"jps" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:31:53 -0500, lil abner wrote:

thunder wrote:
On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:56:14 -0800, jps wrote:


The predators will come for the ones offering the least resistance
first.
You watch too much television or you're just old, feeble and paranoid.

I don't know if he's old and feeble, but he's definitely paranoid. I
don't have a problem with guns. If you want to carry, go for it, but if
you think you need a gun for protection, you have been watching to much
television. I'm 60 years old, and I've never been shy about where I
travel, but in all that time, I've never been in a situation where I
though I needed a gun. I have been in a few situations where I'm glad
guns weren't around. I don't even like carrying the weight of a watch,
I
sure can't see carrying a gun around for years, on the off chance I
might
have a use for it. Hell, the average cop never pulls his gun.
I've never been shot at but.
In the mid seventies we had our home invade, while we were sleeping. The
trauma so upset us that my wife would not remember it for a long time.
I thought I had just dreamed it for some time. We haven't brought it up
to our Daughter ever because she hopefully has no memory of it as she
was only 4 or 5.
There have been a few times over the years that we found ourselves, in
situations that we transited without any problem but the dice could roll
the other way sometime.
I don't carry but have, in the past, in the course of my job.
We've been broken into one other time and had different vehicles
vandalized several times. Dirt in the gas ruined children's little four
wheelers. Daughter's truck has had fuel filters changed and line flushed
three times. Boat motor almost ruined by someone putting water in the
tank. We live in a rural area and have great LEOs. Most of the time we
simply said nothing because, there was nothing to be gained except for
the one time and we were so traumatized that we denied it happened for a
long while.
The need to protect one's self and their family is great. A firearm is
appropriate, in many situations.

A dog would be more convenient. Sensor driven lighting? A simple
security system. There are so many deterrents available. Guns are
not a deterrent until they go off. Too often they go off in the wrong
direction for the wrong reason.


Dogs are ok, but they can be bribed a lot of times. Unlike cats. They were
used in Thailand as guard animals.

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