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Originally Posted by camcojb
The big problem with gun stats is you don't see how many attack/murders are prevented because someone had a gun.
Just legally carrying and pulling it out has prevented countless attacks. Then you also have the below, which is the above story and one other story from the other side.
Scenario 1) A woman is home alone and hears knocking on the front door late at night. Moments later, she hears intruders breaking into her house. Not having a gun, she dutifully calls 911 and waits for help, trying to hide for her safety. The intruders find her, shoot her several times, and rob her home. No arrests have been made.
Scenario 2) A woman is home with her two kids. After someone repeatedly ringing the doorbell, she calls her husband at work, who tells her to hide with the two kids while he calls 911. The intruder forces his way in to the home with a crowbar, opens the door to the closet where the 3 were hiding, only to find himself face to face with a .38 - and gets shot 5 times. The suspect survives and is in custody. The woman and her kids are safe.
I'm sure most would choose the second scenario; those who don't, and perhaps don't agree with gun ownership in any form, would probably dismiss the second scenario as unlikely and improbable, and that the odds are against you actually defending yourself in such a manner.
There's only one problem:
Neither of these are hypothetical.
Both happened within 24 hours of today in the greater Atlanta area.
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http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/20...-fulton-county
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/m...unshots/nTnGR/ |
Home invasion is happens more than most know and it's been on the rise over the past few years. My wife get's calls like this all the time where a person is cowering inside their home, hoping that whomever is pounding on their door will just go away. This is the criminal trying to find out if you home or not. First line of defense is to actually yell "who is it". Nothing says you can't be dialing 911 if you suspect it's someone meaning you harm.
The recent shooting of the home invader you pointed out is proof that limiting the capacity of a firearm, used in self defense, could leave a person vulnerable. The shooter emptied all 6 round and connected with 5. The home invader survived, but what if there had been more than one? Not the time to be trying to reload your revolver! Trust me when I say that it's usually more than one guy. Hey..today's TV's are pretty heavy.