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dougrayflops:
--- Quote from: wheelr;2974561 ---He could have had a gun and it could have went down the same way. Pulling one's weapon is a last resort.
If Thepoolman felt he was surely about to get shot then he would have every right to defend his life. Then we'd have one less thug robbing people at gunpoint on the streets.
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I hear what you're saying and don't get me wrong. I'm guessing that he didn't feel he was surely about to get shot as he didn't hand over his camera. If he was sure he was gonna get shot (or even if he wasn't), if he had a gun in his possession and pulled it then either him or the ghetto kid would of been shot. As it went noone was. The kid might not even of had a live weapon. I'm not defending him, just pointing out that in this particular situation on reflection I'd have been glad I wasn't armed. Getting shot or shooting a kid would not have been a positive result. You get where I'm coming from? It just seems that this is one illustration where a gun wouldn't have been of benefit.
poopipe:
--- Quote from: paulie;2963660 ---you can, anyone can apply for a rifle or shotgun license. several of my friends have shotguns, one's even a gunsmith.
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the problem is you're not allowed to shoot anyone with it - even if they kicked your door down and raked your living room with machine gun fire you'd still end up in nick for waving anything vaguely resembling a peashooter at them. *
* possibly a slight exaggeration
wheelr:
--- Quote from: dougrayflops;2974583 ---I hear what you're saying and don't get me wrong. I'm guessing that he didn't feel he was surely about to get shot as he didn't hand over his camera. If he was sure he was gonna get shot (or even if he wasn't), if he had a gun in his possession and pulled it then either him or the ghetto kid would of been shot. As it went noone was. The kid might not even of had a live weapon. I'm not defending him, just pointing out that in this particular situation on reflection I'd have been glad I wasn't armed. Getting shot or shooting a kid would not have been a positive result. You get where I'm coming from? It just seems that this is one illustration where a gun wouldn't have been of benefit.
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We're speculating. Again, he could have had a gun and the same thing could have occurred. If things escalated even more he could have then used his weapon.
It is easy to say what the right choice is now that the incident is over.
dougrayflops:
--- Quote from: wheelr;2974621 ---We're speculating. Again, he could have had a gun and the same thing could have occurred. If things escalated even more he could have then used his weapon.
It is easy to say what the right choice is now that the incident is over.
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I really don't care enough about it to have a pointless tit-for-tat internet argument over it, you're pro-guns, I get it.
The point is we aren't speculating. The kid didn't have the nerve to shoot someone over a camera fortunately but he probably would have if they tried to pull a gun in defence. Things couldn't have escalated any more than the existing situation of having a gun in your face. The next step up is getting shot, which would probably happen if you try and draw your weapon when someone already has a gun at your head. I'm not saying guns can't be used for self defence, they obviously can, but this is an example where as chance would have it the situation would have ended worse, or at best the gun would have been useless anyway.
That's my position, if you don't agree that's fine.
Rusty Shackleford:
--- Quote from: ilvmybicycle;2969956 ---un fired yugo sks that i got will be here onn monday
and my mosins are not chinese and not finish so im happy
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my neighbor just picked up an unfired russian sks for dirt cheap and an ar15 for around 900,also i just picked up an m44 for 160 bucks.
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