Brangus
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So in the unpopular opinions thread, I saw this statement:
I think all guns should be banned from America unless they are hunting rifles. Can't imagine why anybody would need a gun.
It's the unpopular opinions thread, so debating it there wasn't the right place. I can give a few examples as to when a gun is useful.
Three times when I was a kid we had break ins at the family home. Twice my father fired over the intruders head to run him out of the yard as he didn't flee the property when the flood lights came on. The third time Dad detained the burglar at gunpoint and he was arrested and incarcerated. (Yes my folks moved after that).
When I was in Miami for work I had a pistol in my suitcase. My hanging bag and other luggage (I was there to do a week of depositions) were still in the hall on the cart, so I propped the door with the bar latch. Big, big mistake. A large man on PCP (as was later determined) came through the door, told me I was "fucking his girl Tracy" and that he was going to kill me. I unzipped the duffle that was on the bed and pulled a small revolver. I was scared shitless but was ready to pull the trigger and told him I would shoot him if he came closer. He cursed me and took one step closer, allowing the door to close against the latch bar again. I cocked the revolver, used every curse word I knew, and told him to leave or I would kill him. He turned around, threw the door back open, pushed over my luggage cart, and busted the exit sign and stairway door on his way out. The cops caught him on a sidewalk down the street after I called 911. I had to testify, the whole deal. He spent 6 months locked up and is now on probation (he also resisted arrest pretty intensely).
I'm not telling this to be a tough guy. I was scared. But I think having the gun deterred him enough to keep from hurting me.
I think all guns should be banned from America unless they are hunting rifles. Can't imagine why anybody would need a gun.
It's the unpopular opinions thread, so debating it there wasn't the right place. I can give a few examples as to when a gun is useful.
Three times when I was a kid we had break ins at the family home. Twice my father fired over the intruders head to run him out of the yard as he didn't flee the property when the flood lights came on. The third time Dad detained the burglar at gunpoint and he was arrested and incarcerated. (Yes my folks moved after that).
When I was in Miami for work I had a pistol in my suitcase. My hanging bag and other luggage (I was there to do a week of depositions) were still in the hall on the cart, so I propped the door with the bar latch. Big, big mistake. A large man on PCP (as was later determined) came through the door, told me I was "fucking his girl Tracy" and that he was going to kill me. I unzipped the duffle that was on the bed and pulled a small revolver. I was scared shitless but was ready to pull the trigger and told him I would shoot him if he came closer. He cursed me and took one step closer, allowing the door to close against the latch bar again. I cocked the revolver, used every curse word I knew, and told him to leave or I would kill him. He turned around, threw the door back open, pushed over my luggage cart, and busted the exit sign and stairway door on his way out. The cops caught him on a sidewalk down the street after I called 911. I had to testify, the whole deal. He spent 6 months locked up and is now on probation (he also resisted arrest pretty intensely).
I'm not telling this to be a tough guy. I was scared. But I think having the gun deterred him enough to keep from hurting me.
