tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post2852855627337219784..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Memphis 2-Year-old Shoots HimselfAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-7588727602589954282012-12-15T18:33:23.818+01:002012-12-15T18:33:23.818+01:00Yes, Greg, I am. Unless you live in the ghetto or...Yes, Greg, I am. Unless you live in the ghetto or service ATM machines at night your chances of being the victim are nearly zero. The fear is all in your head.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-18301003065038694722012-12-13T15:45:52.924+01:002012-12-13T15:45:52.924+01:00100,000,000 gun owners
100,000 firearms injuries ...100,000,000 gun owners<br /><br />100,000 firearms injuries and deaths per year<br /><br />You can't get past those numbers. The number of injuries and deaths amounts to one tenth of one percent of gun owners.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-64885887262527626702012-12-13T15:42:29.212+01:002012-12-13T15:42:29.212+01:00Mikeb, are you claiming that violent crime is as r...Mikeb, are you claiming that violent crime is as rare as a meteor strike? If so, why do you oppose guns? Shootings, a subcategory of violence, must be exceedingly rare.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-58007616947478483772012-12-13T11:17:42.821+01:002012-12-13T11:17:42.821+01:00Some precautions against possible threats are reas...Some precautions against possible threats are reasonable, some are not. Your ideas about guns are more like the precautions some paranoid people take against meteorite strikes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-43834188641295768832012-12-13T11:15:31.850+01:002012-12-13T11:15:31.850+01:00But it's not 99%, not by a long shot.But it's not 99%, not by a long shot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-48028370495994545182012-12-12T20:44:06.794+01:002012-12-12T20:44:06.794+01:00Mikeb,
Knowing that airbags are not mandated by ...Mikeb, <br /><br />Knowing that airbags are not mandated by the EU (and that safety devices are rather uncommon in European cars), does your car have an airbag? If the Italian government did not require that you do so, would you buckle your seat belt? Are your vaccinations up to date? <br /><br />All of the above are precautions against a potential threat (be it automobile accidents or a measles epidemic) which are taken in a similar manner, to the practice of keeping a (properly secured) weapon in one's home or place of business, as a means of defending against (and deterring) home invasion and robbery. Arming oneself as a means of personal security has become a widespread practice, which has been adopted by individuals (such as women, homosexuals, physically handicapped persons, and minorities) who do not fit your "redneck" stereotype, who seek to use weapons as a rational precaution against the violence that they often find themselves the victims of. <br /><br />IanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-84875301580368551822012-12-12T15:41:16.918+01:002012-12-12T15:41:16.918+01:00Mikeb, you're practicing psychology without a ...Mikeb, you're practicing psychology without a license again. You've never met me. I've told you many times why I carry. It's not out of fear. It's out of a rational calculation of things that could happen.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-91294644216520310712012-12-12T15:39:59.900+01:002012-12-12T15:39:59.900+01:00It's funny, no one ever admits to having been ...It's funny, no one ever admits to having been a fearful, insecure man prior to arming themselves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-9230624440691295242012-12-12T15:39:36.873+01:002012-12-12T15:39:36.873+01:00But watch were you get that Hoppes #9...But watch were you get that Hoppes #9...Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-71427385232380701752012-12-12T15:38:47.812+01:002012-12-12T15:38:47.812+01:00E.N., I have as much right to live as Dog Gone. B...E.N., I have as much right to live as Dog Gone. But let's note that under your standards, you have shown no right for yourself either to live or to speak.<br /><br />Mikeb, 99%+ is my understanding of "vast majority" in this case, while "only a few" to me means less than one percent. Those are the facts. To you, facts and logic are biased and slanted.