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Originally Posted by mikesouth
and you are a fucking moron....
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OK you are entitled to your opinion but the stats are very clear about home break-ins and the overwhelming odds are that by you having a gun you are running the very real risk that you could end up surrendering that gun to the robber.
You ever watch videos of people actually getting shot in altercations? Or have you just seen it in movies? A jacked up on adrenaline human being can take several bullets and still be very functional for a long time. This statement makes you seem as if you watch a lot of action flicks and think that bullets always knock people down:
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Originally Posted by mikesouth
Rest assured I hit him with a .45 even if he is wearing a bullet proof vest it will completely knock him off his feet. I shoot at least weekly at the range I consider that a responsibility for having a concealed carry permit.
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Why would a .45 bullet knock him off his feet? It wouldn't. It would most likely pass right through and and not slow his forward momentum at all. You would have to get pretty lucky at that close range and hit his spine or heart to stop him in his tracks. The reality is that you most likely would have been in a struggle for possession of the gun, and if you lost that fight, well then you have a pissed off and possibly mortally wounded maniac who now has a gun in his hand. What do you suppose he's going to do with his last few seconds (or minutes) of his miserable life now that he has your gun? Mathematical odds would far favor that you just got Melissa killed.
Read up on it people - thousands of Americans die for each life that guns save - THOUSANDS. The whole "got my gun for protection" is a scam, a myth. Having a gun in the house means you are hundreds of times more likely to die of bullet holes, or your kids.
The Second Amendment is a dusty relic that needs to be taken out back and shot.