• Intruder Calls 911, Afraid Homeowner May Have Gun
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Shoot to incapacitate, not to kill. Go with the crossbow.
lol if you need to resort to using a gun to get someone out of your house [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28501293]Shoot to incapacitate, not to kill.[/QUOTE] If you have a gun and someone's in your house, you don't even need to shoot. Just pointing it at them would do the trick
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28501293]Shoot to incapacitate, not to kill.[/QUOTE] good luck with that one. ps. never get a gun. [editline]8th March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=JLea;28501309]lol if you need to resort to using a gun to get someone out of your house [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] If you have a gun and someone's in your house, you don't even need to shoot. Just pointing it at them would do the trick[/QUOTE] would you rather we got rid of intruders with fisticuffs? and what if the intruder has a gun?
i'd rather the intruder take my tv than kill him. if they attack me I'll defend myself but the majority of home invasions are simply for theft and I'm not going to end a human life over my damn dvd player [editline]8th March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28501293]Shoot to incapacitate, not to kill.[/QUOTE] use the crossbow with the tranquilizer darts denton
[QUOTE=faze;28492066]Not all states here have that. Here in Maryland, where I live, you have to give them time to escape after announcing you're armed. (Which gives away your position, and gives them time to fire on you.) In most New England states, it's the law that if your home is broken into, you MUST flee the house. If you stay and try and defend your home, you [B]WILL[/B] be arrested.[/QUOTE] When it comes to defending your home and property Texas is the place to be. Got to love Texas' No retreat laws. Someone breaks in to a house here and the home owner is armed, holy fuck god help that poor soul that just broke in to a house. Why? Cause someone is getting lit the fuck up.
[QUOTE=JDK721;28501005]a lot of gun owners with a wild west mentality ITT[/QUOTE] nope, a majority of home invasions end in a shootout with people dive-rolling into cover and blind firing sub machine guns and at least 20 seconds of bullet-time
[QUOTE=faze;28491047]This reminds me of the story a few years ago where this guy broke into a house through the skylight, fell on a knife and sued the lady for something stupid...but he actually won.[/QUOTE] I could've sworn I heard this 2 nights ago when Liar Liar was on tv.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28501293]Shoot to incapacitate, not to kill.[/QUOTE] Every time I see a post like this, I imagine the poster sucking Cheeto dust off of their fingers and patting themselves on the back. "Shoot to incapacitate" is the worst advice you can give, for many reasons. Chief among them is the fact that real life is not a video game; shooting somebody in the leg does not paralyze them for 5 seconds and you are very likely to either shoot a major artery or miss completely.
[QUOTE=Sanius;28502252]Every time I see a post like this, I imagine the poster sucking Cheeto dust off of their fingers and patting themselves on the back. "Shoot to incapacitate" is the worst advice you can give, for many reasons. Chief among them is the fact that real life is not a video game; shooting somebody in the leg does not paralyze them for 5 seconds and you are very likely to either shoot a major artery or miss completely.[/QUOTE] Then shoot to scare hehe
I live in Texas. So you guys already know what my opinion is on the whole "shoot to kill" thing. Yeah.
[QUOTE=Mister B;28502687]I live in Texas. So you guys already know what my opinion is on the whole "shoot to kill" thing. Yeah.[/QUOTE] What, is it "Use a shotgun for bigger mess"?
No, it's just shoot the fucker.
[QUOTE=Sanius;28502252]Every time I see a post like this, I imagine the poster sucking Cheeto dust off of their fingers and patting themselves on the back. "Shoot to incapacitate" is the worst advice you can give, for many reasons. Chief among them is the fact that real life is not a video game; shooting somebody in the leg does not paralyze them for 5 seconds and you are very likely to either shoot a major artery or miss completely.[/QUOTE] :downs: Every time I see a post like this I think of some scrawny neckbeard who lives in his mothers basement and has never even seen a gun in his whole life. Would you rather me shoot them in the chest? In the heart? The dick? The head? I know you are going to be panicked and you aren't going to be a deadeye shot, but you aim below the knee and try to get one in the leg. I would only do this if the intruder even had a gun to begin with. If it was just some asshole trying to steal my xbox I would point the gun at him and tell him to get the fuck out or I am putting four shots into his head and calling it self defense. (Just to scare him, before you go raging on, and trying to make your e-pen bigger) If he just has a knife, I am not going to go up to him and try to fist fight him. Neither am I going to be a big pussy and lock myself in my room while he ransacks my whole house and steals everything dear to me. I am going to do something about it because I have balls, and I have the means to do something about it.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28502751]:downs: Every time I see a post like this I think of some scrawny neckbeard who lives in his mothers basement and has never even seen a gun in his whole life. [/QUOTE] The first thing you learn is to not shoot unless you intend to kill.
