Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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16. I am Straw Man ...

Sat Nov 1, 2014, 04:48 PM

Nov 2014

So because your gun saved your life once, you're perfectly fine with the 30,000 or so gun deaths each year.

... and I do not approve of this message. "Perfectly fine"? Who said anything about being "perfectly fine" with all those deaths?

And you can't absolve yourself by your sanctimonious statement about you've never had a mishap, because "mishaps" happen far too often.

Car accidents happen all too often, too, especially when people drive drunk. I think that calls for a reinstatement of prohibition and the adoption of some far more stringent driver licensing requirements. Don't you?

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The safer handgun for home/self defense. The revolver or the pistol? [View all] Kaleva Oct 2014 OP

This will depend on how you define "safer". ManiacJoe Oct 2014 #1

some semi autos also have a mag safety and will not fire without a magazine Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #2

How about SheilaT Nov 2014 #3

That's fine. Straw Man Nov 2014 #4

Well, it's astonishing how many of us don't feel like we need a gun. SheilaT Nov 2014 #6

I used a gun, it saved my life. Never had a mishap. There go all your arguments. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #11

Good to kinow. SheilaT Nov 2014 #12

Did I say I was "fine with" anything? No. And I support your right to not own a gun, that's fine. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #13

I am Straw Man ... Straw Man Nov 2014 #16

Those deaths are quite rare in the absolute sense. acalix Nov 2014 #25

Depends. Are you fine with 90,000 alcohol deaths each year? acalix Nov 2014 #26

The problem with that sort of 'trade off rhetoric' Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #28

So you're fine with banning alcohol? acalix Nov 2014 #30

Hah, and you prove my point. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #31

Are you fine with banning guns? acalix Nov 2014 #34

Good for you. Straw Man Nov 2014 #15

Then don't own one. Your home, your choice. benEzra Nov 2014 #19

Not everyone is comfortable being defenseless. pablo_marmol Nov 2014 #5

I care about mine and my families life too much for that. ileus Nov 2014 #10

That is you choice not mine. MicaelS Nov 2014 #18

Some handguns have built-in locks krispos42 Nov 2014 #7

for home self defense meaning you do not intend to carry it littlewolf Nov 2014 #8

For me safer is 19+1 rounds ready to protect. ileus Nov 2014 #9

understand and agree with you. littlewolf Nov 2014 #14

Others are more qualified than I am. But I'd lean toward a revolver for reliability. NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #17

Now you've got me rethinking my post (#22). I'm still pretty sure about what I wrote but Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #23

If one is worried about that particular mistake, one can get a pistol with a magazine disconnects. benEzra Nov 2014 #20

It depends, in part on how much you intend to practice with it? DonP Nov 2014 #21

I'm "petite." While I am fit I have small hands and not a lot of strength. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #22

I personally choose a pistol for home defense. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2014 #24

The safest is no gun in the home upaloopa Nov 2014 #27

Lucky for you, nobody is forcing you to buy one. Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #29

Lucky for me no one will get shot by my gun in the house upaloopa Nov 2014 #35

Great. Can you not dictate what others can own or not own? acalix Nov 2014 #38

The Second Amendment is made to be a devisive issue by the crazies PeoViejo Nov 2014 #32

Isn't it amazing how many Concern Trolls show-up on Gun threads. PeoViejo Nov 2014 #33

Neither design is inherently unsafe sarisataka Nov 2014 #36

"Safer" will be entirely up to you, not the gun. Racking the slide and checking for a round in Skeeter Barnes Nov 2014 #37

it is difficult to accidently fire a revolver ... quadrature Nov 2014 #39

What you describe also applies to many semi-autos. ManiacJoe Nov 2014 #40