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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
I don't think I'd ever purchase a gun or allow one in my home. They're far more likely to be used against someone in the family than against an intruder. If I was a crack shot, maybe I'd think differently.
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I agree with this. I've done target shooting with shotguns and rifles, and I am a lousy shot. A gun in the house is just asking for trouble. It takes me a full minute sometimes just to find my glasses, let alone get the gun and ammo from their two separate locations, followed by an assessment of whether lethal force is necessary. Get an alarm system and a dog instead.
The following is vague in order to avoid outing myself. I've had a loaded gun pointed at me. A machine gun, actually. It was not pleasant, but not exactly hysterics-inducing either (I think in the back of my mind I thought the gun was fake.) However, by using deception in the face of greater fire power, I am still here and the gun-pointer is in jail.
Like others have posted, I am not anti-gun, but I am anti-"own a whole bunch of guns".
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