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In reply to the discussion: I'm all for a total ban on semi-automatic guns [View all]Flatulo
(5,005 posts)213. Many jurisdictions will routinely arrest/charge any person for DGU.
In Massachusetts, the various county District Attorneys have been quite aggressive in pursuing charges against even non-lethal defensive gun use.
Any type of brandishing or display of a firearm in even a dangerous (to you) situation will most likely end very badly for you.
I know that I certainly wouldn't volunteer this kind of information to the authorities, especially if an attacker was frightened off.
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Semi automatic handguns are the best available choice for self defense
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#1
nice try, but there is a distinction..but lets play SEMANTICS and cloud a life and death
rustydog
Jan 2013
#14
Root causes...gun-speak for more mental health counselors and pills to deter the violent sociopaths?
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#228
We did not have 300 million weapons and middle class, white folks paranoid about their neighbors
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#253
Its not that hard to learn how to do it, just about every cop knew how
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#80
OK, but monitoring Sudafed hasn't actually done anything about meth production
Recursion
Jan 2013
#139
So your answer is we shouldn't do anything, because criminals will still find ways to kill
Hugabear
Jan 2013
#79
Thanks for making the effort. I too have a life outside DU, so I empathize ....but..
pkdu
Jan 2013
#281
It is totally within Congress's power to reschedule semi-automatics under the NFA
Recursion
Jan 2013
#109
But there is a difference between a semi-automatic revolver and a semi-automatic pistol
Kaleva
Jan 2013
#263
There are any number of treatises as to why...if I post any them, there will be cries of
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#22
The NRA says the "Only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"
rustydog
Jan 2013
#98
The paucity of data means your (or others) conclusions cannot be valid
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#142
Your statistics show your child runs a MUCH higher risk of being killed in your HOME
rustydog
Jan 2013
#55
Actually I was referring back to some of what the prior poster wrote
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#85
How many home invaders have you had to kill? How many times while shopping at b-mart
rustydog
Jan 2013
#50
No I didn't miss scales. you're trying to distract because you're arguement is lame.
rustydog
Jan 2013
#147
It took me a long time to find acceptable holsters for both the Glock and the Ruger.
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#244
Expect a lot more of this kind of harassment in the future as fear and ignorance spread. nt
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#254
Your support is for doing nothing about the absurd flood of weapons in this country.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#234
That is not true...what follows will slow down the illegal weapons traffic in this country
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#241
That person is an idiot, but it's her choice. No one is forcing her to defend her life.
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#251
I support her right to make her own choices, I think it is way disturbing that
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#258
handguns are a public health issue, everyone around them is in danger.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2013
#233
You could sit next to my pistol for 10,000 years and you would not be in any danger. nt
Flatulo
Jan 2013
#252
I'm curious... Do you think the War On Drugs caused more marijuana to be grown in Mexico
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2013
#260
Australia also has a higher gun ownership rate today than before the buyback
Recursion
Jan 2013
#157
"There's a large segment of this country, just waiting for a reason to explode."
guardian
Jan 2013
#204
Seems to me the only ones advocating civil war are those desperate to cling to their guns
Hugabear
Jan 2013
#151
I'm thinking more targeting 'repeating arms with removable mags/without fixed capacity.'
jmg257
Jan 2013
#122
I think the problem is that our country is awash in guns, legal, illegal, stolen, etc
rbixby
Jan 2013
#137
Technically speaking, you are absolutely right. Gun nuts simply do not want to acknowledge this.
Hugabear
Jan 2013
#217
Ha! The 2nd makes a distinction because 5 & 11 yr olds aren't in the well-regulated Militia...
jmg257
Jan 2013
#209
+1. And a mandatory prison term for anyone caught with one after the amnesty period (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jan 2013
#223
Take the actuarial data from the cost of gun violence...like we do health care and autos ...
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#257
I've been saying this since calls for a new assault weapon ban popped up after Newtown
krispos42
Jan 2013
#261