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In reply to the discussion: I don't understand the animosity towards DU gun owners. [View all]Scruffy1
(3,255 posts)About 40 years ago needing some income I took a job delivering money for a booky. Being young and stupid i carried a 1911A1 at all times so I could feel like a big man. 0nce crossing a park, the thought accured to me that if someone jumped out from behinds tree with his gun out and I reached for mine he would have no choice but to shoot me. Haven't carried one since. No I don't live in a nice suburb, but in an inner city with all of it's problems. The best defense is being aware of what is going on around you.
The crap I hear about self defense is just that. You were sold a gun, just like you were sold anything else. Seventy five per cent of gun deaths are gun owners. I'm also sick of this defending property nonsense. Nothing in your house is worth dying for. If you think it is please seek out some help. It's like believing that somehow which sports team wins is important. What always amazed me is that the most paranoid gun nuts live in the safest places. Been all over the World in all kinds of places and I can't think of one time a gun would have helped.