Agreed which is why I promote measures that I think are reasonable for gun owners and non. The gun advocates, however, refuse to compromise at all. And that's the problem.
Why an AR-15?
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I accessed the biometric safe, told my wife to call 9-1-1, ran by my daughter's rooms with a quick peek in, then down the stairs. As I turned down the stair case I audibly chambered a round and yelled something (I don't even recall what), then ran outside of a busted door.
Two armed men jumped into a black truck and sped off. I attempted to get the license plate, but failed. No shots were fired by either of us.
But no one has the right to decide how I choose to protect my home and family; guns, bats, fists, etc. That is my right, but I agree my above situation is a rare occurrence, but it only takes once.
Oh, when I was stationed in Alaska, a young kid broke into my Jeep (and a dozen other vehicles) behind our apartment and was armed. I successfully chased that guy down (I was unarmed and in my 20s) and the police arrived just as I caught him. I was lucky my dumb ass wasn't shot.
I have a concealed carry license, but I almost never carry if at all. If I'm planning a long road trip through the middle of nowhere, I'll put it in my center console or if I have to be in a dangerous part of town, but that is rare. My normal modus operandi is to just live life. I guess I'm not a "gun nut", but simply a gun owner.
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JFC - you need to go to a dictionary and look up the term outlier apparently. It has nothing to do with lying. Whether they are lying or not it is still an outlier. It has everything to do with being common, which it is not despite what your right wing propaganda tells you.
You're making a fool of yourself even more than usual here.
Im not sure whether to laugh at or pity someone who constantly denigrates others' intelligence levels, when they, themselves, dont understand the most elementary components of the topic and can't comprehend the most straightforward questions. Its funny, the more the conversation sails over your head, the more aggressive and insulting you get. So ill ask again: Or are we to put them in a bucket of "outlier" at the utterance of such a phrase? And if so, at what point do the "outliers" become a "group"?
You're too stupid to even realize you questions don't make any sense. We put them in the outlier bucket if it's an outlier. If it's common, we don't. It's self explanatory to all but you, apparently.
You try real hard to sound intelligent and clever but it has never worked for you.
Do you advocate for more gun control laws such as red flag, background checks for all sales, registration of firearms and a requirement for gun owners to secure their weapon at all times? This was the discussion before you chimed in with your nonsense.
So you are the only one that has answered my original question w/a yes, you have been broken into and had to pull out a gun. And luckily you did not have to use it. I keep hearing from so many on here about protecting your family and such but nobody else has come out w/any kind of experience of dealing w/it. And I think there's a lot of people over 55 on this board. Yes, it only takes once but in general the original questions was why an AR? I think for most of you it still goes back to it's "fun to shoot." Signing off. Alaska is the only 1 on here I trust to tell the truth. And man dude you have some crazy stories!
At what point, according to the book of riley, do we cross the threshold from "outlier" to "common"? Are those the only two buckets you work in?
No, it takes next to no effort to poke holes in your positions and spotlight your lack of understanding on the topic.
No red flag, no elimination of private sales, obviously no registration, and no law requiring safes. Clear enough?
They are fearmongers.
They think gun reform is the first step in losing the 2A.
The gun manufacturers and the NRA have brainwashed them.
It's why they've become radicalized.
Libs: “Lol at these rednecks! Even with 400 million guns and 25 million AR style weapons they’re no match for the US military with their jets and tanks and nuclear bombs.”
Also libs: “If not for the heroic actions of a couple dozen Capitol Hill police these hundreds of protestors, armed with mace and knitting needles and cable ties, would have overthrown the government!”
Also libs: “If not for the heroic actions of a couple dozen Capitol Hill police these hundreds of protestors, armed with mace and knitting needles and cable ties, would have overthrown the government!”
You and your ilk are the reason we can't get any reasonable gun control laws passed. It's insanity based on ignorance.
You're literally too stupid to insult any longer.
What you seem to be missing is there are rumblings that the insurrectionists may have compromised the Secret Service with these missing texts.
Watch the hearings tonite.
There will be previously untold revelations revealed, imo.
Again, the more clueless you are, the more aggressive and insulting you become. The fact you can't answer the most basic question, hell, it's actually just asking for your opinion, speaks volumes.
Forget having an intelligent conversation with you, we can't even have a 2nd grade level conversation with people like yourself.
