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>You think you need a gun in order to kill a would-be assailant. No. A gun also scares them off - and much better than a knife. A gun is an equalizer. Is an 85
by Nadya 11y ago
>You think you need a gun in order to kill a would-be assailant.
No. A gun also scares them off - and much better than a knife. A gun is an equalizer. Is an 85 year old lady with a knife going to be threatening to some young thug? Not likely. Will an 85 year old lady holding him at gunpoint be scary? Very.
[0] http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5624360 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5624360
- foldr 11y agoDid you read the story? The woman held a 17 year old kid (who was already "cowering in a corner") at gunpoint. "Smith made the burglar call 911 as she kept her firearm pointed at him." We're always hearing stories about "responsible gun owners". Well, how responsible is that? It's basically guns 101 that you don't point unless you intend to shoot. Luckily she didn't end up killing the kid, but it could quite easily have happened.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI think the GP's point is - if the assailant expects the homeowner to have a gun, he'll bring his own with him. Now you have two guns on the scene (the escalation GP mentioned), which seems to me to be strictly worse than having no guns on the scene, only if because it's easier to kill someone in a panic with a firearm than with a meelee weapon.