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-68303227638360615362012-12-12T15:03:28.989+01:002012-12-12T15:03:28.989+01:00"A skilled burglar will find a way to enter a..."A skilled burglar will find a way to enter any structure that he (or she) pleases, regardless of structural security precautions. A locked door simply requires that a potential burglar cause greater damage to one home, in order to gain access. The deterrence of ones surroundings (such as armed neighbors) is more likely to repel a potential thief or assailant as opposed to feeble doors and irritating alarms." <br /><br />Boy, you guyz really do cling to your gunz and gunzmythz. A skilled burglar will NOT attempt to enter a home that has an alarm system, or damage a door or window to enter unless he is going there for a specific reason. So you don't lock your doors? just in case a burglar might show up? You don't want him to break down the door before you shoot him? <br /><br />Does your comment mean that you don't take any precautions while you're home, to secure your property? What about if you step out for a few minutes--just to go down to Bullets'r'Us to replenish your ammo supplies--and leave one of your children home; do you hand them a gun or tell them to lock the doors until you return? What about when they go to school or on a playdate or some other outing with other people? Do you make sure that they're armed? I mean we know that the world is a dangerous place and how're you gonna protect your loved ones if you're not there? I'm sure it's far better to give an eight year old a Glock than it is to send him out Scaryworld unarmed.<br /><br />"Also, a Beretta doesn't crap on the rug..... "<br /><br />Neither does my roommate, unless he's ill. An "accidental discharge" from him doesn't require patching up the walls or getting out a body bag.<br /><br />"I carry a gun not out of fear but out of need cause in my experience you get in more trouble for stabbing someone in self-defense then you do by wielding gun."<br /><br />What, you've stabbed people and gotten in trouble for it, or you know someone who stabbed somebody and got in trouble for it? Is the reasont that there was "trouble" something to do with a live victim filing a complaint or testifying in court, against the knife wielder. If that were the case I can see where you might want to shoot them intead of stabbing them. It's MUCH easier to kill someone--without the killer getting hurt in the process--with a gun than it is with a knife.democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-82094927519743412742012-12-12T14:21:29.809+01:002012-12-12T14:21:29.809+01:00I carry a gun not out of fear but out of need caus...I carry a gun not out of fear but out of need cause in my experience you get in more trouble for stabbing someone in self-defense then you do by wielding gunAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-21627836843275437162012-12-12T09:28:00.362+01:002012-12-12T09:28:00.362+01:00Now that's bullshit, Greg. You are riddled wi...Now that's bullshit, Greg. You are riddled with fear. Fear of your own fantasies. Why the hell else would you carry a gun that you don't need?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-13502710982356691312012-12-12T09:25:09.223+01:002012-12-12T09:25:09.223+01:00Greg, you have a biased and slanted understanding ...Greg, you have a biased and slanted understanding of "vast majority" and "only a few."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-51203624489128211492012-12-12T06:21:11.147+01:002012-12-12T06:21:11.147+01:00A skilled burglar will find a way to enter any str...A skilled burglar will find a way to enter any structure that he (or she) pleases, regardless of structural security precautions. A locked door simply requires that a potential burglar cause greater damage to one home, in order to gain access. The deterrence of ones surroundings (such as armed neighbors) is more likely to repel a potential thief or assailant as opposed to feeble doors and irritating alarms.<br /><br /><br />Also, a Beretta doesn't crap on the rug..... <br /><br /><br />Ian Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-80864415354361941392012-12-12T04:50:16.400+01:002012-12-12T04:50:16.400+01:00Unlike yourselves, Dog Gone isn't in the doubl...Unlike yourselves, Dog Gone isn't in the double digits. Her life is worth defending, as society would be at a loss if she where to be slain by a "stalker". You cannot reasonably claim that the same applies to yourselves.E.N.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-11467527140985136972012-12-11T23:41:48.935+01:002012-12-11T23:41:48.935+01:00I go through my day without fear, and I don't ...I go through my day without fear, and I don't do anything with a gun that I wouldn't do without one. The same is true about many of the carry license holders that I know. You're welcome to make your own choices, but it would be good if you'd stop advocating for taking our choice away.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-88387228187657278162012-12-11T23:23:36.819+01:002012-12-11T23:23:36.819+01:00"Were you in nam troll?"
