VoodooChild
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Well I voted Democrat once so clearly I have no sense of self-preservation.
It's be so nice if Republicans tried to even consider how Democrats actually think.
It's be so nice if Republicans tried to even consider how Democrats actually think.
It's just a joke.
I know Dems, including a few on DP, who are pro-gun and pro-self-defense... but I know some real left-leaning weenies who think almost exactly like the joke says too! :lamo
I would disagree. It seems to me that many Democrats try to solve immediate problems, but then try to figure out the root cause of the problem so it can be neutralized there, while conservatives often... don't.
I would say that deep thought and in-depth analysis is not a great strength of either Democrats or Republicans... at least not at the level of party leadership and politicians.
Otherwise.... when the bull is charging you, you deal with that first and then worry about why.
Guys, you have texan all wrong. Here you go:
I disagree. Take terrorism for instance: the right's response after 9/11 was "LETS GO IN AND KILL ALL THOSE TERRORISTS TILL THEY'RE DEAD", while the left, at least certain voices in it, were saying "yes, let's go invade afghanistan and topple the Taliban, but let's also figure out the root causes of these people's insanity and see what can be done on that end"... to which Karl Rove promptly ridiculed them
This has what to do with shooting a criminal who is immediately, imminently (and all those other words meaning "right here and right now!") threatening your family?
Frack his reasons for doing it, kill the morterforker. :mrgreen:
I was mentioning this as an example of liberals trying to figure out the root causes of problems. I think any sane liberal would shoot the ****er
Okay, now we're getting somewhere.
There's a time and a place for trying to figure out the why's and wherefores, and maybe even trying to figure out what to do about them to prevent more trouble... and there's a time and a place for taking action.
I was going to chide you for you last sentence and say something like "yeah but most liberals wouldn't be armed, they don't believe in guns." Actually though, while that was largely true a couple decades ago, in recent years even most of the liberals in this country have been waking up to the fact that a .45 in hand is better than a cop on the phone any day.
Glad to have y'all join us in reality-land. :mrgreen:
I would love to have a gun in my possession in case I needed it, I just can't justify the expense at this point... though I would be afraid that if I'm ever mugged at gunpoint again, my gun would be pretty useless.
As I've said in other threads, a gun is just a hunk of steel unless you have the skills to go along with it. I teach various self-protection courses to regular citizens, and a big part of it is awareness, threat recognition, and avoidance (preferred) or tactical response (if necessary) intended to give you the best possible chances of staying ahead of the curve.
I'm hardly unique in this, there are many such courses and instructors, some of them expensive and others very reasonable. I certainly recommend that anyone who is going to carry get some good training.
I'm just thinking in that specific situation that if someone already has a gun drawn on me, I'm not going to be able to draw my gun and do anything before I'd get shot first. Does that sound right?
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