So who's a gun enthusaist here?

[Subby]

I would own a gun if I could find a foxy little number that would fit in my Kate Spade handbag.

[LivnLegend]

I own a little bit of everything, shotguns, rifles, a few hand guns.
My favorites: Colt Python .357 magnum & .45 Kimber Custom 1911 (just like SWAT uses only in stainless). They are the most accurate hand guns I've ever owned. The Colt is just plain fun to shoot. I've probably ran close to a thousand rounds through it and it's still just as perfect as the first day I shot it. The Kimber is pretty new and after meeting some of the company's Reps in Las Vegas at the shot show last month, Kimber has quickly become one of my favorite manufacturers.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

But if a person is sifting through my possessions (and not posing a physical threat), are they worth my or their life?

Knowing I'm going to regret this. . .

Here's the way I look at robbery:

1. I have a television that I purchase for $800 dollars.
2. I make, say, $10 an hour.
3. That television "cost" me 80 hours of my life (before taxes).
4. The guy who breaks into my house to steal my television is actually stealing 80 hours from my life.

If he's willing to be so cavalier with the life he's stealing from me, I have no problem being cavalier with the life I take back from him with my shotgun.

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

so this would apply if they had weapons or some sort of assault, correct. I understand in an instance you must be able to make a snap judgement. But if a person is sifting through my possessions (and not posing a physical threat), are they worth my or their life?

And you know they don't pose a physical threat because?

[Peregrine]

The guy who breaks into my house to steal my television is actually stealing 80 hours from my life.

Probably a lot less than FOF though right?

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by Drake

Knowing I'm going to regret this. . .

Here's the way I look at robbery:

1. I have a television that I purchase for $800 dollars.
2. I make, say, $10 an hour.
3. That television "cost" me 80 hours of my life (before taxes).
4. The guy who breaks into my house to steal my television is actually stealing 80 hours from my life.

If he's willing to be so cavalier with the life he's stealing from me, I have no problem being cavalier with the life I take back from him with my shotgun.

Dude, if you make $10 an hour, you have no business owning an $800 TV... or a house, for that matter.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

Probably a lot less than FOF though right?

That's why I have a line of slugs on my mantle with the names of game designers on them. One day they'll accept my invitation to dinner. . .







Bah. Who am I kidding. I don't invite game designers to dinner. I've got my hands full just trying to keep the women in all the pits in my back yard. Yowling harridans all of 'em!

[Drake]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Dude, if you make $10 an hour, you have no business owning an $800 TV... or a house, for that matter.

Feh. I stole the TV from the owner of the house I'm living in after I shot him with my shotgun and tossed his body into a pit.

[AENeuman]

It seems that there would not be a gun issue if people used them properly (but that's just silly). One of the very few good points from Moore's Bowling was how a violent culture begets violence.
Given that we have such a violent gov't, means of enterainment and means to rationalize both it's no wonder that this is a sticky issue.