How would you react if a burglar entered your home when your children are present?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a suburb right outside of the city. Last one in at night locked the door. We never locked our doors in college. My kids are growing up with unlocked doors. No guns, no living life in fear. It’s not worth it.

Cool story, but not all of us live in such privileged surroundings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a suburb right outside of the city. Last one in at night locked the door. We never locked our doors in college. My kids are growing up with unlocked doors. No guns, no living life in fear. It’s not worth it.

Cool story, but not all of us live in such privileged surroundings.

I’ve lived in suburbs and cities, all different types of neighborhoods. Not rural though, I think I’d lock my doors if I lived in a rural location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in a suburb right outside of the city. Last one in at night locked the door. We never locked our doors in college. My kids are growing up with unlocked doors. No guns, no living life in fear. It’s not worth it.

Cool story, but not all of us live in such privileged surroundings.

+1 very privileged

[Anonymous]

We have a home security system. But, I'd be loading up and locating the intruder (which has happened when DH was away for work) or DH would be. We're a Military family. We made sure to purchase a home with all bedrooms on the same floor upstairs for safety purposes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A gun. We have a security system but I’ve had a handgun and AR-15 since I was a single female living alone. I have several military family members and my brother hunts and builds his own guns. I’ve taken numerous classes for gun shooting and safety, as well as self-defense classes. I still would use my AR-15 as it’s been proven to be the most effective as a defense weapon.

My husband is former military and also heavily trained in shooting. We would use guns as our top defense, besides our alarm system.

Sick

What is “sick” about a person being willing to become and remain competent with a firearm to defend themselves and their family from becoming a statistic at the hands of a criminal psychopath, or a group of them since they tend to run in packs? And the silly knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of an AR15. The fact is that the projectile fired by an AR15 is less likely to penetrate building structures than the buckshot referred to by a previous poster.

Does anyone else ever get the sense that threads like these are basically setups for gun manufacturers to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Lock your doors, you yahoos in the immediate PPs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A gun. We have a security system but I’ve had a handgun and AR-15 since I was a single female living alone. I have several military family members and my brother hunts and builds his own guns. I’ve taken numerous classes for gun shooting and safety, as well as self-defense classes. I still would use my AR-15 as it’s been proven to be the most effective as a defense weapon.

My husband is former military and also heavily trained in shooting. We would use guns as our top defense, besides our alarm system.

Sick

What is “sick” about a person being willing to become and remain competent with a firearm to defend themselves and their family from becoming a statistic at the hands of a criminal psychopath, or a group of them since they tend to run in packs? And the silly knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of an AR15. The fact is that the projectile fired by an AR15 is less likely to penetrate building structures than the buckshot referred to by a previous poster.

Does anyone else ever get the sense that threads like these are basically setups for gun manufacturers to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Lock your doors, you yahoos in the immediate PPs.

I think it’s the result of decades of violent action movies. These idiots think that they can actually have a shootout while panicking in the dark and not kill their own family by accident.

Real life is not a John Wick movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will get my gun first. Won’t hesitate to shoot.

so you'd like go down stairs and shoot them proactively? If they were on their way out the door with 3 ipads they'd grabbed from your counter...would you still shoot them? or is it more if they started coming to where you were you'd shoot them? some people seem so eager for an excuse to shoot someone when most burglars are just taking the $1000 uppababy out of the garage to resell and aren't armed or a threat to you

I’m a gun owner and will use a gun. I would not shoot someone who stole and is exiting my home. I will, however, shoot them upon entry or if they turn around and advance towards me. Weapon or no weapon, I have the right to shoot if they enter my home. I don’t care if they have a weapon or not.

Once you break into someone’s home, you forfeit your life.

Wow. You are sick. You are a criminal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A gun. We have a security system but I’ve had a handgun and AR-15 since I was a single female living alone. I have several military family members and my brother hunts and builds his own guns. I’ve taken numerous classes for gun shooting and safety, as well as self-defense classes. I still would use my AR-15 as it’s been proven to be the most effective as a defense weapon.

My husband is former military and also heavily trained in shooting. We would use guns as our top defense, besides our alarm system.

Sick

What is “sick” about a person being willing to become and remain competent with a firearm to defend themselves and their family from becoming a statistic at the hands of a criminal psychopath, or a group of them since they tend to run in packs? And the silly knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of an AR15. The fact is that the projectile fired by an AR15 is less likely to penetrate building structures than the buckshot referred to by a previous poster.

Does anyone else ever get the sense that threads like these are basically setups for gun manufacturers to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Lock your doors, you yahoos in the immediate PPs.

