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Originally Posted by MakingItPay
Crazy person is kicking in your door at midnight. He has a loaded shotgun. You call the police. You negotiate with him till the authorities with guns arrive, he sees he is outgunned, and surrenders. Offers a heartfelt apology and is taken into custody. Not only can we get rid of the second amendment, the cops don't need chalk to outline your corpse, or police tape to cordon off the area.  |
And the other option is being woken up at 3am from a deep sleep, arming myself with my AR15 in the dark, playing James Bond and hunting down an unknown amount of assailants in my own house? In the dark? From a deep sleep?
Anyone who thinks I will instantly be awake at the first sight of trouble, spring into action while the James Bond music kicks in, somersault down the stairs, and shoot an armed intruder in the dark watches way too much fucking TV.
The cops woke me up one night; They thought there was some kind of domestic disturbance at my house when it was really a few doors down. It took me five full minutes to wake up, figure out what was going on, move my ass down stairs, turn on the lights, ID who was outside, turn off the alarm, and open up the front door.
We have the right to bear arms. Did it protect these kids? The people at the mall? The people at the movies? The people at the college? Nope.
I'm not saying get rid of our rights. I'm just saying we have to stop the nuts from getting guns.