Unlike your neighborhood, we have real crime here. Also, I don't have to <<get the weapon out of it's storage, find the ammo and load it,>> as it is always ready to go. Our youngest kids are in their 30s and they lives all their lives around guns and obeyed the rules. When the g-kids come around the guns are put out of reach. But if someone were to break in I'd have a loaded, cocked gun in a few seconds.
Also, in the reports where a citizen fights back the bad guys usually run when they know the target is armed. Just look at the recent Va Tech shooting - 32 people killed as the gunman waked the halls and shot people as the cowered under desks - their only defense since the college dictated no firearms on campus. Naturally those laws/rules didn;t stop the gunman. One of the victims was a deathcamp survivor - he blocked the door as some students escaped before the gunman broek in and killed him and the remaining students in the room. If that prof had been armed he could have stopped the killing right there - There are case after case where a citizen with a gun must fight back against a bad guy. As often as not, an unarmed victim will be killed by the badguy - they are not very merciful - while the armed victim escapes to live another day. http://www.nraila.org/ArmedCitizen/ tells some of the stories. The lamestream media will not report these stories - if they do they leave out the part about the citizens being armed and fighting back. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hendrik & Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT guns > This is one of those arguments that can go round and around in circles, > sure this scenario can happen but it can also be argued that by the time > you get the weapon out of it's storage, find the ammo and load it, the > baddies have you overpowered and (in case they where not already) are > now armed with your weapon. > Also most people don't shoot or shoot and miss when it comes to the > crunch, the British army did a study a few years ago and found that less > than 5% of it's soldiers are capable of killing. > Thankfully I live in a civilized part of the world and the worst crime > that happens around here is that some bored kids steal a wheelie bin or > spray graffiti around the place. > Of course we do get home invasions but 99 out of a hundred it is to do > with drugs or payback between criminals. > I don't know but don't you folks over there ever wonder why you need to > be armed to the teeth to supposedly defend yourself from bad guys? Is it > a hang over from the wild west, is it a greed thing or just a freak of > nature that there are so many weirdos wanting to harm decent citizens? > > Hendrik > > LarryT wrote: >> Hi Hendrik, >> Just curious, suppose a couple of bad guys (or just 1) decide to >> kick >> in your door - they aren't the sympathetic type and >> not inclined to be nice and take what they want and leave. You and Fay >> are at their mercy for the >> 4-60 (or more) minutes it takes the law to arrive. Wouldn't you like to >> be >> able to grab a gun from its lockbox and >> defend yourself and Fay? Do you really want to depend on the >> benevolence >> of 1 or more bad guys who may >> not like you or Fay? >> >> The above happens every day and sometimes, those involved are able to >> retreive a gun and run the bad guys off - >> >> Did you know there are between 700k and 3 million occurances of guns >> being used (typically merely by exposing the gun) to stop or prevent an >> act >> of violence? The estimates are courtesy of the GAO and other groups - >> it >> is very hard to determine the actual number since they are never reported >> unless something actually happens. Many groups think the number is >> closer >> to 2 million annually. >> >> My D-I-L was against having a gun in the house - until a neighbor was >> assaulted in her home and it took 35 minutes for the police to arrive. >> >> Take care - >> >> Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
