Showing posts with label guns for protection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guns for protection. Show all posts
Friday, July 25, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
So, where's the good guy with a gun when you need him????
I know it's anecdotal, but I heard that thieves target cars with pro-gun stickers on them (you know the type).
Seriously, ever think that having a gun might make you MORE of a target for criminals. Again, it's anecdotal that most crime guns are stolen: usually from people who bought them for protection.
Nothing like being robbed with your own gun...
Although, the cognitive dissonance must be painful when headlines like this appear:
The good news, 17 weapons were recovered and two people charged.
Seriously, ever think that having a gun might make you MORE of a target for criminals. Again, it's anecdotal that most crime guns are stolen: usually from people who bought them for protection.
Nothing like being robbed with your own gun...
Although, the cognitive dissonance must be painful when headlines like this appear:
Robbers attack PA gun collectors home, leave with 31 guns
Three armed men wearing masks kicked in the door of the 71-year-old man's house in Sharon, 75 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday and took firearms including an AK-47, handguns, rifles, shotguns, other semi-automatic weapons, ammunition and historic pistols, police chief Michael Menster said Thursday.So much for the old "I don't dial 911"--you do, but only when it's too late.
The robbers tied the gun collector up, ransacked his house and locked him in a closet. They also stole a television and stereo. When they left, the man was able to escape and call 911, Menster said.
The good news, 17 weapons were recovered and two people charged.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Guns save lives?
My usual sarcastic comment would be to say she bought the gun to protect her family. Of course, we all know, deep down, that a gun in the home is more likely to kill a family member than an intruder.
Unfortunately, despite the repeated lie that "guns save lives" we have the second incident where a mother kills her family:
As I said, she probably got the gun to protect her family.
Too bad this is yet another case where the person the family needed protection from was another family member.
As I said on Facebook: The pro-gun myths should backfire when people realise more guns don't make them safer. Unfortunately, that happens on a case by case basis, not the massive scale necessary for change.
Unfortunately, despite the repeated lie that "guns save lives" we have the second incident where a mother kills her family:
A Utah mom described by pals as positive and caring shot and killed her two young daughters before turning the gun on herself the same day her fiance packed up his belongings and moved out of her house, authorities said.
Kyler Ramsdell-Oliva, 32, killed her pretty blonde daughters, Kenadee Oliva, 13, and Isabella Oliva, 7, Tuesday evening in their home in Syracuse, a town on the Great Salt Lake about 25 miles north of Salt Lake City.
As I said, she probably got the gun to protect her family.
Too bad this is yet another case where the person the family needed protection from was another family member.
As I said on Facebook: The pro-gun myths should backfire when people realise more guns don't make them safer. Unfortunately, that happens on a case by case basis, not the massive scale necessary for change.
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