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ballyhoo

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48. Well...........

Sat Apr 19, 2014, 10:47 AM

Apr 2014

I bought a gun. I bought a separate lock-box for the gun and the ammo. I bought a trigger guard for the gun and also a locking strap that attaches the gun to the inside of the locked case. All this stuff cost about $100.00. I store the gun box in one place and the bullet box in another place and the keys for this stuff in a locked filed cabinet.

Should someone break-in my house my family and I will be dead long before I even found the keys to open and assemble anything.

The criminals know all this. They can pretty much come up to anyone's house with or without a gun, break-in the house (particularly with the new windows) and do what they want. The police will respond anywhere between five minutes and two days. You have a slightly higher chance of being shot by the police coming to investigate your break-in than by the break-in perp himself.

I showed the cop five house down street my gun and ancillaries. He LHMFAO.

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This costs about $10...and this costs about $10,000 [View all] WilliamPitt Apr 2014 OP

I agree. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #1

........ daleanime Apr 2014 #8

Your opinion differs than mine. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #10

Yes, just registering my.... daleanime Apr 2014 #12

Unlikely to be true for almost everybody . . . MrModerate Apr 2014 #22

Owning a gun INCREASES your chances of suffering death and injury from guns intaglio Apr 2014 #28

"And you have been told this numerous times. " darkangel218 Apr 2014 #39

But your opinion is worthless in the face of the evidence intaglio Apr 2014 #59

Your opinion does not change the fact that a gun is more likely to kill you than to save your life Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #61

Its not everything black and white as you think. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #63

I did not mention bans, but we do need gun control to keep guns out of the hands of gun nuts. Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #67

Im not going to go in details but darkangel218 Apr 2014 #70

We all can make up anything. merrily Apr 2014 #62

And thats valid for all opinions. Isnt it darkangel218 Apr 2014 #64

No. Some opinions are more meaningful than others. merrily Apr 2014 #65

Opinions are subjective. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #66

Some more than others, as my prior post suggests. merrily Apr 2014 #69

Im a rape survivor. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #71

I am very sorry about your experience, but merrily Apr 2014 #73

This is what you said: darkangel218 Apr 2014 #75

No, YOU said you could make up your own opinions and that was the merrily Apr 2014 #78

Exactly. darkangel218 Apr 2014 #79

Duplicate post. merrily Apr 2014 #81

No. merrily Apr 2014 #82

Your pretty classy Lonusca Apr 2014 #84

You are the one who is spinning. merrily Apr 2014 #86

That doesn't disprove what she said. Owning a gun could save your life LittleBlue Apr 2014 #77

But it is far more likely cause risk to your life intaglio Apr 2014 #91

I remember, vividly, the day my husband locked his weapons. He sat on the bed with tears in his Tikki Apr 2014 #2

AMEN. flamin lib Apr 2014 #3

200,000? Wow. ErikJ Apr 2014 #17

Please don't use that style of lock NutmegYankee Apr 2014 #4

Indeed... Trigger Locks are quite unsafe. Glassunion Apr 2014 #5

I have actually proved that on a range NutmegYankee Apr 2014 #7

+1 darkangel218 Apr 2014 #15

This is the first time I've ever seen that kind of lock. JoeyT Apr 2014 #25

You're Welcome! NutmegYankee Apr 2014 #45

Free with my guns Duckhunter935 Apr 2014 #54

Most new guns are sold with them. NutmegYankee Apr 2014 #56

With the exeption of the one on my side, all of mine ARE locked up. oneshooter Apr 2014 #6

Point well made, WilliamPitt. nt Snotcicles Apr 2014 #9

We're arguing against people who insist they need a 30-round clip jeff47 Apr 2014 #11

In 73 years I have never needed a gun. WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2014 #19

... BlancheSplanchnik Apr 2014 #29

I don't even lock the doors to the house when I'm gone. Kaleva Apr 2014 #33

I would not say such a thing on the internet if I were you Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #36

Many here don't lock their homes and that's common knowledge. Kaleva Apr 2014 #38

I am just saying that it is a bad idea to post that info on the internet Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #41

You are correct. Kaleva Apr 2014 #87

Most casual thieves look for easy pickings, jiggling doorknobs tblue37 Apr 2014 #57

Do you need a roommate? n/t chervilant Apr 2014 #55

Every Single Supporter ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #13

If you think guns are safer than cars or swimming pools then you are certainly not reality based Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #32

I'm not sure why ... ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #83

Don're misrepresent what I said and pretend to be reality based Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #85

I'm not misrepresenting you at all... ConservativeDemocrat Apr 2014 #88

Yes you are misrepresenting me Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #93

Really? Yes, it's anecdotal but too bad. We own a swimming pool... no one has died in it. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2014 #50

DU Rec. eom MohRokTah Apr 2014 #14

Firepower should be legally linked to secure storage. Half-Century Man Apr 2014 #16

But FREEDOM MannyGoldstein Apr 2014 #18

The vast majority of gun nuts either have no clue about gun safety or just don't give a shit Major Nikon Apr 2014 #20

Is that Reagan doing a driveby... kjones Apr 2014 #24

There is little real use for guns marions ghost Apr 2014 #27

The placebo society. CanSocDem Apr 2014 #46

Right marions ghost Apr 2014 #53

Project Child Safe Lurks Often Apr 2014 #21

Schools are supposed to teach kids important subjects, not gun love. Hoyt Apr 2014 #26

If you insist on owning implements of destruction ... etherealtruth Apr 2014 #23

An obvious truth. 99Forever Apr 2014 #30

The body count of the innocents rising every day is an "obvious truth"? Really? Jgarrick Apr 2014 #31

No gun guy.. 99Forever Apr 2014 #34

Was your claim about rising body counts correct? Yes or no? Jgarrick Apr 2014 #35

Run along now. 99Forever Apr 2014 #37

Was your claim about rising body counts correct? Yes or no? Jgarrick Apr 2014 #40

Body counts are cumulative. thucythucy Apr 2014 #42

Of course they are. 99Forever Apr 2014 #44

That's a fair point...but saying that the body count from guns rises every day is rather pointless, Jgarrick Apr 2014 #47

It's not "pointless" unless you have no interest in preventing future gun-related fatalities. thucythucy Apr 2014 #49

No, it is not at all pointless to note that the body coint rises every single day Bjorn Against Apr 2014 #51

When that bullet riddled body is YOUR child or spouse... 99Forever Apr 2014 #58

Is there some part of ... 99Forever Apr 2014 #43

The gaping crater in the "Crime rates are down, not up" argument. WilliamPitt Apr 2014 #52

Well........... ballyhoo Apr 2014 #48

Then why even have the gun? Iggo Apr 2014 #60

Why not? darkangel218 Apr 2014 #68

I know a lot of people that do that. I can't do it. Makes me ballyhoo Apr 2014 #74

Good question...... ballyhoo Apr 2014 #72

Let us know how that works out for you. 99Forever Apr 2014 #76

Why? ballyhoo Apr 2014 #80

What does any of that have to do ... 99Forever Apr 2014 #89

Okay, except... Iggo Apr 2014 #90

If it's the government kicking down the door ballyhoo Apr 2014 #94

Forgive me for asking but what is it? oneofthe99 Apr 2014 #92