Nope, nowhere did you define/answer what the line is b/w "outlier" and "common".
Another baseless, petulant insult - you must be seething.
For centuries, lesser weapons were used. If a kid stole your weapon, they could create havoc.
But you don’t understand. There’s the upper, then there’s the lower and when he has to blow the head off a squirrel he puts it in 3rd gear. It’s versatile. 😏
So dumb and unaware. Your questions were addressed as being stupid and answered. But you're such a dumb shit you don't even get why the questions are moronic.
Something doesn't cross from being an outlier to a group, dumbass. Two people or thousands can make a group and still be an outlier. JFC you're a waste of time.
If you read, I clearly stated "common" in the last question to use your terminology since you've taken umbrage to "group".
But keep up the juvenile insults instead of addressing the point. Really proves you're well out of your element.
I hadn't taken any "umbrage" (nor did I in my last comment - another fail on your part) when you asked your last version of the dumb question. I gave you "common" in my answer that apparently you still don't understand.
You're over your head. Again.
I’m glad that so many people in this country worship guns more than people. Now we have to worry if we are driving with our family and we inadvertently get a little bit of windshield washer droplets on someone else’s car.
gun advocates would say that the father who got shot and killed would have done better to have a gun and exchange fire, thus provoking even more bullets fired at his family, no doubt.
maybe if the father who got killed had enough forethought to have an A.R. 15 on a gun rack in the back of his sedan, maybe one of his little kids could have pulled it off the gun rack and lit up the other car in response, which certainly would’ve been safe for everyone else on the road.
I could go on about the insanity, but I’ll just let Fox News describe the situation
Oregon dad of 3 fatally shot in 'unprovoked' road-rage incident reportedly involving windshield wiper fluid
Dennis Anderson, an Oregon father of three, was fatally shot on July 13 in an apparent Polk County road rage incident reportedly involving windshield wiper fluid.
Let's try dumbing this down as simple as possible (although I'm sure youll have more deflection): quantify "common" in this context as you see it.
You will not be shot, but you will never make it to the door. And I can assure you there will be a loaded gun pointed in your direction. Most likely you will never get out of you car. What you see as abnormal is actually the way of life in rural areas. People have to rely on self protection. We have whole towns that can not get a law enforcement response at night.
No one said these things would be quick. Guerilla wars and insurgencies often take a while but they eventually do the trick.
2.5 million burglaries per year in the US. 66% involve a home break-in. I don’t own a single firearm, but I do understand the reason people protect their homes with one.
Lol - dumbing down for you is the only way it can occur. In this case I'll say common is more than 1/3. Hoping I won't have to further educate you on this as well.
Why don't you believe gun owners should be required to secure their guns? Why don't you believe red flag laws should be enacted? Why don't you believe in gun registration? Why aren't you in favor of background checks for all gun purchases?
I don't expect coherent answers but it's always fun to watch you scramble.
Most of which are while no one is home and few involve weapons.
This . . . I don't have guns because I think I'm a badass. . . I have them because I know I'm not.
By definition an outlier is 1.5xIQR above the third quartile or below the first quartile, but I did ask for your interpretation of it, so I cant be mad (or surprised) its superficial.
- In my possession (and 'possession' is my property) is secured, and anything above that is the responsibility of the owner, not lawmakers.
- Violation of due process
- Confiscation cannot happen w/o a registry
- "universal bgc" is a defacto registry
- And, most importantly, none of these would have any meaningful effect in terms of reducing violent crimes.
Lol - that's A definition (maybe) but not THE definition. There are others. Not surprised this fact eludes you.
A foolish and paranoid gun lover - just what this country needs more of.
How do you get away with not registering your vehicles? What "due process" do red flag laws violate?
I get it if you live in a crime infested area. I've fortunately never had to live in one so don't know what I'd do if I did. Guessing we have quite a few rural people on here, some CR and Des Moines people I know and then of course many of our Florida peeps. For some reason quite a few of the rural people seem to be the most scared, guys like @Gimmered who is ready to shoot people the minute they pull up to his driveway. Again, if I lived in Des Moines, CR, any suburb I really don't fear people just randomly breaking my door down in the middle of the night. And you also hear very few stories about people getting their guns and shooting the intruder dead. Yes, it happens. It also happens very very rarely. What am I missing?
