11-23-2008, 10:42 AM
Duchess Wrote:Why don't the naysayers ever offer their opinion on what they are going to be doing in a time of crisis ?...I've given a lot of thought to this topic the past couple of days...Where I grew up it would have taken the police a good 40 minutes to get there, it's probably half that where I reside now...Surely you know what can happen in that amount of time...Please enlighten me on how you would control the situation, I ask this sincerely.
I live in an apartment and I hope to god that if one of my neighbors ever decides they need to defend themselves, they're using a shotgun. Anything else would go right through the wall/floor/ceiling and probably injure or kill someone else completely.
Gun ownership and use requires mature responsibility which we all know is in short supply in the world lately.