Let's Get Controversial
Shall we?My contention is this: We all have the right to defend ourselves. The average man can kill the average woman with his bare hands. Taking away a woman's means of defending herself is depriving her of the right to defend herself. (Pretty clear and logical, I think.)
People in other countries get the idea that firearms cause a lot of unnecessary death and suffering. Actually, crazy people cause a lot of unnecessary suffering and death. Governments do too. Why just now my own government is trying to talk its self into starting yet another transparently self serving war over resources in Syria under the guise of a call to stand up for liberty and justice in moral indignation. It makes me want to barf.
Let me be candid, as that is just the way I like to handle things. I have deterred at least half a dozen assaults and car jackings in my life by prodcing my 9mm. Bad guys run away in general when you produce a firearm. No one reports that they almost got raped, assaulted, their car jacked, or kidnapped when they produced a firearm and deterred the crime. Accordingly, the impression those in other countries get is that firearms are a blight and yet I, as a woman, have, because of my firearm, the ability to go where I choose, when I choose to do so. I am no hostage to fear.
I am interested in all CIVIL and RESPECTFUL and well thought out feedback and questions and I thank you ahead of time for the same. Rude, offensive remarks will not be answered and will be deleted.
Have a beautiful day.
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I have a word for you: Ballistics. One needs to know the ballistics of the weapon and the ammo. Ballistics are everything. Thanks for your comment. D'accord! Live free of die!
Thanks for your thoughts! Carry on! (I always do.)
Again, you are talking about someone doing vengeance AFTER they have been stressed by an attack. NOT LIKELY. No sane person is going to react that way and that sort of instability would show up in psychological assessments, IMO.
A determined man at close range would give u no chance to produce or fire ur gun.
NO, I wouldn't like to be the one bound between the stakes (but I do appreciate the offer).
I was a good cop for 4 years. I loved the work. I worked with kids 4 nights a week, keeping them out of trouble and teaching them to respect the rules that help us all get along and one night a week of burglary patrol which was like playing high-stakes hide and seek.
Thank you for joining in the discussion!
But this is still one of the most beautiful countries on the messed up planet.
by the way, it's such as a tough discussion for me
Scary woman and frisky too. Daddy always said I'd "leave my mark on the world". Never dreamt he it would be with my teeth. (Muhuhahahahaaaaaa... watch out, Guadal...)
See you on your next blog, good nite Cailin and all
First of all a little History lesson. I am definitely not a Celt even though I live in the British Isles.
So let me get this straight. Am I to believe that you would like us all to take up arms to protect ourselves ?Just what kind of Society would we have if that were the case.
I prefer to live in peace with my fellow man,not assume that there are those that walk among us who would do me harm.
The gun issue will be debated from now till Kingdom come, and if a Country opts to allow it's people to carry arms so be it,but I for one am glad that I live in a civilised Society with strict gun laws.
Yes we have had our share of tragedy in this country from the deranged person who has little respect for human life ,but any weapon in the wrong hands can effectively become a murder weapon not just a gun.j.m.o.
I understand and appreciate your remarks and I wish my own land were more crime free like your own. As to your (rhetorical) question: I dunno... maybe FREE?
Uh, NO kingdom coming here. No union jack either.
Thanks for stroking my head too. I just love it when a man plays with my hair.
Oh we are far from crime free I can assure you. However I am a "free" woman and do not feel the need to carry arms.
As I said before this debate will run and run, but actually solve nothing, as we all have differing opinions on the subject.
Controversy is good if respect is shared in debate.
i'd love to read about your cop-life.
No doubt there will be a monetary value somewhere in this scenario, but then can a monetary value be levied upon a persons life?
Dictators Prefer Unarmed Citizens
Where ya been anyway... Christ, I thought I was gonna have to come and rattle your cage...
I'm against civilians owning guns.
If it makes you feel safe carrying a weapon then by all means carry it with the respect and caution of a sane person. Accidents will always be prone to happen in the least expected situations. Take care
bet that would lift a few eyebrows
But Sadly it is rising and The issue is only going to become more and more prevalent in the media and political arenas.
What would you like to see? The .357 magnums? The 12 gauge? The SigSauer? The Colt? The Browning? The 20 gauge? The rifle?
Yes, I am armed and loaded for bear. Proper tools and all, hey what!
yet I do like the right to have and carry a gun if I feel the need for it
On the drawing of a weapon what happened to the saying " Don't draw a weapon unless you're going to use it"