To be honest, I’ve never heard of an actual case like this, only seen the premise dramatized for various TV shows.
I’ve read about stuff like that happening in the newspapers. I’ve never seen it on TV shows, however, at least in part because I watch relatively little TV.
Right on, bengangmo!!
Shooting bears who break into your house is one thing, maybe. However, I know a guy my own age who owns a gun so he can shoot the beavers in his back yard. It’s sickening, especially because beavers are harmless animals who do lots of good. It’s probably never occurred to this particular guy that the fact that beavers tend to build dams might well prevent his yard and possibly his house from being flooded out in the event of a super-fierce tropical storm or hurricane. One doesn’t have to live near a lake, a river, a stream or near the ocean for that to be a possibility.
Anyone I’ve ever known to have beavers on their property have found them to be problematic. They don’t stop flooding they cause it.
Keep in mind, we’re talking to someone who uses Aileen Wuornos as an example of using a gun for self-defense. :rolleyes:
Do you not see the contradiction in your own words?
I haven’t looked at this thread in awhile but did anyone actually answer the OP saying that they would not go to someone’s house if asked to not carry their gun?
Couple of folks made that implication, don’t think anyone said it was a certainty.
I disagree with you, jtgain. A homeowner has every right to insist that a guest not bring his or her firearm into their home. The guest(s) have to respect that and comply, or leave. That’s what I’d do and say if faced with that situation.
Y’know, independent, we kinda covered all this ground about eight pages ago. Y’know, just so you know.
I read this same line of thought in your manifesto that was posted and subsequently locked a few days ago. In all actuality, Guns are more likely to be not used in either self defense or a crime. The overwhelming number of guns owned by private hands, (95%+) will never ever be used in any sort of elicit or defensive situation. You can keep on making contrary statements, but you know that they are not true.
Some people said they would either go, and not tell the host they were carrying, or just not go. I don’t think anyone explicitly stated that they would not go.
I suspect a beaver dam would do little in the event of a tropical storm or hurricane beyond increase the number of twigs floating in the water covering your yard.
Yeah, and the same ground was covered eight threads ago. Frankly, short of some new technological advance, I don’t see gun threads changing anytime soon. They’ll just be retreads.
Abortion and death-penalty threads, too.
ponders what new technological advance might change the course of future gun threads
googles home metal detector
Nah. Go look up Van Vogt’s Weapons Shops of Isher. (Might be a while before we get to that level of technology.)
Actually, I was thinking guns that could only be triggered if the person holding them had the right fingerprints or DNA, but okay.
I imagine this isn’t too far away. Considering we have locks now that only open with a retinal or fingerprint scan, it wouldn’t be that hard, albeit, probably expensive, to add that technology to a handgun. I’m sure the gun lobby would oppose it but that is another thread.
I feel sorry for people that feel they need to be armed to go to a friend’s dinner party. I for one support gun rights and support your right to carry guns. I have guns, but I don’t want you taking your gun to my house. Call me a hypocrite, I don’t care, but if you are coming to my house I want you leave your gun in your car. Unless of course I’m having a gathering to specifically look over guns. Then I’d expect it to be unloaded and trigger locked. Expecting responsibility isn’t denying your second amendment rights.
People, people. Did we learn nothing from Judge Dredd?
Any CCW holders here carry their weapon into work? Assuming you’re not a LEO or armed guard.