Comments on: Will your gun help you in the case of a home invasion?

By: T

Sun, 12 Jun 2016 04:29:10 +0000

Wouldn’t it just be reasonable to insist that all members of the household capable of firing the gun attend gun safety?

By: BBD

BBD — Fri, 27 May 2016 16:03:27 +0000

We manage just fine without guns under our pillows here in the UK. You can always keep a pickaxe handle under the bed if truly paranoid. I suppose a child might manage to injure someone by accident with such a thing, but it’s a hell of a lot less dangerous than a smallarm lying about the place.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 27 May 2016 12:46:20 +0000

In reply to The OBAManotor.

We’re coming to take away your guns, The.

Also, don’t use a threat as your handle on this blog again.

By: The OBAManotor

The OBAManotor — Fri, 27 May 2016 10:06:15 +0000

Ludicrous. The ZCDC study by I believe, another antigun nut, Kelkerman, claiming guns are more like to be used to injure or kill residents in the home was truly laughably constructed. The population “studied” were only people involved in a firearm related incident. AHHH, duh. Injury and death from firearms only happen in places where they are – and not all cruminals come armed with one. Bogus, gun hater lies, perpetuated by the ilk of you, Gregger.

Oh, and that leads to insurance as a cincept. Having a gun for insurance if you are ready, willing and able to use it doesn’t make you any more paranoid than car or homeownes’ insurance owners. Low odds on using it, but MORE people die in auto and drowning accidents than gun accidents. Yes, they really do.

Following the asinine antigun nut groups that call cops whenever they see a gun carried by anyine, we gun owners should call the parole boards and hand out maps to gun free homes to violent parolees, with an Obama phone to give easy to follow directions number of people in the home and income. You know, so the crimina k s can come test your theories on gun freeness. Enjoy.,

By: WhizRepublic

WhizRepublic — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 09:26:50 +0000

Such a poor and a lousy argument Greg.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:54:08 +0000

In reply to Wessen Smith. Higher prevalence of guns is associated with higher rates of crime and higher rates of injury and death assocaited with guns, so no, you've got that wrong.

By: Wessen Smith

Wessen Smith — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:34:10 +0000

Morons live in the now (what happens now is all their tiny brain can process).
The fact it throughout history the governments that the people put in place – disarmed the people and then killed them. This occurred a lot.
In todays society, those towns and cities that allow conceal carry have greatly reduced crime and reduced murder rates because many can defend themselves.

By: jc

jc — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:14:09 +0000

When I first met my neighbor 10 years ago I would occasionally notice he had a holstered pistol sticking out of his waistband. Nice guy, but not a cop, so I asked him about it. He told me he would show me and fetched an old scrapbook. Inside was a news clipping about how two armed thugs kicked his front door down one night. He killed one and wounded the other before they could do anything. He lamented his gun instructor told him the best to way to keep a gun safe and a family safe…keep it strapped to your hip at home. I followed suit and did the same….when seconds count, the last thing you want to do during a home invasion is have to go fetch and load a gun. Granted, you have to sleep sometime but still, the gun is close and ready.

By: dsmccoy

dsmccoy — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 06:05:06 +0000

If you look at the history, the impetus for the 2nd was for states to be able to keep a “well regulated militia” so they could stop the federal government from doing something crazy like sending the US army down to force them to free their slaves.
We already fought that war. The slave owners lost. The second amendment has outlived its original purpose.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:17:58 +0000

I never did before, but I’ve changed my position: Complete ban on all guns and repeal the 2nd amendment. Then, from there, we negotiate. I’m tired of negotiating from our current position. Several decades of trying to be reasonable has not worked.

What’s that thing about the definition of insanity?