On 20/05/2019 00:09, Dan Clough -> David Drummond wrote:

 DC>> 1. Sport/target shooting.  Challenging and fun.

 DD>> Shooting at innocent chunks of clay hurled into the air is
 DD>> challenging and fun? How about you are the chunks of clay and see
 DD>> how challenging and fun that it.

 DC> Yes, it's challenging and fun, as I already said.  You really are
 DC> an idiot.

So if one doesn't see any sense in shooting at clay targets one is an idiot?
Must be USAmerican logic....

 DC>> 2. Home/personal defense.  Here's a scenario for you - you're home asleep
at
 DC>> 3:00AM, and are awoken by a noise.  Turns out it's a couple of thugs
breaking
 DC>> into your house to steal your property and/or rape/kill your wife and
teenage
 DC>> daughter.  They're crazed out on drugs and have no fear, and either have
guns
 DC>> or some other weapon of deadly force like a club or knife.  They come at
you
 DC>> with clear intentions to kill you.  What are you gonna do?  Call the
police?
 DC>> Yell and scream for help?  What will either of those actions get you?
 DC>> That's right...... dead.

 DD>> Oh - a hypothetical situation. I would cast my magic spell and
 DD>> send them to the nearest police station.

 DC> See above regarding "idiot".

At least I'm not a terrified idiot. Terrified of my neighbours because they all
have guns and a killer mentality.

 DD>> The likelihood of your above scenario is so slim as to not
 DD>> warrant mention. Remember - I DO NOT live in USA. Life is not
 DD>> ruled by firearms here.

 DC> Life is not ruled by firearms here, either.

And yet you HAVE to have one to feel safe? Sounds like they have a fair
influence on your lifestyle.

 DC>> For someone (like me) who has a loaded pistol in my nightstand, the
outcome
 DC>> will likely be two dead thugs, and my family and property safe.

 DD>> You live in fear of being attacked by armed intruders?

 DC> No, absolutely not.  But it's nice to know that I'm not at their
 DC> mercy if something does happen.

What steps have you taken for when an airliner crashes into your roof?

 DC>> How can any sane person argue that that is not a valid need/use for a
 DC>> gun?  Are you willing to give up your life, or your family's lives,
 DD>> because you don't "feel a need" to have a gun?

 DD>> I see the risk of that happening as so slim that I can honestly
 DD>> say "I do not feel the need to possess a firearm to defend myself
 DD>> from armed attackers".

 DC> I guess you don't value your family's lives as much as I do.
 DC> 

We don't live in fear of such a thing happening.

 DD>> It would appear that a very large percentage of Australian
 DD>> residents see it the same way.

 DD>> Wikipedia tells us:

 DD>> Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country:

 DD>> 1     United States    120.5
 DD>> [..]
 DD>> 51     Australia    14.5

 DC> .....

 DD>> I can see why you're so terrified. Have you thought of migrating
 DD>> to Australia... or maybe

 DC> Not terrified at all.  Prepared.

Yes - you MUST have a firearm by the bed to feel safe at night.....

 DC> I've visited Australia several times.  Nice but not where I'd want
 DC> to live.

No I can see you wouldn't cope with the freedom from fear of being shot in the
night. Some people need that sort of adrenaline rush to exist.

 DC> .. Ignorance can be cured.  Stupid is forever.

ROFL - I feel the same about your firearm culture.

-- 

Gang warily
David

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