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**LesLattis** · 02-03-2007, 07:56 PM

But guns aren't common among the law-abiding. In fact, they've disappeared, leaving ordinary Britons helpless against criminals.

I don't really care about gun control debates, but tell me this:

What makes a you less helpless against criminals if you have a gun?

It seems to me that if you are unarmed and a criminal has a gun, you lose your money and likely the criminal is not particularly interested in shooting you.

On the other hand if you are packing and the criminal also has a gun you are protecting your money but inviting an armed conflict that would not have otherwise occured. Unless you have Jesse James-like gun skills you can't be confident that you can "quick-draw" and put a bullet in the criminal's head before he shoots you. After all, the criminal has the element of surprise. You would argue that by having a gun, you are safer in this type of situation?

02-03-2007, 07:56 PM	#7
LesLattis Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 616 Senior Member	But guns aren't common among the law-abiding. In fact, they've disappeared, leaving ordinary Britons helpless against criminals. I don't really care about gun control debates, but tell me this: What makes a you less helpless against criminals if you have a gun? It seems to me that if you are unarmed and a criminal has a gun, you lose your money and likely the criminal is not particularly interested in shooting you. On the other hand if you are packing and the criminal also has a gun you are protecting your money but inviting an armed conflict that would not have otherwise occured. Unless you have Jesse James-like gun skills you can't be confident that you can "quick-draw" and put a bullet in the criminal's head before he shoots you. After all, the criminal has the element of surprise. You would argue that by having a gun, you are safer in this type of situation?
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