Sean Taylor: Another victim of stupid gun laws

I always thought that burglars do not carry guns, since if caught in the act they can claim they were only trespassing. If caught with firearms, the prison sentence is much greater. Also, if they are shot by a homeowner, and they (the burglars) are unarmed, the homeowner has committed a crime in some states, I thought.

But I guarantee you I would much rather have a 20 gauge in my hand than a machete if my home is invaded by gun wielding thugs.

I got it: How about we only let the law-abiding citizens carry guns?

Ticomaya wrote:

But I guarantee you I would much rather have a 20 gauge in my hand than a machete if my home is invaded by gun wielding thugs.

That's for shooting quail and pheasants. You want a Remington 870 or some such, 12 gauge with the 3-shot spacer removed, 18" or 20" cop barrel, and either 3" anti-goose, anti-turkey, or buckshot loads. Recoil from a 12 gauge shotgun isn't that big a deal, it's still basically a low-powered weapon.

Roxxxanne wrote:

This wasn't a home invasion.

Then what was it?

mysteryman wrote:

Roxxxanne wrote:

This wasn't a home invasion.

Then what was it?

A burglary, of course. Are you really that dense?

One thing nobody's mentioned...

You get three or four guys like the robbers in this case who have to come through a door and the homeowner is waiting for them with even a quail gun in his hand, and the hoodlums are going to be at a severe disadvantage. Numbers wouldn't help them much in such a situation and from the pictures at least I wouldn't bet on them winning the day on superior intelligence...

mysteryman wrote:

Roxxxanne wrote:

This wasn't a home invasion.

Then what was it?

A burglary, of course. Are you really that dense?

Regardless, those who believe in their right to bear arms oftentimes do not focus on the gun accidents in homes with children, or in the use of guns against people for non-robberies, or any other use of guns that result in innocent deaths, they just want their right to bear arms (even though it was meant originally for militias).

Hey gunga, do you name your guns? And do you get a hard on when hold them?

I am pro gun ownership to a point... I always wanted a shotgun in the house and have toyed with the idea of owning a hand gun once when I was assaulted and robbed in the middle of the night.... but squinney was umovable in her refusal to have one in the house....I will probably get one of each now that we're separated... but I will take a gun safety and training course first.

The idea of giving every Tom Dick and Harriet who can pay for a gun and isn't a convicted felon is ludicrous however. You're talking people who can't get from a karaoke songbook up to me with a request card and find the song alphabetically then spell the damn thing. You're talking the pizza guy who when I told him my credit card expired in August of a certain year, asked me what number that month was.

You're talking mouth breathers with a chip on their shoulders like many who reside here I won't mention.

Jesus I can't even think of the number of shootings that would ensue.

As for "only criminals will have guns" then use the death penalty for any crime involving a gun and do it within say 6 months of the sentence being passed down so muthaphuckas know we mean business. And do it by firing squad, picking the people on the squad by lottery. That'll make the gungas of the world happy. I can see gunga and others gathered around the tv, hot wings, jenos pizza rolls and cold beer all laid out checking their ticket numbers against the powerball executioner drawing now. That's America god dammit!!!

Most people are not smart enough to be walking around with a gun. Hell maybe I'm not, I'm not that patient a Bear.

mysteryman wrote:

Roxxxanne wrote:

This wasn't a home invasion.

Then what was it?

A burglary, of course. Are you really that dense?

Children die in car accidents all the time, should we remove cars from the road? How about just not allowing children to ride in cars? ....

gungasnake wrote:

One thing nobody's mentioned...

You get three or four guys like the robbers in this case who have to come through a door and the homeowner is waiting for them with even a quail gun in his hand, and the hoodlums are going to be at a severe disadvantage. Numbers wouldn't help them much in such a situation and from the pictures at least I wouldn't bet on them winning the day on superior intelligence...

Wow, that's impressive - you can tell that from the pics, eh? With your mind-reading technique, do you get an IQ reading that's accurate to fractions of numbers, or just to three decimals?