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that’s sounds right out of the mouth of Charleton Heston! what about all the people who were rounded up and exterminated in one way or another before gun laws were in effect. AS IF, having guns would’ve prevented the Holocaust. sheesh.
[quote=”maravilla”]that’s sounds right out of the mouth of Charleton Heston! what about all the people who were rounded up and exterminated in one way or another before gun laws were in effect. AS IF, having guns would’ve prevented the Holocaust. sheesh.[/quote]
Read Mila 18, Maravilla. I don´t own or carry a gun but you should know one of the proud moments in that dismal period was the Warsaw ghetto uprising, made possible by? You bet, the few left who decided they weren’t going to be just victims and founds ways to arm themselves.
You don’t address any of the facts stated. Why? A paradox in my life is I don’t believe in capital punishment (yes I think it can be termed murder by the state), but touch my family? You get the point.It is easy to be against something when it hasn’t [i]touched you[/i], in that your home hasn’t been ‘raided’ and your pets killed.
Mila 18 — didn’t most of them commit mass suicide rather than surrender? i’ve never read anything about a shoot-out, unless Leon Uris wrote that in his novel.
the list of reasons to own a gun presume that if a person were surrounded by an armed gang that pulling out a weapon is going to save you. or having your home invaded and it’s presumed you will have the wits about you to find the gun, and use the gun, before you become a victim. everybody wants to be able to protect their family, but how many people are really trained to do that in the face of extreme danger?
theirs no crime in costa rica,hence no need for A gun.now if they had A problem with home invasions,or break-ins,or car jacking I could see someone wanting to not be A victim.
it’s the perfect world,why all the squabbling?tounge in cheek of course.
A nice bit of prose designed to incite a particular element of the voting public and at the end:
“DON’T LET OUR GOVERNMENT WASTE MILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE ALL LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET.”
What exactly is the legislation about to take effect that will make ” All LAW ABIDING CITIZENS AN EASY TARGET” ?
It’s also nice to know that a police force does not offer any protection for citizens, so I guess this is also an anti-police declaration.
Exactly how far back in time do we have to turn the clock before this author would be happy with the state of society.
[quote=”maravilla”]i would bet scott is better trained than all of you, and probably most of the police here. it’s not him i worry about, but the untrained gringos who believe they are astute enough to put that gun to good use and not injure some member of their family, or worse yet, have that gun used on them by the intruders (which happens a lot). and no i did not renounce my citizenship, but i voted with my feet. i have the right to my citizenship, but i can also protest that in which my government engages to which i am diametrically opposed, and an illegal war over wmd’s that didn’t exist, was high on the list of criminal acts that i refused to condone. i live in a perfectly livable, beautiful place in the States; the only thing i got tired of was the snow, so climate was a tiny factor in my decision; war mongering loomed large.[/quote]
just wondering do you live in costarica??
Marvilla dont worry about me not knowing how to handle a weapon…cant buy one…I guess I will have to use a baseball bat even though I didnt play baseball I think I could use it…yep, i live in costa rica without an alarm system or a gun, and i’m usually here by myself with just the two dogs. i had an alarm system when i got robbed 20 months ago, so i removed it. we have an armed guard at night, but the rest of the time i leave doors open all day, neighbors watch each others’ houses, and life goes on. i refuse to have any weapon in my house, so i guess i will just have to endure the consequences were something to happen.
Maravilla,have you had anything happen where you live while the guard was on duty?
I have a friend,she also lives in one of the Hermossa developments where they keep americans under guard.they have had A few incidents even with shotgun willie patrolling.yes, we had an armed guard when i got robbed. they waited until he went off duty at the first light of dawn then hit my house. another incident happened while the guard was on duty. i refuse to live in fear or barricade myself inside my house — i ditched the alarm system which went off when they entered the house but they buried the console under a couple of pillows so nobody heard it. i do place dowels in my sliding doors and windows so they would have a hard time getting past that. and then i have two dogs — one is useless and the other is loco, so i don’t have a clue what good they might be. all of these measures only provide a modicum of protection. if they want in, they will get in, guard or not, alarm system or not, etc.
we all have half acre lots on my ridge so the neighbors are not right next door, but within easy shouting distance, so i consider myself very fortunate and we would all go to the rescue of another were one of us in distress.
as for the perro loco — the ladrones will be fine as long as they are face a face but the minute they turn to run their calves will be shredded. he’s an australian cattle dog who definitely needs a mood stabilizer!
Again, ‘ours’ came prepared with poisoned food…
The 2nd. attempt, the alarms sounded, and they fled since we were the neighbors house. We wouldn’t have usually set them, just to walk a short distance, but our worker had noticed some unusual ‘signs’ so when we went to a renewal of vows, at a wedding anniversary at a specified time, the [i]ladrones[/i] were waiting. The dogs came with us.
The 3rd time….well, we won’t go into that….[quote=”maravilla”] he’s an australian cattle dog who definitely needs a mood stabilizer![/quote]I stayed in Hermossa,I had/have an ACD also.i had A 4 wheeler that I built A platform onto the back.they went all over,him and my pit bull.I only saw 2 others,1 red and 1 blue,like mine.
I def know what you mean about loco now.mines sick nuts,my pit is a church mouse next to him.
amazing dogs.
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