tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post1314354613722856839..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: And this is why many of us choose to own firearms.Murphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-38692364388579780652011-02-15T07:58:11.959-06:002011-02-15T07:58:11.959-06:00Thanks Keads -I'd love to speak with your aunt...Thanks Keads -I'd love to speak with your aunt :) oddly enough I finally recently sold a shotgun that I had kept since 1994 (when I ran away from home so to speak) as I realized - 1. I didn't even have the correct shells for it, 2. even if I did, I would not know how to load and shoot it anymore. 3. even if I did load it, it was highly unlikely I could shoot it at anyone even if I did figure it out.<br /><br />if your aunt does yoga too, I'm sure we'll be BFF's :)Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132525219864075222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-4325515084342884502011-02-14T21:10:30.602-06:002011-02-14T21:10:30.602-06:00Katherine- First and foremost it IS your life to l...Katherine- First and foremost it IS your life to lead. You can make choices as you see fit for you. I do not, nor ever will place the value of “stuff” over another human life.<br /><br />I am a Concealed Carry Handgun instructor in this state. After we get the paperwork done I ask the class if they could take another human beings life. I tell them that there are serious moral, criminal, civil, and physiological consequences for that act. I also tell them that if they cannot make that choice right here right now, I will give them their money back, including the deposit that comes out of my pocket. I respect those that get up and leave. Some think the mere act of brandishing a firearm will act as a Talisman throwing the evil ones away. Some cannot deal with the whole purpose of the class. The fact of the matter is that if a predator has selected you as a victim and you cannot make that choice to pull that trigger right then right now, under close quarters they will more than likely take the weapon from you and use it against you. I applaud your decision as you stated. <br /><br />I spend 5 hours telling students the justified use of deadly force. The one thing that is paramount is that YOU must feel that you are under serious threat of serious bodily harm, or sexual assault. There are other considerations here such as duty to retreat and other matters. This post is not to be construed as a NC CCH class. I make NO provisions for “Stuff”. Hell, if I get home from work and someone is carrying the flat screen TV out I will hold the door open for them. That is what I have insurance for. <br /><br />I will say this however. You have made a choice. You hold a higher power responsible for your life. I do too. I spent 13 years in a private religious school and I have no reservations about my personal choice or the fact I spend weekends teaching CCH. I do feel that the higher power DOES expect me to hold up my end of the deal. <br /><br />And yes, “Me” does have some wonderful weapons displayed on the blog. I have done so as well. For some of us, we are collectors. I have many weapons on my blog I would never shoot. They are too old. <br /><br />If you want to speak with a like minded person, my “left wing nut job Aunt” has been through my Basic Pistol Class, the CCH class and recently asked for her Fathers shotgun back from me. I would be happy to let you two commiserate on the subject. You may find something of interest there. <br /><br />Take care and stay safe!Keadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982258812373127063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-4838352517248727442011-02-13T10:18:05.687-06:002011-02-13T10:18:05.687-06:00Wow -somehow your readers have concluded that I am...Wow -somehow your readers have concluded that I am somehow "anti-gun" because I value life more than stuff. Amazing inaccurate generalization. <br /><br /> I am not "anti-gun" in fact, I hunted every.single.day of the legal duck and goose season in Central IL for years - as well as other game hunting (nothing every quite did for me though like that bird hunting). For 25 years I regularly went to gun clubs, hunting clubs, skeet and trap ranges, hunted, shot or owned all kinds of weapons automatic weapons, pistols, whatever. <br /><br />I have chosen - at least in the circumstance I live in now - not to arm myself with the purpose (however remote) to someday kill someone who might want to harm me or my stuff. Just like you, I lived that way once - bound and determined not to be a future "victim." All those weapons never helped a bit. However, I still respect your right to own and bear arms. <br /><br />I don't view the way I live now as being a potential victim either. <br /><br /> Frankly, I think that as opposed to waiting in fear for a "home invasion" "assault" and rape" in rural WV, there is a better chance that some weirdo will decide to suicide or otherwise bomb the IRS building, metro, or somewhere downtown where I might be walking every weekday, because you know we collect taxes and all that and I am part of that evil empire. There is no weapon I can carry, or own, or have under my pillow, that is going to help me much there. <br /><br />I believe that I have the right to live as I wish - I find it disingenuous (the polite word for hypocritical) that your readers who purport to stand for individual freedoms do not respect that but instead assume to know me and call me "victim". <br /><br />I have made the choice to not fear some unknown someday event - that as I said, I believe is highly unlikely to occur. Rather, I'll just deal with this particular moment in this particular day. <br /><br />In the unlikely event some weirdo decides to throw a brick through my window or otherwise rob me while I am home and rapes and kills me in the process, please feel free to comment then on my naivete. However, like you, I will have lived and perhaps died the way I wished. I respect your choices. It would be great if your readers respected mine.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132525219864075222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-62890378540102521442011-02-13T03:03:37.217-06:002011-02-13T03:03:37.217-06:00Scott--He seems good with loud noises thus far, an...Scott--He seems good with loud noises thus far, and I've taken him with me to the range a couple times and let him stay in the car so he can get used to the reports from a safe-hearing distance. No issues yet.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-5833851832566234892011-02-12T20:58:49.472-06:002011-02-12T20:58:49.472-06:00Unfortunately, the death of the accomplice from th...Unfortunately, the death of the accomplice from the bullet of the intended victim will not support a felony murder or felony manslaughter charge in Louisiana. State v. Myers, 760 So. 2d 310 (La. 2000).