So, the whole ‘hacking the thief’ solution is acceptable? Ivan? How do you feel about three feet of steel and a hairy naked man? It works on Jehovah’s Witnesses…
So no one showed up in a timely manner. Did you shoot anyone?
What does that have to do with owning a gun?
Not everyone lives in an area where patrol cars go.
My grandparents live in the country, heavy emphasis intended. There is 1 police officer in their area, and he works the day shift. He lives a solid 50 miles away from them.
And I’ve managed to live my entire life without chemotherapy, c-section, amputation, etc.
Does that mean that those shouldn’t be options for people who are in a situation where they might be warranted?
You can think that, but it doesn’t make it true.
At what point does the criminal bear any responsibility? I mean, its all the fault of the victim some seem to think. So the victim gets robbed, beaten, threatened or whatever and the criminal is supposed to be rewarded with a Tivo because the victim had a shitty lock or an open window?
Operative word bolded. Anything might happen. But plugging a burglar because he might rape your womenfolk (even when he’s making no moves to indicate he wants to) is what we’re talking about here.
At em? Hell yes I did. They got lucky that I wasn’t aiming particularly hard and wasn’t a good shot. Both bullets probably whizzed by within a few feet of their body. Unfortunately they were “serpentining” at the time. I had only fired a shotgun a handful of times in life before that, and I had never fired a handgun. I kid about the serpentine part.
If they had unfortunately died? meh…
We’re talking about two separate issues here. The right for the burglar to take your shit (he has no right…whether you lock up your shit or not) and killing someone who is stealing your shit but intends or attempts no bodily harm.
Well, when that perfect Intentometer comes in you let us know.
Meanwhile, I’ll bone up by reading “Tell Reading Criminals for Dummies”
Not sure what the 1st part means?
I think I get the 2nd question though, and yes, a hairy, naked man with a bat would certainly put off all but the hardiest petty criminal, nevermind one of the god squad .
FTR, the one time I did have a burglar enter my home while I was there, I was in the shower at the time. He ended up getting very badly beaten by a naked, dripping wet man. I did my very best to beat his chemically altered ass to death, but he escaped through the same door by which he had entered. The only reason I didn’t use a gun was because he was between me and where I stored the only gun I owned at that time.
The very next day I went out and bought a bathroom gun.*
*-One made from stainless steel and synthetics so as to resist corrosion.
You’re the one with the gun. You’re the one that needs the Intent-o-meter. Unless you’re a bloodthirsty thrill-seeker.
Actually, I was referring to my comment of having a sword, then referring to Master Wang-Ka’s assault on a group of J-W’s with same.
… bat?
CLEAVER.
Wouldn’t it be easier to move to a better neighborhood?
Well, if mines broken (like many SDMBers i have mild aspergers syndrome) then I guess Mr Tivo is outa luck then.
I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond for the after Chrismas sale. In the NRA section they had Guns N Soap on a Rope. Gun on end of the rope, soap on the other. Soap makes you feel squeeky clean and you smell like freedom and justice!
MOVING is now easier than purchasing a gun? Have you ever moved??
You may find it casually easy and trivially inexpensive to move. I do not. Thus, I refuse to be driven out of my own home by thieving shitbags. If he’d stayed out of my home, Mr. Hopped-Up-On-Goofballs burglar wouldn’t have got beaten like a gong. I didn’t go looking for him.
Sure I have. Moving might be harder than purchasing a gun, but it’s infinitely easier than killing an unarmed drunk with a VCR under his arm.