Skieur's Why Do Americans Have Guns Thread

[MichiganFarts]

To bad i lost 4 years of my life doing a BA in psychology at Ottawa U

However, I can probably find a really nice wiki deffinition on Paranoia wich could also be used to diagnose half of the photographers on here who carries gun in thier camera bags.

Ah, I forgot some people actually study to do the psychobabble stuff...:lmao:

I was spanked as a child, so you know I'm messed up in da head, and can't get this stuff straight.

 

[MichiganFarts]

My wife preaches this "three swats" crap, like anything more is child abuse too, so maybe we can draw from that, and say "only three bullets at a time".

Then everyone's happy, and you gotta choose more carefully who you're gonna shoot.

 

[Destin]

Alright. I really didn't wanna resort to the truth. But here it is. This is why all Americans feel the NEED to carry guns. Because we don't wanna be a Canadian idiot.

 

[usayit]

Handguns and Automatic weapons frighten me for various reasons, however, I will fight for the right for Joe Citizen to own a hand gun.

High five...

People try to generalize their own opinions and own feelings across a group of people. In other words, they are incapable of even for one second placing themselves in the shoes of another. This is true with many hot topics; Gay Marriage (people "feel" that it shouldn't be), Woman's rights (people felt that women were somehow less capable then man), Guns (scary, intimidation,etc), Cameras ("feel" their privacy are violated), Texting while walking (some idiot NYC lawmaker thinking he should legislate what he defines as common sense). etc.

These topics go on forever because when it comes down to it, one side is incapable.... identifying "feeling" and logic/reason.


When someone (anyone) voices their "feelings" yet logically state that their "feelings" shouldn't be forced upon the entire population, it renews some sort of hope that there is a group out there that uses their head.

 

[usayit]

Definition of PARANOIA

1
: a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
2
: a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others

From webster...

I fail to see how simply carrying a weapon or owning one classifies anyone of paranoia. I'm scared of heights... I guess that is some sort of paranoia. We all have "mental" problems. Often the only difference between being "normal" and "medically mentally ill" is whether or not the condition interferes with leading a normal productive life.

I also have this compelling need to check the front door twice before leaving home... Its fine. If I keep returning over and over to check the door to the point that I am always late to work, then I think I would be mental. (Our house was robbed when I was young.. guess that might have something to do with it)

For every mass killing we see on TV, makes me wonder how things would have been different if someone anyone was able to fire back.

Those folks that tackled the gunman in Arizona.... BRAVE... very BRAVE!!!

 

[ghache]

can i ask the same question skieur asked?

have any of the posters here, ever needed to pull out their gun for protection?

 

[MichiganFarts]

can i ask the same question skieur asked?

have any of the posters here, ever needed to pull out their gun for protection?

I still haven't needed to use my car insurance, but everyone says it's a good idea to keep it.

Do you propose they wait until they know they'll need it? LOL? stupendous!

 

[ghache]

can i ask the same question skieur asked?

have any of the posters here, ever needed to pull out their gun for protection?

I still haven't needed to use my car insurance, but everyone says it's a good idea to keep it.

Do you propose they wait until they know they'll need it? LOL? stupendous!

:thumbup:

 

[Destin]

can i ask the same question skieur asked?

have any of the posters here, ever needed to pull out their gun for protection?

Against a person? Nope.

Against an animal, yes. Twice actually.

There was a Rabid Raccoon in my yard last summer that I had to kill (my little brother was 30 feet away in a sandbox).

And we had a fox in our yard once that was fighting with our dog. It also got shot.

I don't own a single handgun though. Just a few .22 caliber rifles, and a 12 gauge shotgun.

 

[usayit]

can i ask the same question skieur asked?

have any of the posters here, ever needed to pull out their gun for protection?

<first thought>
I guess this is the same line of questioning when healthy individuals argue that they don't need Health Care insurance...

<second thought>
TPF is not a good representation of a state, county, region, or anywhere for that matter. As such, I fail to see the point of the question.


With that said... not in NJ. Fortunately, not in TX either. TX Concealed weapon law didn't go into effect until after 1991. By then I was already headed to college. Right after college, when I would have registered, I ended up here in NJ. I haven't had a chance to check on laws here so my M16 (non-automatic) and Colt 45 were left with my father in Texas. It hasn't been a high priority on my list of things... with a young kid in a small house even less so.

 

[ghache]

can i ask the same question skieur asked?

have any of the posters here, ever needed to pull out their gun for protection?

Against a person? Nope.

Against an animal, yes. Twice actually.

There was a Rabid Raccoon in my yard last summer that I had to kill (my little brother was 30 feet away in a sandbox).

And we had a fox in our yard once that was fighting with our dog. It also got shot.

I don't own a single handgun though. Just a few .22 caliber rifles, and a 12 gauge shotgun.

I have hunting rifles myself. A 410, a 30-06 and a 22-250.

 

[Trever1t]

I've never had to actually pull a gun on another human being but was in a "life threatening" situation, hand on the weapon....but never drawn and gratefully so.

 

[Warren Peace]

So if a person enters your house and you are forced to shoot them. Do you try to kill them, or do you try to just slow them down with a bullet or two. Probably to the head.

 

[MichiganFarts]

So if a person enters your house and you are forced to shoot them. Do you try to kill them, or do you try to just slow them down with a bullet or two. Probably to the head.

What would you do if you felt your life was threatened by an intruder in your house, and you didn't have a gun?

Ignorant question because you don't really know the answer until it happens, and we all hope it doesn't end up happening.

 

[chito beach]

So if a person enters your house and you are forced to shoot them. Do you try to kill them, or do you try to just slow them down with a bullet or two. Probably to the head.

2 rounds to center of body mass, only morons would try for a head shot. You aim for the largest portion of the body