<br /><br />Had it happened in a states such as New York, Florida, Illinois and Arizona, the prosecutors would have such an avenue available to them.<br /><br />But the intended victim did save the state the cost of prosecuting and incarcerating at least one of those scumbags.Expatriate Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05094406368801045958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-9177517944452006712011-02-12T20:40:55.360-06:002011-02-12T20:40:55.360-06:00Have you checked Murphy out on the noise factor ye...Have you checked Murphy out on the noise factor yet? As in, will he run and hide when you are repelling boarders?<br /><br />I only ask because I am sitting at my in-laws right now, who own a big (80+ lbs) yellow lab who is gunshy, and will run from you if you are even holding something that looks like a lnog gun (like a broom). <br /><br />Just a thoughtScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16675170508193377512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-62807426882105587342011-02-12T18:07:37.328-06:002011-02-12T18:07:37.328-06:00Folks, Katherine's really a good egg. She just...Folks, Katherine's really a good egg. She just looks at the world a bit differently than this site's typical demographic. but I'm working on her, and she keeps coming back, so I view that as a start.<br /><br />Raptor--welcome. And yes, the Uzi is the real deal. Check out the topics on the left side of the site or at the bottom of this article and you'll come to one labeled "Uzi" that has more info and pics.<br /><br />NE--I'm one of the ones who has in fact shot people before. Their choice and I live with it just fine.<br />Oh--and I'm still here despite their best efforts. In the grand scheme of things, my life is worth more to me than that of some aggressor who is trying to kill me and if I had it all to do over again, I'd just shoot quicker and place my shots a little better.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-70454251468935121622011-02-12T17:52:50.657-06:002011-02-12T17:52:50.657-06:00To Katherine, the man who shot the kids didn't...To Katherine, the man who shot the kids didn't make that choice, the kids did. YOu enter anoters castle univited you get what you get. IN this case dead. <br /><br />FOr my property is my lifes work, thus part of my life,and no man,government or otherwise has a right to it,unless I say so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-3736433374308405972011-02-12T17:46:47.132-06:002011-02-12T17:46:47.132-06:00Although rape is commonly viewed as a street crime...Although rape is commonly viewed as a street crime, a substantial proportion of rape occurs inside homes following an unlawful entry of the residence. Rape and burglary, because they share a common focus in the home, exhibit similar opportunity structures which the perp historically takes advantage of.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-71580614206034453882011-02-12T14:39:58.591-06:002011-02-12T14:39:58.591-06:00I wondered if you'd see this story. If those ...I wondered if you'd see this story. If those "kids" knew that the resident was there before they cut his power and smashed his window, what do you suspect they were after -- his stuff, or him? Or, did he just not concern them?<br /><br />If he had a big ol' sign warning potential burglars that he was armed and willing, do you suppose they'd break in anyway? Doubt it (if they could read).<br /><br />We're seriously considering investing in just such a sign. And more guns. I've already had one too many guns shoved in my face by a thug -- there won't be a next time because my life IS worth more than a thug's.Moogie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05665429537064900337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-66270434538161401512011-02-12T14:14:44.346-06:002011-02-12T14:14:44.346-06:00Amen Brother! And Katherine is just a victim wait...Amen Brother! And Katherine is just a victim waiting on a criminal...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-7556222315892688022011-02-12T13:18:26.843-06:002011-02-12T13:18:26.843-06:00If you are comfortable with jumping to that conclu...If you are comfortable with jumping to that conclusion and then having to live with deaths of two kids on your hands then maybe you've been watching to many 'man movies'NEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359866004589529509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-11279273470469486922011-02-12T13:04:31.928-06:002011-02-12T13:04:31.928-06:00That's your choice, Katherine. As for me, I do...That's your choice, Katherine. As for me, I don't have anything worth stealing (read: don't have much of anything at all) so if anyone comes climbing through my window at night, I'm gonna assume they mean to do me harm. And my life is, to me, worth more than two punks looking to make their bones.<br /><br />-Raptor<br /><br />PS. Brand new reader. Liking the blog quite a lot. And you have an Uzi! Sweet! FA, or just an SBR semi?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-36802464026862659472011-02-12T13:04:19.780-06:002011-02-12T13:04:19.780-06:00I really don't think I could shoot someone who...I really don't think I could shoot someone who is just out to shoot/hurt just me. Now, say my grandchildren were there, or Bruce, or another family member who was likely to be hurt, I MIGHT (and I really am not sure that I really could) shoot. <br /><br />But as far as stuff, it is just stuff, I know I could not live with myself if I shot an unarmed kid over stuff. <br /><br />I am sure that my inability to imagine shooting someone just to protect myself has some deep messed up psychological meaning. Or maybe it was all those Sunday Masses I attended. <br /><br />While it would suck to die or before I want to (but who ever wants to die?) or be hurt by some creep - I figure when my number is up it is up and they are the ones who have to answer for what they did.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132525219864075222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-83741756564033598422011-02-12T12:54:11.755-06:002011-02-12T12:54:11.755-06:00I am armed also because I have two daughters and a...I am armed also because I have two daughters and a wife to defend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-69582718386239599792011-02-12T12:46:14.501-06:002011-02-12T12:46:14.501-06:00Your choice, but what if they're not just ther...Your choice, but what if they're not just there for your stuff? Or what if they have a "no witnesses" policy?<br />Or aren't kids?Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-4991271805258027012011-02-12T12:20:55.205-06:002011-02-12T12:20:55.205-06:00My stuff is just not worth the lives of two kids. ...My stuff is just not worth the lives of two kids. <br /><br />Yes, flaming liberal here.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06132525219864075222noreply@blogger.com