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two guns....what a rude way to treat an unexpected guest. ileus Jan 2012 #1
She should have just served him tea and cookies rl6214 Jan 2012 #8
100% justified We_Have_A_Problem Jan 2012 #2
Looks like a legal and appropriate defensive gun use. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #3
Flee, submit, or hand-to-hand combat. Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #4
Then she'd have been a hidden criminal... ileus Jan 2012 #5
I wonder rrneck Jan 2012 #6
she said in another story IamK Jan 2012 #14
Also the police are investigating the recent death of her adult German Shepards Glassunion Jan 2012 #15
Sorry about this... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #7
agreed...n/t ileus Jan 2012 #9
"Textbook" example of a HyperPunk... SteveW Jan 2012 #10
Perhaps he just asked himself, "Do I feel lucky?" discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #12
"Is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door?" Common Sense Party Jan 2012 #11
I think it is refreshing that some folks in America consider that. Hoyt Jan 2012 #18
Of course you do. Common Sense Party Jan 2012 #22
I know, you've invested lot of money in guns and learning to kill. That would be your first move. Hoyt Jan 2012 #27
In some states, that would be legal. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #74
Another assumption? Remmah2 Jan 2012 #89
Contrast the outcome with Ronyale White in "gun free" Chicago DonP Jan 2012 #13
if only ... iverglas Jan 2012 #19
Even before the tax cutting charlatans gejohnston Jan 2012 #24
please, please, follow the breadcrumbs iverglas Jan 2012 #29
The police can't be everywhere DissedByBush Jan 2012 #49
did you have something to say about the content of my post? iverglas Jan 2012 #52
Wherever you are, the police can't always be there DissedByBush Jan 2012 #96
what I can't imagine ... iverglas Jan 2012 #16
I think I understand what Nuclear Unicorn is talking about, iverglas TPaine7 Jan 2012 #28
TPaine seems to have made the point and I'm curious to see your retort Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #34
you found a point in that? iverglas Jan 2012 #35
Oh you found the point. It's just more convenient to play dumb than to face it. TPaine7 Jan 2012 #42
May I respectfully disagree with your comment below the subject line there? Fourier Jan 2012 #56
Yeah, point taken. TPaine7 Jan 2012 #59
may I suggest, with all the respect that is due, iverglas Jan 2012 #68
oh, my goodness iverglas Jan 2012 #36
Don't run around puffing your feathers just because I didn't reply in 5 minutes Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #38
post #16 is dated yesterday iverglas Jan 2012 #39
hm iverglas Jan 2012 #40
Thank-you Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #41
Proposal C is interesting in that what it reveals TPaine7 Jan 2012 #44
Her statement is a paper thin strawman--at least as she applies it. TPaine7 Jan 2012 #43
Those who endlessly claim that "nobody wants to take away your guns" Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #37
Disagree that anyone would be "well served" by reading "Armed", more could be learned by russ1943 Jan 2012 #72
Congratulations on the single (partial) "gotcha". Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #77
"Kleck is a liberal Dem" iverglas Jan 2012 #86
dirty? gejohnston Jan 2012 #108
I think that most fair-minded people can detect "dirty" when they see it. Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #109
Paul Helmke also claimed Brady is not a gun control organization. gejohnston Jan 2012 #107
Here's a great example of dirty from Paul Helmke Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #111
Looks like another member picked up on Helmke's "untruth" Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #112
There are posters in this sub-folder who would AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #75
oh, I wouldn't worry about that iverglas Jan 2012 #87
I'm glad mom and baby are fine. Of course, robbers might have been there to steal guns. Hoyt Jan 2012 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author DragonBorn Jan 2012 #20
"Robbers"huh? Sounds like you're giving them the benefit of the doubt..n/t pipoman Jan 2012 #23
If they were there to steal guns, they would be "robbers." Still mom did right thing. Hoyt Jan 2012 #26
