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Self defense: How prepared are you?

What would you do?

  • Draw or grab a firearm that is immediately next to you

    Votes: 23 32.4%

  • Grab a clubbing weapon that is immediately next to you (ex. Golf club, baseball bat, etc)

    Votes: 6 8.5%

  • Grab a stabbing weapon that is immediately next to you (ex. Kitchen knife, pocket knife, etc)

    Votes: 4 5.6%

  • Run to another room to grab a locked up or hidden firearm and confront the home invaders

    Votes: 11 15.5%

  • Run to another room to grab a stabbing or clubbing weapon and confront the home invaders

    Votes: 3 4.2%

  • Run to another room and attempt to hide while dialing 911

    Votes: 2 2.8%

  • Run out the backdoor of the house and attempt to escape

    Votes: 4 5.6%

  • Freeze like a deer in the headlights

    Votes: 2 2.8%

  • Rush the bad guys barehanded

    Votes: 4 5.6%

  • Other (explain)

    Votes: 12 16.9%
  • Total voters
    71
Thunder said:
why isn't "beat the guy to death with a baseball bat" one of the poll options?
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you don't read very well do you?


Grab a clubbing weapon that is immediately next to you (ex. Golf club, baseball bat, etc)
 
TurtleDude said:
we ought to do the same thing with voting if you want to make constitutional rights subject to IQs

I suspect there would be less gun ownership-at least legal gun ownership and a lot less democrats being elected
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I guess if you think owning a gun is as important as voting
 
TurtleDude said:
My 13 loves the model 10 he goes to training academies with. He also uses my wife's model 19 as a back up but the one he shoots the most is the 22 version of the gun you got-a 18 in 22LR
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The model 10 is a fine little gun. I hadn't shot it in a while so I took it out a couple of weeks ago. It's just a fun thing to shoot. That however made me miss my old 15-4. I honestly think blind people might shoot a tight group with a 15. :wink:

I imagine your son does well with the 10. I think that would be a perfect gun to begin with. How does your wife like the 19? My wife doesn't shoot much at all. She's doesn't like my semi-autos. I thought about maybe an SP-101 and let her shoot .38s in it, maybe phase her into .357.
 
Higgins86 said:
I guess if you think owning a gun is as important as voting
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but of course. I support all constitutional rights and the right to keep and bear arms was specifically guaranteed. For years you didn't have a right to vote for Senators and you only vote for electors for President and women couldn't vote until the 1920 Presidential election. and I cannot vote for or against the vast majority of politicians who affect my life-ie all but one of the congress reps, all but two of the senators, and every federal judge


In many ways owning weapons is more important
 
Risky Thicket said:
The model 10 is a fine little gun. I hadn't shot it in a while so I took it out a couple of weeks ago. It's just a fun thing to shoot. That however made me miss my old 15-4. I honestly think blind people might shoot a tight group with a 15. :wink:

I imagine your son does well with the 10. I think that would be a perfect gun to begin with. How does your wife like the 19? My wife doesn't shoot much at all. She's doesn't like my semi-autos. I thought about maybe an SP-101 and let her shoot .38s in it, maybe phase her into .357.
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my wife used to carry one of those Paxton Quigley SW custom shop 5 shot revolvers for ladies. She now prefers a Sig P238 Auto for deep carry, a Kimber Solo (though it kicks alot) and she also has a bigger Para CCW in 45. Her big issue (she has had carpal issues and took some drug-leviquin I think, that screwed up the tendons in her thumbs) with manipulating a Double action trigger pull on a revolver or a heavy slide on an auto. the bigger guns are easier to pull the slides back on then the smaller guns though the P 238 is easy.

Her favorite HD guns are a glock 19 and a SW MP regular size in 9mm
 
TurtleDude said:
but of course. I support all constitutional rights and the right to keep and bear arms was specifically guaranteed. For years you didn't have a right to vote for Senators and you only vote for electors for President and women couldn't vote until the 1920 Presidential election. and I cannot vote for or against the vast majority of politicians who affect my life-ie all but one of the congress reps, all but two of the senators, and every federal judge


In many ways owning weapons is more important
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I think it is important to own a weapon if that will make your family and yourself safer. Im ex British army as was my dad so I have been around gun supporters all my life so Its not guns I have a problem with. The only problem I have is if people own guns just for the sake of owning guns., there should be a legit reason why you need that gun not " just because" or to make a political statement
 
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Higgins86 said:
I think it was important to own a weapon if that will make your family and yourself safer. Im ex British army as was my dad so I have been around gun supporters all my life so Its not guns I have a problem with. The only problem I have is if people own guns just for the sake of owning guns., there should be a legit reason why you need that gun not " just because" or to make a political statement
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One of the reasons why I own guns and am a world class shooter is that there are people who think others have to justify constitutional rights through "need"

because you want to

because you can afford one

because you think it looks neat hanging on your wall

are all plenty legitimate reasons to own guns

also legitimate is "to shoot someone who would take away my right to own a gun and oppress me because my reasons for owning one is not sufficient to meet their definition of what is a legitimate need"
 
TurtleDude said:
I find Galco to be slightly better made than Bianci. My favorite Galco rigs include the Royal Guard (which is a copy of British maker Andy Artoonian's horsehide rigs that are taking a couple years to get some of his stuff
Holsters for Handguns, Firearms and Concealment at holsters.org
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Awesome! I had no idea.