Does anyone ever get the sense that threads like this are basically setups for anti-gun entities to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Self defense is a basic human right. The right to the efficacious means of self defense is a correlative right. Firearms aren’t the best choice for everyone, but people have the right to choose, and not be controlled by the projections of people who fear their own internal rage and violence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a home security system. But, I'd be loading up and locating the intruder (which has happened when DH was away for work) or DH would be. We're a Military family. We made sure to purchase a home with all bedrooms on the same floor upstairs for safety purposes.

Upstairs bedrooms scare me (if there is only one staircase) due to the fire risk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A gun. We have a security system but I’ve had a handgun and AR-15 since I was a single female living alone. I have several military family members and my brother hunts and builds his own guns. I’ve taken numerous classes for gun shooting and safety, as well as self-defense classes. I still would use my AR-15 as it’s been proven to be the most effective as a defense weapon.

My husband is former military and also heavily trained in shooting. We would use guns as our top defense, besides our alarm system.

Sick

What is “sick” about a person being willing to become and remain competent with a firearm to defend themselves and their family from becoming a statistic at the hands of a criminal psychopath, or a group of them since they tend to run in packs? And the silly knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of an AR15. The fact is that the projectile fired by an AR15 is less likely to penetrate building structures than the buckshot referred to by a previous poster.

Does anyone else ever get the sense that threads like these are basically setups for gun manufacturers to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Lock your doors, you yahoos in the immediate PPs.

Does anyone ever get the sense that threads like this are basically setups for anti-gun entities to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Self defense is a basic human right. The right to the efficacious means of self defense is a correlative right. Firearms aren’t the best choice for everyone, but people have the right to choose, and not be controlled by the projections of people who fear their own internal rage and violence.

Interesting side-step. You're the ones harping on the names of specific products to purchase.

[Anonymous]

You enter my home illegally then you assume the risk of what happens. Simple solution: don’t break into people’s homes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We have thought about getting a gun, but decided against it, for the following reason: in the past six months at my daughter's stressful elite private school three children committed suicides (unrelated to each other), each of them with the gun of their parents.

Besides, if the gun is kept fairly secured and hidden, there might not be enough time to get it.

I don’t mean to sound insensitive but those kids would’ve found another way to commit suicide. I believe majority of suicide deaths are via hanging, not guns. It was an accessible and much easier way, but I think they would’ve found an alternative way if a gun wasn’t accessible.

Wow…forget insensitive, you sound incredibly ill-informed and ignorant. Go do some reading on this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A gun. We have a security system but I’ve had a handgun and AR-15 since I was a single female living alone. I have several military family members and my brother hunts and builds his own guns. I’ve taken numerous classes for gun shooting and safety, as well as self-defense classes. I still would use my AR-15 as it’s been proven to be the most effective as a defense weapon.

My husband is former military and also heavily trained in shooting. We would use guns as our top defense, besides our alarm system.

Sick

What is “sick” about a person being willing to become and remain competent with a firearm to defend themselves and their family from becoming a statistic at the hands of a criminal psychopath, or a group of them since they tend to run in packs? And the silly knee-jerk reaction to the mere mention of an AR15. The fact is that the projectile fired by an AR15 is less likely to penetrate building structures than the buckshot referred to by a previous poster.

Does anyone else ever get the sense that threads like these are basically setups for gun manufacturers to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Lock your doors, you yahoos in the immediate PPs.

Does anyone ever get the sense that threads like this are basically setups for anti-gun entities to come in and make their arguments? Like maybe they are even funding people to post for that purpose?

Self defense is a basic human right. The right to the efficacious means of self defense is a correlative right. Firearms aren’t the best choice for everyone, but people have the right to choose, and not be controlled by the projections of people who fear their own internal rage and violence.

Interesting side-step. You're the ones harping on the names of specific products to purchase.

As opposed to harping on specific “common sense” restrictions on firearm ownership by decent people, none of which are new, all of which have been tried and failed, and none of which make any sense at all, because the problem is criminals.

And I haven’t searched the whole thread but I’m not sure anybody named a specific product to purchase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. We have thought about getting a gun, but decided against it, for the following reason: in the past six months at my daughter's stressful elite private school three children committed suicides (unrelated to each other), each of them with the gun of their parents.

Besides, if the gun is kept fairly secured and hidden, there might not be enough time to get it.

It is fairly well established that firearm restrictions don’t reduce suicides. They simply change the numbers. Probably the most common suicide method in Europe is an over the counter drug. In Japan it is hanging.
I don’t mean to sound insensitive but those kids would’ve found another way to commit suicide. I believe majority of suicide deaths are via hanging, not guns. It was an accessible and much easier way, but I think they would’ve found an alternative way if a gun wasn’t accessible.

Wow…forget insensitive, you sound incredibly ill-informed and ignorant. Go do some reading on this

[Anonymous]

I will shoot and ask questions later. Do not break-in to my house. You’ve been warned.