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ileus

(15,396 posts)
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:27 AM Jul 2012

Man In Wheelchair Fatally Shoots Alleged Home Invader

http://www.abc6onyourside.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wsyx_vid_18656.shtml


An OH homeowner, who is confined to a wheelchair after being paralyzed in a car accident, found himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun that a home invader had aimed at him. Fortunately the homeowner was also armed.
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Now for some news on how firearms are supposed to serve the people.


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Man In Wheelchair Fatally Shoots Alleged Home Invader (Original Post) ileus Jul 2012 OP
But haven't I heard somewhere that if a thug already has a gun permatex Jul 2012 #1
Exactly HockeyMom Jul 2012 #2
Missed Clames Jul 2012 #3
Why haven't heard about those stories? permatex Jul 2012 #4
Have you ever had to defend yourself? HockeyMom Jul 2012 #6
Yes I've had to defend myself permatex Jul 2012 #7
He is a gun owner HockeyMom Jul 2012 #8
So what? permatex Jul 2012 #9
Does he know you post derogatory things about him on internet? MicaelS Jul 2012 #11
We hear that all the time... MicaelS Jul 2012 #5
What a coward Marinedem Jul 2012 #10
 

permatex

(1,299 posts)
1. But haven't I heard somewhere that if a thug already has a gun
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:37 AM
Jul 2012

trained on you, you'll get shot before you can pull and shoot your own?

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
2. Exactly
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 10:44 AM
Jul 2012

Just like my husband with his gun in every room, except the bathroom. What if he is on the John when a burglar breaks in? Or what if he wakes up in bed with a barrel in his face while the gun is in the nightstand?

We, and ME, are always hearing these people being SAVED by a gun. Do we EVER hear of the person themselves getting shot? Of course not, because that would defeat their agenda: if everyone owned/carried guns, we would be safe.

Personally, I prefered the post about the old lady and the mangoes!!!!

 

permatex

(1,299 posts)
4. Why haven't heard about those stories?
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 11:15 AM
Jul 2012

Probably because there aren't alot of them, but feel free to post them.
Quite frankly, I don't give a damn about what you husband does, not relevent to the thread.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
6. Have you ever had to defend yourself?
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 11:41 AM
Jul 2012

I have, and therefore, my ANTI-GUN views are very relevant. I have a right to my views, and my protection FROM guns.

As the saying goes one person's rights end, where another's begin.

 

permatex

(1,299 posts)
7. Yes I've had to defend myself
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 11:49 AM
Jul 2012

Khe Sanh 1968, Phoenix-1975.
I never said you ANTI-GUN views aren't relevent, you definitly have a right to your views, I said that I don't give a damn about what your husband does, it's not relevent to the thread.

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
8. He is a gun owner
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 11:54 AM
Jul 2012

People here talk all the time about their wives and kids using guns. Or is it only relevant for "total family" gun ownership?

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
11. Does he know you post derogatory things about him on internet?
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 12:14 PM
Jul 2012

Because if I found out my wife was posting the kind of crap you do about your husband, we would have a serious discussion.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
5. We hear that all the time...
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 11:24 AM
Jul 2012

The fact is we're always asked for "proof" that defensive gun use actually happens.

Then when we do post said proof, we get posts like yours "Well what happens when someone gets shot?"

No amount of evidence will convince those who are already opposed to guns in the home for self-defense, that defensive gun use in the home is legitimate, because their minds are already made up.

And we have plenty of "drive-by posters" who post "X shot Y, the NRA sucks, guns suck, gun owners suck" etc, etc, etc.

 

Marinedem

(373 posts)
10. What a coward
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 12:12 PM
Jul 2012

Shooting a man from the comfort of his wheelchair.

The sicko was so casual about it he didn't even get up!


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