I like the Fed Paddle and the "concealable" for my Sig 229
Galco holsters; Holsters; Gun holster, pistol holsters, western holsters, shoulder holsters, leather holster and Glock holsters

For my little sig 238 this one

Galco holsters; Holsters; Gun holster, pistol holsters, western holsters, shoulder holsters, leather holster and Glock holsters

its cheap, comfortable and is very concealable
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I have a three Galco holsters and I have no complaints at all. Two of my pistols are in Galco holsters. In fact, I got the Wheelgunner for the model 10.
 
TurtleDude said:
One of the reasons why I own guns and am a world class shooter is that there are people who think others have to justify constitutional rights through "need"

because you want to

because you can afford one

because you think it looks neat hanging on your wall

are all plenty legitimate reasons to own guns

also legitimate is "to shoot someone who would take away my right to own a gun and oppress me because my reasons for owning one is not sufficient to meet their definition of what is a legitimate need"
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talk a big game! Trust me its a lot easier to shoot when the target is not shooting back at you!
 
Higgins86 said:
I think it is important to own a weapon if that will make your family and yourself safer. Im ex British army as was my dad so I have been around gun supporters all my life so Its not guns I have a problem with. The only problem I have is if people own guns just for the sake of owning guns., there should be a legit reason why you need that gun not " just because" or to make a political statement
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lots of folks own guns and carry them, to compensate for insecurities. or to deal with their inner sense of being small.
 
Higgins86 said:
talk a big game! Trust me its a lot easier to shoot when the target is not shooting back at you!
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I already have shot someone

I also train police and civilians in this area

being a world class shot, an attorney and someone who served as a prosecutor I am rather well qualified. BTW most military people aren't really good shots, nor are most cops.
 
Thunder said:
lots of folks own guns and carry them, to compensate for insecurities. or to deal with their inner sense of being small.
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I think TurtleDude could fall into that group!
 
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Thunder said:
lots of folks own guns and carry them, to compensate for insecurities. or to deal with their inner sense of being small.
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this is a typical BS line that anti gun types and cowards spew that has no basis in fact.

A fear of weapons is a sign of sexual retardation is something Freud stated
 
Thunder said:
lots of folks own guns and carry them, to compensate for insecurities. or to deal with their inner sense of being small.
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Or they just want to be able to defend their families... but you know its whatever.
I prefer to tornado their asses. Start spinning around rapidly with your arms out.
 
TurtleDude said:
I already have shot someone

I also train police and civilians in this area

being a world class shot, an attorney and someone who served as a prosecutor I am rather well qualified. BTW most military people aren't really good shots, nor are most cops.
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if your such a world class shot and us military folks are so bad why dont you sign up and do your country a favour?
 
Higgins86 said:
if your such a world class shot and us military folks are so bad why dont you sign up and do your country a favour?
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YOu make stupid comments, I point out they are stupid so you start this crap. I already mentioned I served my country as a law enforcement officer or I guess you couldn't figure that out. You sound like one of those trade school enlistees
 
Thunder said:
good thing my apartment is full of weapons and I think rifles & shotguns are cool.
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sorry dude, HASBRO super soakers and sex toys don't cut it
 
Thunder said:
stupid & childish comment.
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edify us as to what shotguns and rifles you have

I will give you 30 seconds to answer so you cannot google stuff
 
True story. We once lived near Jacksonville, Florida. My mother-in-law (a good one) had visited and was flying home. We took her to the airport. It was raining buckets. Dropped her off and had just drive a few miles on the interstate back into Jax. New car. It died, just died. I was able to manhandle it over onto the shoulder. That stretch of interstate was fairly desolate for a few miles in both directions.

I'm scrunched down on the floor looking at fuses. Van pulls up behind. All they saw was my wife sitting there. She said, "A guy is coming."

I sat up and the guy stopped for a second and then yelled to the van. More guys came. Unsavory people. They wanted to "help" us. I told them no thanks. Some of the guys walked around to the passenger side of the van. It's like 11 AM on Sunday and raining like mad. One guy said, "No, we are going to help". I said, "I got it."

Someone else said, "We gonna help you anyway" and tried to open my door. It was locked. I opened the boot and took out a S&W 5906. Everyone ran and got back in their van and drove away.

A baseball bat or a 3 iron just wouldn't have had the same effect on the nefarious bastards.
 
TurtleDude said:
YOu make stupid comments, I point out they are stupid so you start this crap. I already mentioned I served my country as a law enforcement officer or I guess you couldn't figure that out. You sound like one of those trade school enlistees
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No I make comments that you deem to be stupid and you make comments that I deem to be full of ****...
 
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