No, fuckface, ..."Were you in nam troll?"<br /><br />No, fuckface, and I doubt that you were either unless you've been in the military for something like 40 years.<br /><br />I have no idea why you would bring that up except to prove that you're a man and I'm not--which attempt is a massive fail, btw--but I admit I could be wrong and you have no idea why you brought it up either.<br /><br />"I am glad the crusty old troll has never had any violence used against him and he lives in a pretty nice bubble of perfectness where nothing ever terrible happens,"<br /><br />I live in the same fucking world as you do, dickhead. I live in a decent neighborhood at the moment, nothing spectacular. I've lived in some shitholes in my life. I've been threatened a few times and been able to not get myself shot, beaten up, stabbed with a butcher knife or run off the road by a car driven by someone who was really pissed off because I didn't signal before turning right. I haven't remained whole and relatively unscathed because I'm smarter, stronger, more vigilant or more courageous than someone else. I've remained that way because I try not to do things that are monumentally stupid or go out of my way to piss people off because I know, if push comes to shove--I got me a fuckin' gun! <br /><br />I've been "cautioned" by virtually every asshole gunzloon that visits this blog, at one time or another, about not havin' a gun and making threats or pissing people off. Well, I guess if you guys think I'm liable to get shot by some fucking douchebag who can't be a man without a gun, it says a lot more about your cowardice than it does about "an armed society being a polite society.".<br /><br />"I'd rather have guns my kids cant hurt themselves with than to let myself become a victim."<br /><br />Dream on. Kids, if they get their hands on gunz, will figure out how to use them. If the gunz are so safe that the kidz can't use them, what happens when you're not there and the home invadin' hordes attack? Yeah, I know, plan "B". You fellers allus got a plan "B".<br /><br /><br /><br />I've got a newsflash for you, bud; most people don't give in to their fear of being attacked to the extent that they carry a fucking gun everywhere they go. Those of us who don't carry gunz are the majority. The assholes who are so frightened of the unknown that is every moment of most of our lives are in the minority. democommiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714733977927594559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-90193099443793170582012-12-11T20:38:52.183+01:002012-12-11T20:38:52.183+01:00I'll keep my guns, but thanks for the recomend...I'll keep my guns, but thanks for the recomendationCommonGunRightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548173199672275568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-62069362783934515112012-12-11T17:01:30.083+01:002012-12-11T17:01:30.083+01:00Dog gone, do I need to remind you that YOU own a g...Dog gone, do I need to remind you that YOU own a gun? Forgetting that you have one doesn’t sound like responsible gun ownership to me.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667036856347626234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-51028318151468608732012-12-11T16:19:05.923+01:002012-12-11T16:19:05.923+01:00And I suppose that no child has ever been killed b...And I suppose that no child has ever been killed by a home invader? And no child has been killed by a guard dog. And every family can afford the kind of security system--including the monthly fees--that you described. And no criminal can ever defeat a lock.<br /><br />Democommie, you have nothing to be self-righteous about.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-42584724339268657772012-12-11T16:15:10.321+01:002012-12-11T16:15:10.321+01:00Apparently, we are, at least the vast majority of ...Apparently, we are, at least the vast majority of us. Out of the millions of gun owners, only a few have incidents like this.<br /><br />Dog Gone, you had a gun to protect yourself. Why didn't you give it up and just rely on 911?Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-35422088246375367532012-12-11T16:10:08.399+01:002012-12-11T16:10:08.399+01:00I'd rather have guns my kids cant hurt themsel...I'd rather have guns my kids cant hurt themselves with than to let myself become a victim. I am glad the crusty old troll has never had any violence used against him and he lives in a pretty nice bubble of perfectness where nothing ever terrible happens, but I don't. We move every few years for the military, and we usually end up living in crappy areas due to the location of bases. <br />Were you in nam troll?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-44993131141421760512012-12-11T15:10:56.677+01:002012-12-11T15:10:56.677+01:00Yes mike its two different peopleYes mike its two different peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-12948485869406541142012-12-11T15:09:27.303+01:002012-12-11T15:09:27.303+01:00Yes im always armed partly cause my job requires m...Yes im always armed partly cause my job requires me to be and i also know when to shoot and when to just pull my gunAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com