# Price for gun rights is paid in PA.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-for-gun-rights-is-paid-in-pa/492005>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 4, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-for-gun-rights-is-paid-in-pa/492005 "2009-04-04T22:55:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-for-gun-rights-is-paid-in-pa/492005/374 "2009-04-07T16:58:07Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> Um, what?

> [@Ok, if I shouldn't \_shoot\_ the intruder, then...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-if-i-shouldnt-_shoot_-the-intruder-then/482060/270):
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> I stopped burgling houses six years later, not because I was afraid of getting caught by the police, but because I burgled a ‘gangster’s’ house by mistake, and was made to realise the error of my ways, in that you never knew who’s house you were robbing if you were an opportunist thief. If the householders had made it harder for me, I’d have moved on to robbing business premises a lot sooner.

Said gangster tracked him down, and advised **Ivan** not to “shit on [his] own doorstep in future.”

> [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](#):
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> Because I think the debate on gun control does not turn on anyone’s particular personal history, I do not think those facts are relevant. We are not arguing “What is the origin of so-and-so’s beliefs about gun control?” we are debating what would make good policy in these United States.

And if we are to decide whether stronger gun control in the United States is a good thing, does the support of former criminals who are motivated by a fear of retribution carry the same weight in your mind?

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