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Tough Targets: When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens (New Cato study, FReeper author)
The Cato Institute ^
| February 2, 2012
| Clayton E. Cramer and David Burnett
Posted on 02/02/2012 5:56:56 PM PST by FreedomPoster
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To: FreedomPoster; DaveLoneRanger
My favorite:
The 82-year-old [Venus Ramey] leaned on her walker, pulled out a .38 revolver, said, no you wont, and shot his car tire. She then held the two at gunpoint for police. Ramey is a former Miss America.She still is Miss America to me!
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posted on
02/02/2012 8:18:40 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Limbaugh: Tim Tebow miracle: "He had atheists praying to God that he would lose.")
To: FreedomPoster
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posted on
02/02/2012 8:19:28 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(We kneel to no prince but the Prince of Peace)
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To: DaveLoneRanger
Was wondering where you gone off to!
To: Greg223
My son his Tokarev in 7.62 x25That round will scare the hell out of whatever it doesn't hit.
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posted on
02/02/2012 10:28:16 PM PST
by
Stentor
("All cults of personality start out as high drama and end up as low comedy.")
To: FreedomPoster
To: DaveLoneRanger
To: DaveLoneRanger
Wow!
Good work!
Thanks for the ping.
To: DaveLoneRanger
Good for you Dave, I always keep my eye out for your work.
Good luck in your new carrier at the hospital and thanks for the update ping.
If you have the time, give the list a shout whenever you get published or have a chance to appear on TV
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posted on
02/02/2012 11:41:34 PM PST
by
voteNRA
(A citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized)
To: DaveLoneRanger
My daughter's senior paper was on campus carry, and she used ConcealedCampus.org as one of her sources.
On her behalf, I'd like to give you a big, FReeping THANK YOU for both the website and your efforts.
She'll be thrilled when I tell her I've spoken to you.
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posted on
02/03/2012 3:15:35 AM PST
by
MamaTexan
(I am ~Person~ as created by the Law of Nature, not a 'person' as created by the law of Man)
To: FreedomPoster
From the article:
It is important, however, for conscientious policymakers to consider not only the stated goals of gun control regulations, but the actual results that they produce.
That, right there, is the problem. Leftists don't
care if the legislation works. As long as they give the apperance of doing something and they're doing so with all the best intentions, results don't matter.
As far as I am concerned,
all laws should be reviewed, evaluated by their
original stated intentions (no mission creep allowed), and thrown out if they aren't making progress toward those stated intentions.
Never happen, but it's a fun fantasy...
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posted on
02/03/2012 4:29:38 AM PST
by
Peet
(Cogito ergo dubito.)
To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; wku man; SLB; ...
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posted on
02/03/2012 4:33:10 AM PST
by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: FreedomPoster
The overarching purpose of the second amendment is to allow the people to protect themselves against the very entity that wishes to disarm us - the government.
“...being necessary for the security of a FREE STATE,...”
We can’t hardly have a free state when the government has a monopoly on weapons now, can we?
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posted on
02/03/2012 4:51:03 AM PST
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: FreedomPoster
The estimates of defensive gun use range between the tens of thousands to as high as two million each year. It's really hard to compile accurate statistics on defensive gun use, since many cases may not be reported. Some years ago, I had to draw on a druggie to convince him to get out of my car and leave me alone. I continued my drive, never reported it, and was more diligent thereafter about keeping my car doors locked when driving in the city.
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posted on
02/03/2012 4:51:45 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(I'd agree with you, but then we would both be wrong.)
To: PapaBear3625
It's really hard to compile accurate statistics on defensive gun use, since many cases may not be reported.I think the perfect example (well, not perfect but notably representative) is in the movie "Men in Black" when the Alien approaches the tow truck driver with the shotgun - the tow truck driver simply says "Please..." and then pulls back his jacket to display a rather large revolver (possibly a 44 mag, but I don't remember).
How many times does just displaying a weapon give the bad guy second thoughts. I mean, stealing a quick $40 from Granny seems easy, but it isn't worth the risk of getting a 38 caliber hole through the head!
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posted on
02/03/2012 4:58:29 AM PST
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: FreedomPoster
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posted on
02/03/2012 5:18:58 AM PST
by
elhombrelibre
("I'd rather be ruled by the Tea Party than the Democratic Party." Norman Podhoretz)
To: PapaBear3625
"It's really hard to compile accurate statistics on defensive gun use, since many cases may not be reported. Some years ago, I had to draw on a druggie to convince him to get out of my car and leave me alone." It is safe to assume that any reported numbers are absolute minimums due to the above. But accurate numbers mean zip to the anti-2nd crowd. They ignore anything except what they "feeeeeelllll" is right. I loved the case in which two anti-gunners were going to do a statistical study to "debunk" Gary Kleck, and ended up getting MUCH HIGHER values for defensive gun usage than he did. They spent a large part of their paper proving why THEIR OWN NUMBERS just had to be wrong.
To: Greg223
My son his Tokarev in 7.62 x25You can kill a man or any type of African big game with a .22. With that said, shot placement becomes more critical as caliber decreases. For myself, give me .45 the way Colt figured it for (semi) automatic pistols.
If your son is confident enough of his marksmanship even in the heat of a life or death encounter, more power to him.
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posted on
02/03/2012 5:56:10 AM PST
by
magslinger
(Who cares if they are"electable" if they are going to govern like Democrats? -noprogs)
To: DaveLoneRanger
You’ve been a busy guy. We’ve missed your posts.
To: meyer; PapaBear3625
How many times does just displaying a weapon give the bad guy second thoughts. I mean, stealing a quick $40 from Granny seems easy, but it isn't worth the risk of getting a 38 caliber hole through the head!Exactly! The only part of a firearm I have ever used for self defense is the rackety rack of a pump 12 ga. I never mentioned to the police exactly why the guy trying to break down my door left so suddenly.
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posted on
02/03/2012 6:27:39 AM PST
by
magslinger
(Who cares if they are"electable" if they are going to govern like Democrats? -noprogs)
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