[Vision2020] Hmmm . . .

[Paul Rumelhart]

It didn't say he was.  If he did, though, I'd want to be able to protect 
myself if he ran across me in a home he thought was empty and he got it 
through his head that I had to die because I'd seen his face.  Or maybe 
he's desperate, and now he's willing to try hitting a house that is 
occupied but looks like he could rob it regardless.

It's a tool of preparedness.  I'd rather not assume that he's harmless 
if he's breaking into houses and robbing them.  If my assumption is 
wrong, I could die.  I'd rather not throw away my chance at survival 
because "OMG!  Guns are bad!"

It doesn't mean, by the way, that I'd just shoot this guy for breaking 
into my house.  But a loaded weapon is a good deterrent, and if it turns 
out my life is at stake, I'd rather have a gun than a shoe I could throw 
at him, or whatever I happened to have at hand.

This isn't rocket science.  Be prepared.  It's the good old Boy Scout 
motto.   I also have a smoke detector and a fire extinguisher.

Don't let the "guns are killing our kids!" narrative drive your views.

Paul

On 02/19/2013 10:43 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Where does it say he's breaking into homes when people are in? I had a 
> lot of burglary cases, and my mistakenly charged clients were usually 
> alleged to have entered homes when no one was there. Lots easier to 
> leave with stuff that way, said the authorities.
>
> Sunil
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:02:25 -0800
> From: godshatter at yahoo.com
> To: thansen at moscow.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
>
>
> What's paranoid about locking up when you're out and being ready to 
> defend yourself when you're at home when there is a known burglar in 
> the area?  Being prepared is not the same thing as being paranoid.  If 
> someone is crazy enough to break into your home while you are there, 
> you can go ahead and classify that as a situation fraught with danger, 
> in which case having some means to protect yourself might be called 
> for.  There are plenty of reasonable scenarios where a would-be 
> burglar happens upon a member of the household when he thought the 
> place was empty that could end up very badly for the person he 
> stumbled upon.  If the burglar knew you were at home and invaded the 
> home anyway, then you've definitely got a problem if you are happily 
> unarmed.
>
> Better to have that gun when you need it than not.  If guns frighten 
> you, which I find hard to believe because of your military background, 
> then at least pick up a good aluminum baseball bat.
>
> Do you think I'm paranoid because I keep a set of jumper cables in my 
> trunk in case my battery dies and I need a jump from a kind stranger?  
> Are you one of those people that joyously flit from situation to 
> situation relying on the gods to keep you out of trouble?
>
> Paul
>
> On 02/19/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>
>     image.jpeg
>
>     Paranoia . . . self-destroya.
>
>     Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
>     "Moscow Cares"
>     http://www.MoscowCares.com
>     Tom "Proud to be a Filthy Liberal Scum" Hansen
>     Moscow, Idaho
>
>     "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>     But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>     If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
>     - John Lennon
>
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