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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: MrScruff]
#19258525 - 12/11/13 01:51 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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MrScruff said: Mall ninja if the time is right to defend myself, fuck it, why not? You might as well be dead at that point. 
But I really can't say because I avoid shady situations like OP's.
Y eah it's good you weren't there with a gun because the math is fucking easy. 1 person with a gun against 3 armed men ends in EVERYONE dead, except one or two of the robbers 
Glad to hear everyone came out it safe
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: Seriously_trippin] 1
#19258582 - 12/11/13 02:23 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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This is a situation where a re-enforced door wouldve done a lot more to defuse the situation then pulling out a 44 like the lone ranger wouldve.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: koods]
#19258587 - 12/11/13 02:27 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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koods said:
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MrScruff said: acquire concealed weapon permit pls
If someone besides the three robbers had a gun, chances are that OP would be writing about her friend who died in a shoutout tonight.
Its obvious you're trolling but its morally justified to just hope they won't murder you and your friends?
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: MrScruff] 3
#19258680 - 12/11/13 04:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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MrScruff said:
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koods said:
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MrScruff said: acquire concealed weapon permit pls
If someone besides the three robbers had a gun, chances are that OP would be writing about her friend who died in a shoutout tonight.
Its obvious you're trolling but its morally justified to just hope they won't murder you and your friends?
I'm not trolling. Another gun in that situation would have made it much more dangerous. It wouldn't have stopped them from murdering anyone. You gun nuts don't really think these things through. In a situation like OP described, having all the weapons on one side is WAY better than both sides being armed. They had the element of surprise. An armed robber doesn't want to use his gun. A gun on the victims side would not have prevented what occurred. It could have precipitated a shoot out.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: koods]
#19258830 - 12/11/13 05:45 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm not going there anymore. That's fucking sketchy.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: lunarpiscean]
#19258833 - 12/11/13 05:46 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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How do you put a gun to a girls fucking head... God I'm glad she's alright
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: koods]
#19259013 - 12/11/13 07:41 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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koods said:
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MrScruff said:
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koods said:
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MrScruff said: acquire concealed weapon permit pls
If someone besides the three robbers had a gun, chances are that OP would be writing about her friend who died in a shoutout tonight.
Its obvious you're trolling but its morally justified to just hope they won't murder you and your friends?
I'm not trolling. Another gun in that situation would have made it much more dangerous. It wouldn't have stopped them from murdering anyone. You gun nuts don't really think these things through. In a situation like OP described, having all the weapons on one side is WAY better than both sides being armed. They had the element of surprise. An armed robber doesn't want to use his gun. A gun on the victims side would not have prevented what occurred. It could have precipitated a shoot out.
No, if someone else had a gun and actually knew how to use it everyting would've been cool, most robbers don't really want to kill anyone and they're terrible shots.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19259035 - 12/11/13 07:51 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Right. Robbers don't want to use their guns. So... Don't give them a reason.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: koods]
#19259039 - 12/11/13 07:56 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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koods said: Right. Robbers don't want to use their guns. So... Don't give them a reason.
More like don't give 'em a chance, and shoot them as soon as they bust through the door...
what if they were the type of robber like Emininem is at 3:39 into this song...
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: TrentBoyett]
#19259054 - 12/11/13 08:03 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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mjmihalov said:
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koods said: Right. Robbers don't want to use their guns. So... Don't give them a reason.
More like don't give 'em a chance, and shoot them as soon as they bust through the door...
As koods pointed out, the robbers had the element of surprise. Good luck shooting them as they burst through the door when they burst in by surprise. Most people don't stand facing the door with a drawn pistol waiting for an attack...
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: koods]
#19259056 - 12/11/13 08:03 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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koods said: Right. Robbers don't want to use their guns. So... Don't give them a reason.
So just hand over everything you own, self defense is too risky in your opinion.
It seems you have resigned yourself to always being a victim to criminal activity.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: qman]
#19259103 - 12/11/13 08:25 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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qman said:
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koods said: Right. Robbers don't want to use their guns. So... Don't give them a reason.