Complete nonsense pipoman Jan 2012 #32
So you're saying if she had been denied ownership of the guns she would have been safer? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #33
She was the target, not the guns. GreenStormCloud Jan 2012 #30
Turns ous she believes they were there after her dead husbands cancer pain meds. ileus Jan 2012 #53
I suppose if we outlaw guns criminals will stop looking for cancer meds Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #54
No, but they will be able to invade homes more safely, unthreatened by mothers "protecting" their TPaine7 Jan 2012 #55
There for guns? DragonBorn Jan 2012 #58
Bullseye! n/t PavePusher Jan 2012 #60
Do you really believe that thugs would deliberately bring a knife to a shotgun fight? GreenStormCloud Jan 2012 #61
Throwing logic and reality in the face of a rights opponent isn't fair. Just sayin'... n/t TPaine7 Jan 2012 #62
Too bad one got away. ileus Jan 2012 #21
Selfish..I'm sure they only wanted her teevee pipoman Jan 2012 #25
Twenty-one minutes, an law enforcement still had not arrived PuffedMica Jan 2012 #31
They wanted her dead husbands drugs. era veteran Jan 2012 #45
Is that from follow-on reporting? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2012 #46
CNN era veteran Jan 2012 #50
This story shows how the tide is turning on the legitimacy of the RKBA TPaine7 Jan 2012 #47
An Update Glassunion Jan 2012 #48
"Obviously when someone breaks into your house with a deadly weapon... Common Sense Party Jan 2012 #51
yes, there are numerous interesting facts iverglas Jan 2012 #57
Heard on the news tonight that the second Goblin will oneshooter Jan 2012 #63
I would be eternally grateful if you would refrain from speaking to me iverglas Jan 2012 #65
I will speak to whom I wish, using the language that I wish,thank you. oneshooter Jan 2012 #91
there ya go iverglas Jan 2012 #92
"No one knows what the outcome would have been had she not had and used a firearm." TPaine7 Jan 2012 #64
I thought it rather obvious iverglas Jan 2012 #66
Hmmm TPaine7 Jan 2012 #70
this repeated meme is certainly interesting iverglas Jan 2012 #85
So much BS, I actually didn't catch it all earlier. TPaine7 Jan 2012 #113
I scanned the noise this far: iverglas Jan 2012 #114
LOL. Typical. TPaine7 Jan 2012 #116
Try swinging a tyre iron at tempered auto glass underwater and let me know how that works out. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #76
You can't have it both ways. LAGC Jan 2012 #79
have you come up with anything to back that up yet? iverglas Jan 2012 #88
Let's fact-check all that, shall we? LAGC Jan 2012 #94
and now to the crap iverglas Jan 2012 #67
In post after post, you have minimized the threat posed by criminals and criticized the actions TPaine7 Jan 2012 #69
A few links for the perusal of the disinterested reader. Judge for yourselves: friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #71
And here's one for you iverglas Jan 2012 #90
Forgot the bit about being "hypercritical of defenders", eh? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #97
quote me iverglas Jan 2012 #98
Just out of curiousity, iverglas, what is "evilhood"? TPaine7 Jan 2012 #100
it's moi amusing moiself iverglas Jan 2012 #101
Gladly. I'll leave to the reader to decide what is "sane and decent" friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #102
okay, I looked iverglas Jan 2012 #99
no, iverglas Jan 2012 #82
As a case in point, post 63 above is your defense of the honor of an armed robber and home invader. TPaine7 Jan 2012 #73
They were good criminals, victim's of Americas gun culture. I call them POFS. ileus Jan 2012 #80
as I was saying -- iverglas Jan 2012 #83
at the risk of sounding naive gejohnston Jan 2012 #106
oops, I missed something iverglas Jan 2012 #84
I rest my case TPaine7 Jan 2012 #93
you might want to rest something iverglas Jan 2012 #95
Closing Statement TPaine7 Jan 2012 #103
sweetheart iverglas Jan 2012 #104
That is vulgar, despicable, and inhumane. Please desist. TPaine7 Jan 2012 #105
the necessary corrections iverglas Jan 2012 #115
More Castle Doctrine suckage. LAGC Jan 2012 #78
Turns out she poked holes in the scumbag puke with a double barrel ileus Jan 2012 #81
Doubtful. The other thug surrendered. Looks like she saved one for him. GreenStormCloud Jan 2012 #110
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