Smith says:

Oh come now. We should all become better victims: Disarm Yourselves!

Phydeau says:

#60 Here’s some quotes from that article.

Gun-toting soccer mom found shot dead

LEBANON, Pa. – A mother of three who became a voice of the gun-rights movement when she openly carried a loaded pistol to her daughter’s soccer game was fatally shot along with her husband, a parole officer and former prison guard, in an apparent murder-suicide at their home.

They had a marital spat. And since there were guns there, it turned deadly. Nice touch: the kids were there and witnessed it, ran out of the house screaming “Daddy shot mommy!” So not only did they both die, they f*cked up their kids in the process.

Now how was that again, about guns making you safer?

GetSmart says:

You don’t necessarily have to shoot an intruder. Just the sound of the slide of a pump shotgun putting one in firing position will make anyone who is even remotely in their right mind run for their freaking lives.

Hmeyers says:

That sign is childish.

qb says:

#64 copper_stopper

And robberies are far, far less per capita/1000 in Canada (.82) or Germany (.72) than the US (1.39) or the UK (1.57). If you’re going to play the stats game, it’s good to have a loaded gun.

deowll says:

You don’t make people safer by removing guns. It just means that knives and clubs are back in fashion.

Of course law biding citizens won’t have guns and criminals normally do.

Heck if you want gun control laws try China. You should feel real safe there. Germany under Hitler and Russia under Stalin were paradise for gun control lovers.

On the other hand Switzerland must be purgatory. The men are all in the military and the last I heard they have issue weapons in their homes.

Rick Cain says:

Neighbor does have a sword though, and took ninjitsu training.

You are welcome to rob the house at any time, if you dare.

Leave Now says:

Seems that guy is risking being shot by his unarmed neighbor for putting up that sign. The neighbor is clearly a peace and love kinda guy. He wouldn’t have put up that sign if his neighbor was a gang banger who spoke publicly saying he didn’t believe in guns and wanted them all banned and that he believes in knives and pit bulls for protection.

MikeN says:

Chance of dying from a gun in America, about 1 death for every hundred thousand guns. Chance of dying from a swimming pool in America, about 1 death for every 11000 swimming pools.

LibertyLover says:

#71, On the other hand Switzerland must be purgatory. The men are all in the military and the last I heard they have issue weapons in their homes.

Police statistics for the year 2006[13] records 34 killings or attempted killings involving firearms, compared to 69 cases involving bladed weapons and 16 cases of unarmed assault. Cases of assault resulting in bodily harm numbered 89 (firearms) and 526 (bladed weapons). This represents a decline of aggravated assaults involving firearms since the early 1990s. Some 300 deaths per year are due to legally held army ordinance weapons, the large majority of these being suicides. The majority of gun crimes involving domestic violence are perpetrated with army ordnance weapons, while the majority of gun crime outside the domestic sphere involves illegally held firearms.[14]

http://tinyurl.com/755e4

Gun Control is not about safety. It is about maintaining the political status quo. Our founding fathers knew this. Most of America knows this.