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Stoic Joker:
I do keep a .357 Magnum revolver loaded with hollow-points in my car glovebox. The car stays locked, even when I'm at home.
-kyrathaba (August 16, 2011, 07:31 PM)
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Nothing like a little overkill~! ;D
-Renegade (August 17, 2011, 05:22 AM)
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Actually no; it's really a much safer round to use for personal defence. Because outside of their obvious effectively benefits ... Hollow points tend to stop after they hit something, open, and break apart. So there is less chance of them going cleanly through the first target and penetrating a second unintended target.
The thing that should be under stood, is that a weapon of any kind is and should be an absolute last resort. Much like 40hz my preferred weapons are tact & humor, as defusing a situation is really the safest option for all parties. I simply like to keep available a trump-card for those odd times when negitiations completely break down.
kyrathaba:
a weapon of any kind is and should be an absolute last resort. Much like 40hz my preferred weapons are tact & humor, as defusing a situation is really the safest option for all parties.
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+1.
As a licensed counselor who often is called upon to help people with anger management and conflict resolution, I complete agree with this. I would also add that often people's judgement of the need for deadly force is in error. Anger compromises good judgment. Hindsight usually reveals an emotionally heightened form of decision-making was involved in the decision to use deadly force. This is why it's so critical to keep your cool and try to think ahead and in terms of weighing consequences versus safety, when contemplating violence.
wraith808:
I simply like to keep available a trump-card for those odd times when negitiations completely break down.
-Stoic Joker (August 17, 2011, 06:44 AM)
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If someone breaks into my house, negotiations have already broken down... ;)
I do keep a .357 Magnum revolver loaded with hollow-points in my car glovebox. The car stays locked, even when I'm at home.
-kyrathaba (August 16, 2011, 07:31 PM)
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Be careful of that and check the rules of your local municipality. That can be considered carrying concealed, and if you get stopped, no matter if it is or not, it does tend to make the constabulary a bit twitchy.
Stoic Joker:
I simply like to keep available a trump-card for those odd times when negitiations completely break down.
-Stoic Joker (August 17, 2011, 06:44 AM)
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If someone breaks into my house, negotiations have already broken down... ;)
-wraith808 (August 17, 2011, 06:51 AM)
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That doesn't mean you can't lead with a joke:
Wraith: Knock Knock
Burglar: Who's There
Wraith: Jesus
Burglar: Jesus Who??
Wraith: Bang!
tomos:
^ :)
But seriously - where are you people living :tellme:
I lived 10 years in an inner city, junkies around the corner, etc etc; house did get robbed a couple of times. Got my pockets picked. My partner did get robbed but a gun would have been of zero help in the situation.
I lived in a couple of cities where there were regular murders (in fairness mostly gang/drugs/family-fued related).
I've never been in a situation where I thought a gun would help me. And I cant imagine having one being of any help in the future. YMMV, and maybe the violence where you live is more arbitrary....
I can see shooting guns is a fun pastime, and that they are nice "things" to mess around with, but this is something different - or is it? You people are nuts I think, but then so am I in my own ways :P
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