[Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
Paul Rumelhart
godshatter at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 20 08:40:11 PST 2013
I don't set the fire extinguisher outside because it's a rainy day and I'm not using the oven, so why have it easily available?
Be prepared, especially if there is a known possible threat in the area. What's so shocking about that point of view I'll never understand.
Yeah, the attacker might just come in and give me good financial advice, but more than likely if he's got the balls to break into someone's house and cross that threshold than he's a dangerous and being prepared would only be a wise thing in a rational society.
Paul
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From: Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
To:
Cc: vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:07 PM
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
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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
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>________________________________
>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 . . .
>
>
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>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:
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>>Paranoia . . . self-destroya.
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>>Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
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>>"Moscow Cares"
>>http://www.MoscowCares.com
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>>Tom "Proud to be a Filthy Liberal Scum" Hansen
>>Moscow, Idaho
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>>
>>"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."
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>>
>>- John Lennon
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