So just hand over everything you own, self defense is too risky in your opinion.
It seems you have resigned yourself to always being a victim to criminal activity.
I think most smart people would rather lose some possessions that can easily be bought again than be dead as a result of a shoot out.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: qman]
#19259111 - 12/11/13 08:28 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em...
Three guys get the jump on you with guns drawn, probably a good time to realize how much more value your life has than whatever material shit they want to take.
For the record, I had an acquaintance murdered recently in a very similar situation--him and several friends held up in his home at knife point--he alone decided to fight back, he alone was stabbed--luckily the thieves took off without hurting anyone else (witnesses).
Most would be thieves aren't looking to come homicide as well.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: shivas.wisdom]
#19259133 - 12/11/13 08:36 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Idk, I don't even have any possesions for someone to take, but I do not like feeling like a bitch, guarantee I'm atleast shooting them when they turn around to leave.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: TrentBoyett] 2
#19259152 - 12/11/13 08:43 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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newborn – we are tender and weak in death – we are rigid and stiff
living plants are supple and yielding dead branches are dry and brittle
so the hard and unyielding belong to death and the soft and pliant belong to life
an inflexible army does not triumph an unbending tree breaks in the wind
thus the rigid and inflexible will surely fail while the soft and flowing will prevail
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: Cyclohexylamine]
#19259169 - 12/11/13 08:47 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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qman said:
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koods said: Right. Robbers don't want to use their guns. So... Don't give them a reason.
So just hand over everything you own, self defense is too risky in your opinion.
It seems you have resigned yourself to always being a victim to criminal activity.
I think most smart people would rather lose some possessions that can easily be bought again than be dead as a result of a shoot out.
I agree, material possessions can be replaced, and I have no issue giving away my wallet if my safety is guaranteed, but there are NO guarantees when violent threats are part of the stealing process.
If someone is attempting to enter my environment for reasons of theft or any other reason (property and home), they will be confronted with a armed person that has the advantage, some things are worth defending and that includes my property and my family, I don't trust criminal thugs.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: qman]
#19259186 - 12/11/13 08:54 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Safety is never guaranteed. It's called taking calculated risks.
In the situation described in the OP, complying held less risk than resisting.
You seem to be conveniently ignoring the fact that, in this situation, the thieves got the jump on the folks in the home. From the OP description, I don't believe they were sitting around with guns on their laps--on the lookout for intruders--when shit went down.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: shivas.wisdom] 1
#19259220 - 12/11/13 09:02 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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shivas.wisdom said: Safety is never guaranteed. It's called taking calculated risks.
In the situation described in the OP, complying held less risk than resisting.
You seem to be conveniently ignoring the fact that, in this situation, the thieves got the jump on the folks in the home. From the OP description, I don't believe they were sitting around with guns on their laps--on the lookout for intruders--when shit went down.
We are not just discussing the OP's specific case, we are speaking in generalities, every situation is different.
If you want to hang your hat on how the OP's scenario proves that having a gun for self-defense is a bad idea, that is weak.
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: lunarpiscean] 1
#19259240 - 12/11/13 09:08 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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lunarpiscean said: 3 black guys
Why the emphasis on black? Could have been 3 burly guys, 3 cult members, 3 scary dudes, 3 guys with guns... No, it's 3 "BLACK" guys. So racist...
In all seriousness though, glad your friends are alive, that's a fucking shitty situation. Except I am LOVING my new laptop!!
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Re: I've never been so thankful for my life before in my life. [Re: koods]
#19259242 - 12/11/13 09:09 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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koods said:
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MrScruff said: acquire concealed weapon permit pls
If someone besides the three robbers had a gun, chances are that OP would be writing about her friend who died in a shoutout tonight.
not neccesarily
All of the cctv videos I've seen a single person defending himself against multiple armed robbers generally involve the robbers getting the fuck out of there as fast as they can, sometimes popping off a few shots in the general direction of the person they are robbing.
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