Great example for owning a gun

[Mini Me]

You know, my dad was a gun guy. Hunted and fished, liked to rebuild old antique guns. I had a .38 Colt once. I sold it, because, in the throes of a major depression I might use it on myself!

I've known many gun nuts all my life. And I suspect that many of them harbored the fantasy of killing another human being, and wanted to live out that fantasy.

I've had guns drawn on me three times, and really resented it!
Once by State Park Rangers who thought my old lady was smuggling flowers out of the park; imagine that, two rangers saw her as a threat!OMG!
Another time a punk stole a rack of pool balls out of the local Snooker Parlor, and me and a bud caught him red-handed. He put the gun away and gave up the balls, and we were heros to the old timers at the Parlor. got free beer and pool for months! We were only 16, mind you!

Another time, some redneck $#@!s pulled guns on me and my bud in the bar parking lot, because my bud scratched on an eight ball, and smashed his stick into smithereens.

Had knives pulled on me more than a few times.

[resister]

Let's look at this forum as a small sampling of the US population. We have at least 3 members out of the twenty or so regular posters who have used a firearm defensively in a non-military or law enforcement capacity.

The Media reports defensive SHOOTINGS. The reality is that in most defensive firearms use, no shot is ever fired. The would be victim is able to prevent the attack without shooting by making his ability and willingness to shoot obvious to the assailant.

And the vast majority goes unreported.

[Cletus]

And the vast majority goes unreported.

Absolutely.

[resister]

Absolutely.

Indeed, who wants to call the law and expose themselves to arrest after the situation is over?

[Cletus]

Indeed, who wants to call the law and expose themselves to arrest after the situation is over?

Most people are just glad it is over and want to get away.

[resister]

Most people are just glad it is over and want to get away.

Meaning that DGU is far greater than the statistic reflect.

This subject is kryptonite to gun grabbers, their confirmation bias will mean that you cant ever present enough facts to make them see the light.

[donttread]

The MSM does not report DGU very often.

They do there damnest to hardly ever report them at all.

[Crepitus]

@ http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcdguse.html

The remainder disputes the NCVS finding.


BTW, it took all of 2 seconds to find that.


I now see resister cited that and you failed to read it.

Personal incredulity is a fallacy, you know.

I gave it a quick skim, but I have an extremely difficult time believing that guns are used defensively 2.5 million times a year but almost no one ever reports it. Not to the police, not to the media, not even too the NRA. Sorry but it's all anecdotal, nothing concrete.

[Crepitus]

Happens often in fla never reported nationally only locally, it happens all over the country

Even if only 1% of the people ever reported it that would be 25,000 times a year. It would be verifiable to a certain extent then, but there is nothing like 25,000 reports of defensive gun use a year.

[resister]

I gave it a quick skim, but I have an extremely difficult time believing that guns are used defensively 2.5 million times a year but almost no one ever reports it. Not to the police, not to the media, not even too the NRA. Sorry but it's all anecdotal, nothing concrete.

I will take the word of a University professor with a degree in criminology, over yours, any day. Peer reviewed.