Hey Martin it's a quite basketball day today with the storm so with a basketball player maybe shooting someone it brings us the question about guns. I pack but don't sport it around with me. I just don't think it's right even if someone smacked me in my face. However if they break into my property I will introduce them to my little friend. I would warn first.

WoW!! This was a dud or people on this forum just ain't saying what they have in reference to arms permits. I can respect that. Maybe this was a bad post by me. Sorry.

A buddy of mine let me stay at his townhouse in Houston for a few months earlier this year. We'd actually go to the range together. He bought a compact glock and was smart about safety and what not. Bio-metric safe, that type of stuff.

One night we downed shots. He passed out. I went out on the piss while he slept it off. Hey gave me a garage door opener instead of a key. I came in at 2-3am and the door woke him up... think he forgot about me, got his piece, pulled it on me

Now, he's a damned fine shot but I think he was drunk enough where he would've missed, put it through the sheet rock, and maybe killed a neighbor. Would have been a shame if the kid next door caught one, and why I'm okay with inner-city gun restrictions. If you miss while protecting your property, it could hit the neighbor

crzymdups wrote:i can't believe crittenton was allowed to carry a firearm after his NBA suspension... and i can't believe he didn't learn his lesson.

frankly, i don't really see a reason why anyone living in a city needs a gun. i think it makes incredibly more dangerous. just last week in my neighborhood a 19 yr old girl was shot dead at 6pm by her boyfriend - it was still light out. i just don't see a compelling reason why anyone should ever be allowed to carry arms in a city. if you want to hunt some ducks or moose in alaska or vermont, i don't really care, but if you want to bring a gun on the subway with you... i just don't see a reason. i know that's not a popular opinion by the country at large, but i'd be curious if it were different in the cities.

Jarvis C - there is a lot of anger and stress inside which is out of control. Needs to meditate and release that.

Nalod wrote:I don't have a gun but I don't begrudge those that do. I just had a family member killed by an assault rifle and im a little angry these days for weapons designed to murder. Ex husband did not like the fact my cousin was being a good influence on his son so he killed him, his son (yes, the father killed his own son!) The ex wifes best friend, her daughter, but did not kill his ex wife. No, he shot her arm up real good so she could not work again. He told cops "I took her lover, our son, her best friend, her daughter and her abilty to make money but I let her live so she could suffer". I hope he does not get the death penalty, I hope he lives a very very long time in a really really bad place!

The dude had permits for his pistols but did not give them up because he did not understand english too well. we give gun permits to people who don't understand the laws? Stupid! How and where he got the assault weapon we don't know. Guns don't kill people I understand, but if he just had his pistol would things have been different? My cousin was killed shielding the three children in the house. Two lived unharmed. He saved two lives!

I have a big dog, and alarm but really with young niece and nephew in the house I might wait. I think if someone breaks in to go to unlock a gun kind of takes surprise away. Im kind of on the fence on the issue. I get it but we are a murderous society and more guns leads to more violence.

To answer your question, If its lawful to have them in the suburbs, why not the city? I think it should be consistent.

Wow. How do you shoot your own son??? That is a sick and selfish dude. It is a shame that people are so willing to hurt each other like that. Sorry about what happened to your cousin.

TheGame wrote:

Nalod wrote:I don't have a gun but I don't begrudge those that do. I just had a family member killed by an assault rifle and im a little angry these days for weapons designed to murder. Ex husband did not like the fact my cousin was being a good influence on his son so he killed him, his son (yes, the father killed his own son!) The ex wifes best friend, her daughter, but did not kill his ex wife. No, he shot her arm up real good so she could not work again. He told cops "I took her lover, our son, her best friend, her daughter and her abilty to make money but I let her live so she could suffer". I hope he does not get the death penalty, I hope he lives a very very long time in a really really bad place!

The dude had permits for his pistols but did not give them up because he did not understand english too well. we give gun permits to people who don't understand the laws? Stupid! How and where he got the assault weapon we don't know. Guns don't kill people I understand, but if he just had his pistol would things have been different? My cousin was killed shielding the three children in the house. Two lived unharmed. He saved two lives!

I have a big dog, and alarm but really with young niece and nephew in the house I might wait. I think if someone breaks in to go to unlock a gun kind of takes surprise away. Im kind of on the fence on the issue. I get it but we are a murderous society and more guns leads to more violence.

To answer your question, If its lawful to have them in the suburbs, why not the city? I think it should be consistent.

Wow. How do you shoot your own son??? That is a sick and selfish dude. It is a shame that people are so willing to hurt each other like that. Sorry about what happened to your cousin.

Strange, but the shooter was leaving the scene and rammed a cop car who was blocking the entrance. The Cop got T-boned and could not get out of the car right away (he was injured, but not bad), a neighbor ran out and held the shooter using his own pistol (with permit). The guy would have been cought anyway but what if the neighbor actually had to use it? Trained with a permit in a pistol range but what if he missed and starts hitting people in windows? Or the cop now dazed shoots him by mistake?

IM all over the place on this but very much think assalt rifles are in no way useful and laws too lax in them.

Conceled weapons in the city or suburbs is the same.

I was always afraid of a gun fight in my house even if an intruder came in as one of my kids might get hurt going thru the walls.

Suffice to say "murder" of a loved one is shocking and its a first for our family. We are having a hard time getting our heads wrapped around the event. Having to explain my my niece and Nephew (age 6-8) what happened is really tough.

Do we buy more guns to protect ourseves from more guns?

As for guns, I think handguns should be permitted for use only in ranges and at home (no general carry permits!); rifles should be allowed for hunting; assault weapons and semi-automatic pistols should be outlawed entirely as they have no purpose but for killing humans during the commission of a crime. The background checks should be stringent and include a 1 month waiting period. The feds should manage the database of those who may not purchase guns. The trade shows where it is easy to purchase a gun should be heavily regulated. The penalties for illegally selling a firearm should be extremely punitive (e.g., 6 year minimum sentence).

There's no reason that your cousin should be pushing up daisies right now. Those who would argue that if HE had a gun, then he might still be alive miss the point entirely. We need a less violent society, not one with more guns.