Owning a gun and using it against intruders...

[kidshuffle]

on a somewhat irrelevant note, i remember pkay saying that if someone is firing a gun at you, there is a 'good' direction to run, what was it? left or right? something to do with most people being right handed therefore being better to move in a certain direction

i'd be dependant on how they hold their gun. so i think if they're right handed, you'd want to run to their right. do not quote me tho

[AxeD]

Yeah in case of a right handed shooter, it's harder to keep the sights lined up if you're swinging to the right.
Chances are, it's going to be a handgun though

[knell]

no

i dont think invading a home, even mine, is a crime worthy of death. if i owned a gun (which i dont ever plan on), id just use it to threaten and intimidate at the most

dang you'd shoot to kill right off the bat? when i think of home defense it's more along the lines of blasting at knees and feet

[fractal]

exactly, always shoot below the waist, if possible. not only does it decrease the risk of death, but it also decreases your chance of getting an attempted murder charge

i have a couple guns. would try to reason with an intruder first, if possible, but will shoot if necessary. i would like not to have to take a life but if someone I loved got hurt because i wouldn't do anything...


regardless of their reasoning for B&E, they accept the risk when they intrude. there is a sign on the door anyways that states the danger within

[knell]

plus you dont even have to try to hit them, just aim near the feet... no one is going to continue doing whatever they're doing if they have hot lead bouncing around their feet.

don't even have to go that far, just own a 12 gauge or a .45/.50 and fire a single shot into your ceiling while you're in an adjacent room

[fractal]

also yelling, i have a "loaded gun!" usually gets people leaving really quickly

you give up your element of surprise, but hopefully won't have to use the weapon

i think if you own a gun, it should be licensed and you should know how to use it, i.e. take a couple of classes

[knell]

exactly

"using it against intruders" apparently means "painting the walls with someone's brain" for most people unfamiliar with firearms

[kidshuffle]

i think if you own a gun, it should be licensed and you should know how to use it, i.e. take a couple of classes

Thats how you have to do it here

[nowaysj]

Have used a handgun in self defense, and trust me, it is hard to hit someone when they are moving either left or right.

[Rappone]

Something about wub's threads makes you all huddle up

GO WUB.

PS: I got me a giant AK and a .22 and a .44 and a UZI. I keep my uzi in my boxer front. It remains hidden because I am monstrously endowed.

[fractal]

i think if you own a gun, it should be licensed and you should know how to use it, i.e. take a couple of classes

Thats how you have to do it here

yeah, it supposed to be the same here, but guns are super easy to get so most don't bother

[ehbes]

exactly

"using it against intruders" apparently means "painting the walls with someone's brain" for most people unfamiliar with firearms

Plenty of hair on them those walls

[dickman69]

Something about wub's threads makes you all huddle up

GO WUB.

PS: I got me a giant AK and a .22 and a .44 and a UZI. I keep my uzi in my boxer front. It remains hidden because I am monstrously endowed.

arent u moving to london

[Rappone]

Something about wub's threads makes you all huddle up

GO WUB.

PS: I got me a giant AK and a .22 and a .44 and a UZI. I keep my uzi in my boxer front. It remains hidden because I am monstrously endowed.

arent u moving to london

Yeah, I'm putting them all up on ebay before i go.

[nowaysj]

[Rappone]

But how will they grow?

[horsefeather]

leave the guns and go to some self defence classes.

[fractal]

leave the guns and go to some self defence classes.

and if they have guns, knives etc?

just be really sick with it i guess?

[fractal]

[Phigure]

no

i dont think invading a home, even mine, is a crime worthy of death. if i owned a gun (which i dont ever plan on), id just use it to threaten and intimidate at the most

dang you'd shoot to kill right off the bat? when i think of home defense it's more along the lines of blasting at knees and feet

well if you look at what I posted afterwards, most people aren't that well trained with guns (especially under pressure in a situation like this) and no matter what your actual intent is, you run the risk of fatally injuring the person. If youre not ready to perhaps take someone's life (even by accident because you're not good at aiming or whatever scenario), you shouldn't really be shooting at them. Warning shots or something are different though, I guess that would fall under the bit about intimidating them