My MIL was hell on pilot lights.
The only way to stop a demented guy with a gun is some other guy with a gun. More guns in nursing homes.
My grandmother, who died of Alzheimer’s, nearly burned the house down once trying to “cook” something on the stove. And I shudder to think what a demented handyman type might do by trying to “fix” the furnace or the electrical wiring.
Dementia has such an insidious onset, and so many of us no longer live where we have regular close contact with our aging relatives, that we may not see how severe the problem is before a tragedy happens. I can see this becoming a huge issue in the coming decades.
Finally. Someone gets it.
So, its better to have a Jesus and not need one, than to need one and not have one. There’s probably something deep there, but I’ll never know.
Yeah. When it comes to Jesus, I’m wholeheartedly in favor of concealed carry.
Do we need to be worried about assault Jesus?
Well, he did say he came not to bring peace but a sword, so I’d say yes. Plus we know he’s unstable - look what he did to those moneychangers!
That business with the loaves and fishes sounds like he’s a high-capacity Jesus.
I think we’ve provided clear evidence of Assault Jesus. Time to ban Christianity! When people object on First Amendment grounds, we can offer a compromise: religious people will be able to choose from a limited list of Christian denominations prevetted for safety (like the Amish and the Quakers - who’s ever heard of a violent Quaker?), and possess a Bible with no more than two Gospels in it. Who needs more than two Gospels at a time? Of course, any Bibles written before the new laws go into effect can be grandfathered in.
No grandfathering. I hear they’re dangerous.
Of course revolvers are good for defense, though not my first choice. But seeing as how you are an expert in these gun debates Hentor, you must know that just because she was successful with a revolver that fired only one shot before jamming does not mean that all people will be. Surely you also know that a .22 has less reliability in general than do centerfire guns and in general .22s are not considered suitable for personal defense because of their low power. Also you would know that semi-auto firearms generally recoil less per a given caliber than do revolvers and thus would be easier for an older person to shoot, and their larger magazine capacity if needed would help to make up for a person who was a poorer shot and/or was shooting a caliber with lesser knockdown power. You would know all that right?
Aw, heck. Even lil ole grammas know that!
Not yet, but as a number of posters on this very board have said, the Presidents proposals are just “a good start.” We all know gun-control advocates consider handguns the big evil. “Assault weapons” are just the low hanging fruit for now.
Yeah well, how about this guy in a wheelchair?
Moral: When an attempted attack is not foiled by defensive gun use, that proves that people should be using more powerful guns.
When an attempted attack is foiled by defensive gun use, on the other hand, that proves… that people should be using more powerful guns.
I get the impression that this particular magic 8-ball has only one answer in its repertoire.
Kable, wasn’t that anecdote brought here by you? Why, yes it was! And so was the last one about the woman with the small pistol, and the previous one about the woman sucessfully defending herself with a small pistol.
It’s odd that you seem so antagonistic towards your own argument from anecdote.
Well, if all he’s going to do is post a youtube link rather than give us the text of the story, he’s kind of got to argue both sides, then, doesn’t he?
No, the anecdote was still cool. You just drew an ignorant conclusion.