[Vision2020] Hmmm . . .

Gary Crabtree moscowlocksmith at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 08:05:41 PST 2013 

Once "he" becomes aware of said gun it becomes a powerful deterrent to
staying in your house much less helping himself to your belongings or
continued good health.

g

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:

> This is what listening to pop music can do to you!
>
> Paul: If he's in your house, then the gun was not a deterrent.
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 6:12 AM, Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  But not in a judgmental way. I'm too busy singing to put anybody down.
>
> sr
>
> ------------------------------
> From: jampot at roadrunner.com
> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:02:11 -0800
>
> Now you're just monkeeing around.
>
> g
>
>  *From:* Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:07 PM
> *Cc:* vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
>
> The premise of your post was that he was breaking into homes when people
> were there. Now you're inventing his motive to kill you. No, if he saw your
> face, he'd be a believer, not a killer.
>
>
> Sunil
>
>  ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:56:57 -0800
> From: godshatter at yahoo.com
> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
>
>
> 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:
>
> <ATT00001>
>
> 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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