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Originally Posted by Jerrek
And, that is why I would keep a shot-gun or a hand-gun with me. You come into the store and try to rob me, I'll give you the money, wait for you to turn around, and then make some circulation holes in some vital organs. We don't need these trash in society. (And watch: now some will defend the criminal again)
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Thankfully we don't have as bad a gun problem in the UK as you do over there.
If guns are freely available, and the criminal thinks you may have one. What's to stop them coming in and just shooting you first?
It's happening in South Africa on an increasing frequency. Rather than risk being shot, a criminal will break into your home while you are sleeping, shoot you and your wife, and your kids, then freely help themselves to your stuff, knowing you can't shoot them because you are dead.
That's one of the reasons why the police over here generally want to keep their guns to a specially trained unit. Because if the crims think a PC is armed, then he's more likely to arm himself and shoot first.