How do you deal with the fear of having your gear stolen?

[bentcountershaft]

Like that guy in Texas a few years back who shot robbers of the neighbor's house as they were fleeing. I am pretty sure that he was found guilty - but that doesn't make it to the news.

No, he never went past the Grand Jury process, he was let go.

 

[jamesbjenkins]

If someone steals your gear, you cant shoot them. You go to prison. You can only shoot it if you are in danger. As much as I hate getting my gear stolen, I dont want to kill anyone.

Thankfully, the lawmakers here in Texas are smart enough to side with the victim instead of the mugger/thief. Having been in the situation before, I can tell you with authority that when you're jumped you're not worried about trying to differentiate between whether someone just wants your gear, or wants to hurt/kill you. Thankfully, I didn't have to fire my handgun when I was attacked in an alley while scouting for a shoot, but I have no doubt that if I didn't draw the gun and address the would-be mugger, I'd be telling a much different story.

Texas law says the requisite for use of deadly force is the perception of immediate mortal danger. Obviously, retreat is preferred to blowing some perp's brains out, but if I'm ever in the situation again, I'm not going to be the least bit concerned about their safety, only mine.

 

[unpopular]

Like that guy in Texas a few years back who shot robbers of the neighbor's house as they were fleeing. I am pretty sure that he was found guilty - but that doesn't make it to the news.

No, he never went past the Grand Jury process, he was let go.

i'm glad i don't live in Texas. There is no way that this situation meets any measure of self defense, of one's property or otherwise.

 

[bentcountershaft]

Yeah, I'm not sure how that happened. The dispatcher told him to wait for the cops but he wanted to shoot them anyway, so he did. In the back as they were fleeing. That's ****ed up.

 

[Tony S]

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Blackrose89,
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[Netskimmer]

i'm glad i don't live in Texas.

So are most Texans, except for the criminals that is.

 

[unpopular]

^ if that case was any indication of stereotype, all Texans are criminals.

but I don't know why conservatives think that just because I am associated with the "left wing" I must be anti-gun... gun control is a democrat thing.

 

[DCMoney]

After seeing the Beretta's I had to post mine.

I keep my gear in the back of the car under something if not in the trunk when its not with me. At home it all goes in a safe.


Beretta by DCMoney22, on Flickr

 

[naptime]

i would be interested to know how many of you gun toting chest thumpers HAVE actually KILLED another human being?

it's all great to go to the range and practice to your hearts content.
it's all great to have your ccw permit.
it's all great to know you have the right to defend yourself and your property.
it's all great to know that when the need arises you will faithful pull your sidearm, and stop the assailant, killing him with your first shot that will be placed firmly between the eyes and the second shot that will be placed firmly in the center of the heart..


now.... how many of you HAVE been in this position.

how many of you HAVE taken a human life?


i am not anti-gun or anti-gun laws. i am pro gun, pro choice, blah blah bliggity blah...

i have my faithful m1911a1
i have my faithful m4gery (reconfigured ar-15)

i HAVE killed people. and it's not something i boast about or thump my chest about. and it is certainly not something i take lightly.

nor is it something that is my first thought when thinking about defense of myself or my property.

i value human life. but i also believe some people just deserve to die. when they choose to put themselves in certain situations.

however, as someone who has taken life, i know what it does to you, so it's not my first course of thought.


i do find the urban rambos to be quite humorous though.

 

[unpopular]

Beretta by DCMoney22, on Flickr

^^ your highlights have a weird green-cyan cast.

 

[Vtec44]

^^ your highlights have a weird green-cyan cast.

hahahaha....

 

[unpopular]

i do find the urban rambos to be quite humorous though.

naptime - most of these guys live in nice cushy houses, some in gated communities. "urban" is a stretch.

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A few months ago there was some guy shooting at teenagers a few blocks from us. Fortunately he didn't kill anyone. He'd set up in his window and shoot at any kid that walked by after dark.

What line of defense do these kids have? Shouldn't kids in their late teens have a right to walk home from their jobs or pick up a soda and a bag of chips without getting shot at? Is the answer to this problem really sending a group of seventeen year olds out with a gun?

 

[Vtec44]

i have my faithful m4gery (reconfigured ar-15)

Oh hey, I have one too!

I grew up in a war torn country. I've seen the worse of human kind and at the same time the best.

 

[Netskimmer]

I suppose we shouldn't stereotype folks. I'm neither conservative nor liberal, I take a conservative stance on some things and a liberal stance on others. My take on gun control is more conservative, my take on religeon and homosexuallity is more liberal. We should spend less time trying to figure out what party we belong to and more time inspecting the laws being passed and those pushing them. I'll admit that the this fellow in Texas probably overstepped his authority (assuming what has been said here is true and there are no other pertinent facts left out) but I still blame the thieves for the whole incident and wouldn't punish him too severely.

I'm no gun toting chest thumper and I certainly never want to know what it's like to kill someone or to spend the rest of my life in prison, but I aslo don't want to know what it is like to be shot/stabbed to death . I live out in the country and have had runnins with more that one meth head as well as poachers and ner-do-well drunks, so I'll keep my guns close.

 

[480sparky]

i would be interested to know how many of you gun toting chest thumpers HAVE actually KILLED another human being?
........

I would like to know how many anti-gun chest thumpers have been shot at.