[QUOTE=JCDentonUNATCO;28502751] Neither am I going to be a big pussy and lock myself in my room while he ransacks my whole house and steals everything dear to me. I am going to do something about it because I have balls, and I have the means to do something about it.[/QUOTE] i also let masculine pride force me to do things like end human lives over things like jewelry and my ALF box set
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;28502902]i also let masculine pride force me to do things like end human lives over things like jewelry and ALF boxed-sets[/QUOTE] just so you know you can't shoot someone just for making off with your shit, they have to be an endangerment to someone's life.
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;28502902]i also let masculine pride force me to do things like end human lives over things like jewelry and my ALF box set[/QUOTE] You can also read people's minds and know what they want and why they've intruded in your home
[QUOTE=johan_sm;28491159]America, where criminals get more rights than citizens.[/QUOTE] What about the British Guy who lost his house to Squatters because he went on vacation for a week? Or the British Guy who had to take down his spiked fence because "it might hurt burglars". We're not the only one with ridiculous laws.
[QUOTE=Esrange;28502952]You can also read people's minds and know what they want and why they've intruded in your home[/QUOTE] if they're taking my ALF box set then I don't need to read their mind to know that what they want is 4 seasons and 102 episodes of non-stop laughter/not to rape me
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fucking gun nerds ruined the thread
[QUOTE=faze;28492066]Not all states here have that. Here in Maryland, where I live, you have to give them time to escape after announcing you're armed. (Which gives away your position, and gives them time to fire on you.) In most New England states, it's the law that if your home is broken into, you MUST flee the house. If you stay and try and defend your home, you [B]WILL[/B] be arrested.[/QUOTE] that's why the south can be wonderful, break into a house down here and we'll blow your head off then sip some iced tea mmm i do love iced tea
Would be nice if everyone posted their age before giving advice or what will they do if a criminal trespasses their property.
i'm five and my opinions are easily dismissed because of my age and naivete why do you ask [editline]8th March 2011[/editline] i love how your masterful debate strategy predicates entirely on there not being a single person of age who disagrees with you that's some dang hubris right there [editline]8th March 2011[/editline] Panelist one, your time is up. Panelist two, you have two minutes for your response: "Well my opponent brought up some good points, but is it not true that he is literally a baby?"
Because it feels like most are 16 and less and never actually fired a gun. "OMG I WUD SO SHOT SUM1 LIEK CUZ DEY INTTRUD MY HOUS OGM BAD GUYS" Everyone talks here like they are soldiers and kill allday erryday. I mean really, does anyone take into account the price of human life and that they are ending it? Some people throw up after killing someone but here we see fearless houseowners killing anyone who dares to trespass their property. There a few great posts in this thread but the best post was yours, where you said you would rather let the criminal steal your DVD than kill him.
I would take a bullet for someone trying to rid me of ALF I hate ALF
[QUOTE=maqzek;28504491]Because it feels like most are 16 and less and never actually fired a gun. "OMG I WUD SO SHOT SUM1 LIEK CUZ DEY INTTRUD MY HOUS OGM BAD GUYS" Everyone talks here like they are soldiers and kill allday erryday. I mean really, does anyone take into account the price of human life and that they are ending it? Some people throw up after killing someone but here we see fearless houseowners killing anyone who dares to trespass their property. There a few great posts in this thread but the best post was yours, where you said you would rather let the criminal steal your DVD than kill him.[/QUOTE] i agree with your sentiment but you simply should have posted that instead of trying to use people's ages as a surrogate argument
[QUOTE=Sanius;28500962]Life is not a video game. You shoot to kill or don't shoot at all. [/QUOTE] Gee, thanks for that non-sequiter. You don't shoot to kill, you just keep shooting at the center of mass until they stop moving. [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Zeke129;28504511]I would take a bullet for someone trying to rid me of ALF I hate ALF[/QUOTE] [img]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5762/alf4742235.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Mingebox;28504626]Gee, thanks for that non-sequiter. You don't shoot to kill, you just keep shooting at the center of mass until they stop moving. [/QUOTE] They stop moving because they die. That's the point.
[QUOTE=Sanius;28504638]They stop moving because they die. That's the point.[/QUOTE] Not necessarily. Many, if not most, criminals that get shot by police survive.
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