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Gun Control & RKBA

DashOneBravo

(2,679 posts)

37. No gun

Reply to retrowire (Original post)

Mon Oct 31, 2016, 11:00 AM

Oct 2016

In addition to the suggestions above I add:

Come up with a self defense plan for you and your wife. Figure out what you are going to do if someone breaks in.

Find a room where you can wait until LEO's show up. Make sure it has the least amount of entry ways and you can secure it.

Keep a phone in there and anything you are going to use for self defense. You guys practice meeting there if you are separated in the house.

There are a bunch of non-leathal options for home defense. Personally I'm not going to kill someone for breaking in my house. Attacking a family member is a different story.

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Sigh... I think I want to buy a firearm. (updated) [View all] retrowire Oct 2016 OP

Don't buy a gun 20895DEM Oct 2016 #1

Concur HAB911 Oct 2016 #2

Don't buy a gun metroins Oct 2016 #3

Let's look at what you can do to alleviate your anxiety. Avalux Oct 2016 #5

Let the anxiety subside and rely on other home security methods. blm Oct 2016 #6

If there isn't a comparison in the severity, why would you mention your sister? Marengo Oct 2016 #13

So he knows that the reply comes from a source familiar with the various levels of blm Oct 2016 #15

yeah i didnt take your advice rudely. nt retrowire Oct 2016 #17

thanks, retro blm Oct 2016 #19

Simply because your reason for including the example of your sister was not clear... Marengo Oct 2016 #18

You do realize that diagnosed mental health issues are not static? MADem Oct 2016 #32

No gun. ADT or other security companies will work just fine. leftofcool Oct 2016 #7

Your mental state and guns don't mix beachbumbob Oct 2016 #8

I don't think the Trumplodytes will revolt in numbers that average people need to barricade meadowlark5 Oct 2016 #9

As someone who has used a gun in self defense, don't consider it unless you are 100% Marengo Oct 2016 #10

As an avid advocate of the RKBA I suggest you wait discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2016 #12

"...avoidance, deterrence, and de-escalation." This is key ^^^. Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #25

I don't think you have anything to worry about in regard to your own physical safety if Trump loses. -Steph- Oct 2016 #14

As a long-time gun owner, I wouldn't recommend buying a gun unless... Nitram Oct 2016 #20

I recommend a GSD. ileus Oct 2016 #22

whats a gsd? nt retrowire Oct 2016 #23

I would assume German Sheppard Dog Travis_0004 Oct 2016 #26

ehhh we got cats retrowire Oct 2016 #27

I would counsel against obtaining a firearm at this time... Eleanors38 Oct 2016 #24

The greatest predictor of being killed by a gun is having one in your home Warpy Oct 2016 #28

Don't stoop to their level mwrguy Oct 2016 #29

"Every gun sold is money in the pocket of the white-wing NRA." EX500rider Oct 2016 #30

That makes absolutely no sense what so ever. hack89 Oct 2016 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #31

Find a friend who is a shooting hobbyist. Nuclear Unicorn Oct 2016 #33

Get your head straight, then get a gun. SOUTHERNYANKEE75 Oct 2016 #34

Not the time to buy a gun tortoise1956 Oct 2016 #35

No gun DashOneBravo Oct 2016 #37

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