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I never mention them to prove anything... only as side comments, like how I can't wait to tell them that you think when a person chooses a Mossberg 500 over an AR-15 for home defense it's an indication of how little he knows about home defense.
Then you tried to backpedal by saying that in today's world a shotgun isn't enough. Well, I have other things to spend my money on so one weapon will have to do... and I chose a 12-gauge shotgun... Is that OK with you?
I didn’t backpedal. You go all over the place trying to rationalize your opinions. Lol. Go ahead and tell them wh**ever you want.
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Anyway, when I giggled about you're "in today's world lecture" where you didn't actually explain the dangers in any detail or for that matter what a better option would be - I guess because your only point was to disqualify me somehow, you made another undue assumption about me by implying that I never encountered violence.
How childish. It wasn’t a lecture just a point. I don’t recall saying you never encountered violence but that most people never have.
There are many facets to protection that go beyond having a gun.
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Fact is I've been shot at (not hit) in front of my house, when I was 34 and I was stabbed when I was 19. Not exactly the Battle of the Bulge but maybe you shouldn't try to rest your arguments on baseless assumptions about people.
Both have happened to me. I know that doesn’t automatically make one a realist or knowledgeable.
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You also said "I didn’t ‘suggest’ you weren’t an expert - I said it".... Are you trying to tell me that you know me so well that there is no doubt in your mind?
Based on your posts there is no doubt in my mind you’re not - including the comment about you’d rather spend money on something else rather than being better prepared
And I’m no expert either just always learning
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Finally, you said that you are not against gun control but you are against banning.
Are you referring the the banning of specific types of guns? If so, that *IS* a form of gun control. Or are you confusing that with banning ALL guns? If so, I am agreement as that would be a clear violation of the 2nd Amendment. But then again very few people are actually making that suggestion.
{sigh}. Everyone knows banning is a form of gun control and no I’m not confusing it with banning all guns. Thats a pretty insipid comment on your part. I am for better checks on who buys them.
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The fear over a total ban on all guns is a slippery-slope fallacy. Banning AR-15's today does NOT mean all guns will be banned tomorrow.
Lol. Never said or implied it did. However it doesn’t mean there aren’t nuts out there who won’t try. There are some nitwits on this forum who think all semi autos should be banned.