AST (After Sean Taylor)-To gun or not to gun?

[Monksdown]

Quoting:

Preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders
Butte, MontanaNovember 5, 2007
Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year oldPatricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home. It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montanaand Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine. Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke throughthe front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room andgrabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be thefirst to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old'sknee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals. When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to theleft shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to deathbefore medical help could arrive. It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim,50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to thechest. Ever wonder why good stuff never makesNBC, CBS,PBS,MSNBC, CNN, orABC news.... Now that is Gun Control!

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

Quoting:

Preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders
Butte, MontanaNovember 5, 2007
Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year oldPatricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home. It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montanaand Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine. Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke throughthe front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room andgrabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be thefirst to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old'sknee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals. When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to theleft shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to deathbefore medical help could arrive. It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim,50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to thechest. Ever wonder why good stuff never makesNBC, CBS,PBS,MSNBC, CNN, orABC news.... Now that is Gun Control!

Now that is awesome.

[onlydarksets]

Seriously, folks - it's called Snopes, and, unlike guns, it saves lives:
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Home Invasion Thwarted by 11-Year-Old Girl

Originally Posted by Monksdown

Quoting:

Preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders
Butte, MontanaNovember 5, 2007
Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year oldPatricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home. It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montanaand Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine. Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke throughthe front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room andgrabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be thefirst to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old'sknee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals. When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to theleft shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to deathbefore medical help could arrive. It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim,50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to thechest. Ever wonder why good stuff never makesNBC, CBS,PBS,MSNBC, CNN, orABC news.... Now that is Gun Control!

[mheisig]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Seriously, folks - it's called Snopes, and, unlike guns, it saves lives:
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Home Invasion Thwarted by 11-Year-Old Girl

So one false story that gets passed around proves...?

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

I still don't quite understand the logic, "To combat the threat of guns, we need to give everyone guns." It's akin to the U.S. arguing in the Cold War, "to combat the threat of nuclear arms, we need to proliferate nukes." Gun-advocates view gun-control proponents as naive, but I'm not sure that people who believe 99% of people can handle guns are themselves entirely in touch with reality.

[EternalEnigma21]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I still don't quite understand the logic, "To combat the threat of guns, we need to give everyone guns."

that's because that statement represents 2 extreme points of view.

#1 that guns themselves pose a threat to anything

#2 that everyone should have them.

Neither of these statements is remotely accurate, so if you put them together obviously it's going to sound absurd... there is no logic to that statement, and I find it difficult to believe anyone is arguing that.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by mheisig

So one false story that gets passed around proves...?

That it's a false story. The guns comment is (quite obviously) commentary.

[SkinDogg]

Not picking sides here, but for every story like this is a story of some kid who accidently killed a buddy while playing with dad's gun. Or, some kid who took dad's gun to school...

And why was an 11-year old left home alone?

Originally Posted by Monksdown

Quoting:

Preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders
Butte, MontanaNovember 5, 2007
Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year oldPatricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home. It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montanaand Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine. Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke throughthe front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room andgrabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be thefirst to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old'sknee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals. When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to theleft shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to deathbefore medical help could arrive. It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim,50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to thechest. Ever wonder why good stuff never makesNBC, CBS,PBS,MSNBC, CNN, orABC news.... Now that is Gun Control!

[EternalEnigma21]

Originally Posted by SkinDogg

Not picking sides here, but for every story like this is a story of some kid who accidently killed a buddy while playing with dad's gun. Or, some kid who took dad's gun to school...

And why was an 11-year old left home alone?

yup.

I'm very pro-gun, but very pro-gun control. I don't understand why people have to take a test in order to drive a car, but anyone over a certain age with no felonies can buy a handgun. Policies banning certain setups are definitely the wrong approach in my opinion. Better screening for intelligence and mental health is the way to go, with the cost getting passed on to the people purchasing...

again just my opinion...

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Monksdown

Quoting:

Preteen vs. illegal alien Home Invaders
Butte, MontanaNovember 5, 2007
Two illegal aliens, Ralphel Resindez, 23, and Enrico Garza, 26probably believed they would easily overpower home-alone 11 year oldPatricia Harrington after her father had left their two-story home. It seems the two crooks never learned two things: they were in Montanaand Patricia had been a clay shooting champion since she was nine. Patricia was in her upstairs room when the two men broke throughthe front door of the house. She quickly ran to her father's room andgrabbed his 12 gauge Mossberg 500 shotgun. Resindez was the first to get up to the second floor only to be thefirst to catch a near point blank blast of buckshot from the 11-year-old'sknee crouch aim. He suffered fatal wounds to his abdomen and genitals. When Garza ran to the foot of the stairs, he took a blast to theleft shoulder and staggered out into the street where he bled to deathbefore medical help could arrive. It was found out later that Resindez was armed with a stolen 45caliber handgun he took from another home invasion robbery. That victim,50-year-old David Burien, was not so lucky. He died from stab wounds to thechest. Ever wonder why good stuff never makesNBC, CBS,PBS,MSNBC, CNN, orABC news.... Now that is Gun Control!

those two dudes got what they deserved. i would have done the same thing, except after i shot them down i would have kicked him in his face.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

those two dudes got what they deserved. i would have done the same thing, except after i shot them down i would have kicked him in his face.

Except that it never happened.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

Except that it never happened.

I guess people just skip over posts.

Sounded a little too good to be true, for sure.