> For example, someone breaks into your house but isn't armed. You > point a > gun at him and he wrestles it away and shoots you. Were you really > "safer" > because of the gun?
No one should ever try to use a dangerous tool without at least a minimal amount of training. Cars, chainsaws, guns, whatever. (Knives and screwdrivers are my most- dangerous tools, at least based on their safety records.) For a gun, besides the basic safety rules which apply so's not to cause harm while handling it in a non-threatening situation, in a threat situation never let a threat get close enough to you that they could grab it before you could shoot them. Shoot them first, or back up rapidly so that you are in control of the situation. Most of what you see in movies is wrong. Y'ever see those movies where the bad guy talks his way close enough to the trepidatious gun-holder and then takes it? That _should_ be a bad guy full of holes. One also requires the will to act as the threat requires. If you don't have that will, you probably won't find the tool to be of much use, and could perhaps find it indeed turned against you. If you've had any training at all, and have a brain bigger than a squirrel, a gun is not dangerous to you or yours so long as you are the one holding it. -- Jim _______________________________________ 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
