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AndyS

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26. Self defense has always been legal in the home and out of it.
Mon Mar 28, 2022, 04:25 PM
Mar 2022

SYG removes the need to retreat when safe and reasonable to do so. No one is advocating for removing all firearms. As a member of Everytown and MDA I can say with absolute certainty that to say so while identifying as a member of either group can get you dropped from the rolls. If I were to advocate for the elimination of all semi auto magazine fed guns (which I personally would like) while at a meeting or wearing my MDA t shirt I would be chastised at least and dropped at worst.

The whole 'banning guns' and 'taking our guns' is nothing more than gun culture paranoia that has been fed to a susceptible audience since the gun makers took over the NRA in the '70s.

I have never used the 'one life' argument so please don't put words in my mouth (or in my posts). I have advocated for policies that have been shown to be effective in reducing gun violence and will continue to do so.

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Seems a bit excessive Buzz cook Mar 2022 #1
Would it have been less excessive had he been robbing a Neiman Marcus? Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #4
How frequently are people killed by armed robbers? Buzz cook Mar 2022 #16
I'm not sure of the likelihood of a "typical" robber injuring or killing their victim(s). Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #17
And if the robber were Buzz cook Mar 2022 #18
Once he is no longer a threat, the judicial process takes over. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #19
And how threatening? Buzz cook Mar 2022 #23
Jurisdictions may vary in the answer to these questions. Lucid Dreamer Mar 2022 #24
Well that's an easy fix DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #7
Isn't that what the robber was there with a gun to threaten to do? LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #10
As the kids now say bottomofthehill Mar 2022 #2
As of yesterday . . . AndyS Mar 2022 #3
I infer those are year to date numbers. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #5
I'd say something that can be verified. Otherwise it's just opinion and opinions are AndyS Mar 2022 #6
Hell, I had a Defensive Crossbow Use The Mouth Mar 2022 #8
I'd have to agree but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #9
The Gun Violence Archive uses AndyS Mar 2022 #11
re: "...what else is there?" discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #12
"What else" referrs to what to base AndyS Mar 2022 #13
Yes, I know that "what else" referred to. discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #14
I'm sorry, I can't let this go. AndyS Mar 2022 #15
Replies discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #20
I give up. AndyS Mar 2022 #21
Can we just agree that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2022 #22
Question... yagotme Mar 2022 #25
Self defense has always been legal in the home and out of it. AndyS Mar 2022 #26
Barely got past your first line. yagotme Mar 2022 #27
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