleon

I don't think that would be the case. Not with how saturated our environment already is with guns.

Stricter gun control is only making it harder for honest citizens that just want to protect themselves to get the guns.

The ones being used for a large majority of homicides aren't from people that get them through legal means.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

No I would imagine they're just stolen from ones that are.
Hence less legal guns, less illegal ones too.

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djchameleon

The only way there would be less legal guns at this stage in the game is if they started taking them away from people that already had them. That's my point about how saturated our culture already is with guns.

Also guns are trafficked across the border so it's not all stolen ones.

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