This is a very interesting thread to say the least. I have a pretty good perspective on the topic myself. I am a retired Police Officer who has served in just about every position in the field from Reserve Officer, Patrol Officer, Detective and Police Chief. I was also a Range Master at the police academy for many years and not only received several hundred hours of training but performed several thousand hours of instruction. I was going to try and address a lot of the different pros and cons throughout the thread but then thought better of it. Instead I will just state a few of my opinions.
First off in a perfect world there would be no need to guns but guess what it's do damn late for that now isn't it. They are here and there is nothing that can be done about it at this point. One of the reasons Americans are so passionate about guns and the right to own them is because they played a huge part in our history and our Independence. If you look at country's such as Australia and Canada who outlawed gun ownership you will see that only the good people don't have guns. The bad guys never came forward and turned in their guns. Those country's still have violent crime involving guns but what they don't have are violent crimes being thwarted by armed citizens because their citizens don't have the right to defend themselves. Somebody said that they legally carried a weapon now because they had been the victim of a home invasion robbery. Then somebody else said most criminal who commits such crimes don't intend to kill their victims. I beg to differ with you on this. Many times they do and do you really want to take the chance to find out if this is one of those times? I don't! I will not be a victim period.
Does this mean that I am going to shoot anybody who tries to steel from me or my family because I would not. My worldly possessions are not worth anybody's life and certainly not worth me having to spend the rest of my life with the guilt of taking a life. But on the other hand should the need arise for me to have to defend the life of myself, a loved one or any innocent person I certainly want to be able to do so. As terrible as it would be for me to have to live my life out knowing I had taken somebody's life I'm sure it would pail in comparison to the agony of living my life know I did not prevent the death of say my child, your wife, somebody's grandfather or just an innocent stranger. No I couldn't not live with that!
For those of you who have never seen crime or been a victim you owe thanks to weapons for the luxury of your naivete to guns and those who are brave enough to carry them.
Originally Posted by XxStacksxX
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