Guns at home more likely to be used stupidly than in self-defense

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp

Is that where you're hoping your son goes?

I've heard he's very handsome and athletic. Probably hung like an ox too.

[Thor]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

I posted this last page but, I guess no one clicked on it:

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20110...0-percent-myth

It pretty much shoots whole in the myth that America is responsible for the gun violence in Mexico.

There is nothing worse than people not reading the articles you link to, I feel your frustration.

Now time for a banana milk shake.

[transplant99]

A Gwinnett County woman shot and killed a home invasion suspect Wednesday morning after the knife-wielding intruder attacked her in the shower, police said.

Gwinnett police Cpl. Edwin Ritter told the AJC that the woman, who is in her late 40s or early 50s, was getting out of the shower when the intruder, who she did not know, turned out the lights and attacked her.

She fell back into the shower, injuring her back, and attempted to fight the man off with the shower rod, Ritter said.

"She was telling him that she has money and please don’t hurt her," Ritter said.
"He forced her into her bedroom," Ritter said. "Once inside the bedroom, she retrieved a .22-caliber pistol and shot him several times."

http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/wom...ng-942224.html

[mikey_the_redneck]

Originally Posted by transplant99

http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/wom...ng-942224.html

Had she not had the pistol for self defense, she would have been raped, robbed and stabbed to death. Nice........

[Ark2]

Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck

Had she not had the pistol for self defense, she would have been raped, robbed and stabbed to death. Nice........

Come on now, I'm sure he would have politely asked her where the money was and then left without a fuss.

[afc wimbledon]

I'm having a hard time deciding whether this is an arguement for or against really.




Jeff Hall, a rising star of the National Socialist Movement, allegedly gave his son Nazi insignia and lessons in gun use. Photograph: Sandy Huffaker/AP

A 10-year-old boy charged with murdering his father at their home in California was being exposed to his father's extreme neo-Nazi ideology of racism and violence at the time he allegedly turned a gun against him.
Evidence is mounting that Jeff Hall, 32, a white supremacist who led the National Socialist Movement in the south-west of the US, was involving his son in neo-Nazi activities before his death on 1 May.
A possible link between the group's violent messages and the shooting – an act exceptionally rare for a child as young as 10 – could be an important factor in the boy's trial.
Police were called to the Halls' home in Riverside, California, outside Los Angeles, shortly after 4am last Sunday, where they found Hall dead on a sofa. He had been shot with the family handgun.

[Yasa]

Here's an interesting stat. I don't have the original link, but it was something along the lines of;

100% of guns owned and operated by people, registered or not, will shoot bullets or shells instead of bananas.

[Thor]

Well time to let everyone in on the banana joke.

I actually posted this topic just to see if anyone would notice the 'trick' the author used to see who's paying attention.

From the original article:

If you have read this far, please mention Bananas in your comment below. We're pretty sure 90% of the respondants to this story won't even read it first.

When I originally read this article I laughed my butt off, thought it was such a funny yet interesting idea. I mean how often are we all guilty of popping into debates about something where people link to articles and not actually reading them or skimming them over.

I think this might tie into the idea of if you already have a strong opinion on whatever topic it is, you will probably be much less likely to read an article that opposes your view. I wouldn't be surprised if thats up in the 80-90% of people.

So what does that say about internet, debating, and maybe the broader topic of if internet access is like accessing an 'amazing library of knowledge' when most people will stick to reading and accessing what already supports their viewpoints.

I'm not excluding myself from this either, this was not some attempt to embarrass anyone or make myself out to be clever. This article just really opened my eyes to something I think we all should remind our selves of.

[Ark2]

Originally Posted by Thor

Well time to let everyone in on the banana joke.

I actually posted this topic just to see if anyone would notice the 'trick' the author used to see who's paying attention.

From the original article:

When I originally read this article I laughed my butt off, thought it was such a funny yet interesting idea. I mean how often are we all guilty of popping into debates about something where people link to articles and not actually reading them or skimming them over.

I think this might tie into the idea of if you already have a strong opinion on whatever topic it is, you will probably be much less likely to read an article that opposes your view. I wouldn't be surprised if thats up in the 80-90% of people.

So what does that say about internet, debating, and maybe the broader topic of if internet access is like accessing an 'amazing library of knowledge' when most people will stick to reading and accessing what already supports their viewpoints.

I'm not excluding myself from this either, this was not some attempt to embarrass anyone or make myself out to be clever. This article just really opened my eyes to something I think we all should remind our selves of.

What do you mean "let us in on the joke"? Someone posted this on the very first page. You thanked it no less.

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Anyway, I thought this was pretty clever thing to do in that article...

http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpos...1&postcount=10

[Thor]

Ark, a lot of people missed it however.