Police and Owners Begin to Challenge Looters (NY Times reports on gun used in self defense)

THE NEW YORK TIMES ^ | September 1, 2005 | FELICITY BARRINGER and JERE LONGMAN

[Old Student]

"A gun is a tool, just like a crescent wrench or a hammer. It's a tool whereby civilized people defend themselves against uncivilized people--also known as 'animals.'"


Well said. There is an old saying that "All men are created equal. Sam Colt made 'em that way." The civilized people would do well to remember that.

[DocH]

Is this racism?

Why else, when you go to the range for practice, the saying, "Keep it in the BLACK"? :)

[DocH]

I shoot egyptian 8mm surplus dated 1946 all the time. they always go bang!

They always go bang...

EXCEPT when they are in Egyptian rifles, being carried by Egyptian troops, facing an onslought of Israeli's.

"RUN AWAY!, RUN AWAY!, RUN AWAY!".

[mylife]

LoL
I still want an 8mm egyptian Hakim
But its no match for an israeli 8mm 1919 machinegun L0L

[DocH]

By the way, great post grundle. It does my heart good to see PROOF of what our 2nd Amendment is really all about.

It is NOT about "sporting purposes", you gun-grabbing, 2nd Amendment-hating, freedom-loathing, un-American demonRATS!

Note: In my previous post, I should have spelled onslaught correctly, but got in a hurry.

[NY Attitude]

It is NOT about "sporting purposes", you gun-grabbing, 2nd Amendment-hating, freedom-loathing, un-American demonRATS!

But, but, but, you would be shooting registered democratic voters. /sarcasm

[aspiring.hillbilly]

....that the old muddy will just sweep away....!

[aspiring.hillbilly]

...my birth year and i allways go "bang" too...

[mylife]

Too much information L0L

[Larry Lucido]

NYT editors must have been asleep today.

Here, allow me:

"Guns are never the answer."

"Guns may be okay in Louisiana, but would never be acceptable in NY. Might cause explosive decompression if one was used in one of our subways."

"Just call 9-1-1."

"You are 43 times more likely to shoot your wife than to shoot a looter taking your generator."

[Larry Lucido]

LMAO! Glad you got your computer glitch fixed. I was scratching my head there for a while!

[mylife]

My puter was in some ether zone. All seems well now

[Larry Lucido]

Exactly. Otherwise, not ONE of these defensive uses of firearms will make it into Sarah Brady's "43 times more likely" stats (which STRICTLY require that the perp be killed, and be an "intruder").

[Yancey]

repeat of 911 gun sales

[DocH]

But, but, but, you would be shooting registered democratic voters.

You could take pot-shots at bodies floating by down there, and you'd be "shooting registered democratic voters"!

[NY Attitude]

Yes, their votes will probaby be counted in the next election.

[Vor Lady]

Thanks for the 'about bloody time' ping!

[kerryusama04]

Simple point of knowledge, aim at the chest, its the largset target and best chance for hitting the target. Never fire into the air you don't know where the projectile will land. This is irresponsible gun ownership. Gives the rest of us a bad name

A little perspective here. What is he going to do with the rotting corpses? Better to let them walk and tell others not to mess with him than to have to bury a corpse in your front yard.