Rethinking this gun thing. Simply tragic

go cry about the "man" some more lol

 

Not speaking for Iggy, but he didn't die because he was robbing per-se, he died because he had what appeared to be a weapon and came at his dad. At no point did he remove his mask or speak. His dad already on high alert, instinctively reacted to that.

If this was am armed stranger encountering the masked 'teen' in their home, or the police investigating the 911 call, he'd have more than likely been shot by them also.

 

Great post Bliss. BUt it wont go over well with some of the folks on here
THey are all about the victim mentality any way they can get it haha

 

ahhhhh yes i've been robbed before, so yes, it's easy for me to say. would i ever put my possessions that are in my house ahead of a life? NO. they are things that can be easily replaced, that's why i pay home and contents insurance ffs. can you replace a life?????? ahhhhhh NO

again, this is where civilians having guns in their homes is a mistake. but what do i know, right

 

I preferred your interactions with fanny when you were high fiving him in the height thread

 

and that's the difference. call 911 and have them handle it. i know i'm in australia not america, but all this taking lives and law in your own hands is just batshit crazy to me. i know you know where i am coming from as you're aussie as well. could you imagine us arming ourselves in our own homes?

 

But were you home at the time?

And if so, was he armed?
(Most burglars her ever enter a home without some weapon (aka knife, gun)

 

no victim mentality here. they way you talk it appears you'd quite happily take a life, no questions asked. me, i would prefer not to have that shit follow me round for the rest of my life.

you also should note that i'm in a different country than you. we don't have guns in our homes, so the thought of shooting someone is so completely outrageous to me. what we do if we feel in danger is call the police and they come and handle the situation

 

no i wasn't home at the time, but i had to continue living there afterwards knowing that someone was in my home, going through my "things". what i did do to feel safe after the event was get locks on my windows, informed my neighbours and we started a neighbourhood watch.

after that would i think about getting a gun to keep myself and now my children safe? nope, not at all, wouldn't even cross my mind.

as a single mum i've had a strange man come into my yard. what did i do? i called the police and they came and handled the situation.

 

That is absolutley true, but they assume the risk of death, that is why in this country burglars are usually armed. Personally, I would never shoot someone trying to escape with a material good if that was the obvious case, rather call the insurance company; however I will not understimate someones intentions or mentality. I plan on dying a natural death. The best way to assure they will not get hit with buck shot is if they chose not break into my crib, or at least have enough sense to do it why I am not home. Real Talk.

 

low five I'm short remember

 

Yup, I do understand your POV.

And that's what she should have done here, or her brother should have not gone over there to investigate or he could have warned the masked man.

But let me ask you this...say you're with your kids in the living room and man breaks your door down.
Do you think you would even make it to a phone to call the police and tell them your address and the situation, let alone hold him off until the police arrived?

There's 360 million people here, there's 25 million in Australia. There are just too many bad-ass people and not enough cops here...and half the time, cops take their sweet-ass time for break-ins, depending on the neighborhood.

 

i actually sit with my mobile next to me at all times, it actually is right there, fully charged and ready to use at any moment lol...

i moved to a townhouse which is firmly planted between 3 neighbours that can hear everything as well as a blue gate which you need to know how to open from experience. add on top of that a dog that would alert me to anyone coming, and a pretty good deadbolt on the front door so i'm pretty sure i could have my phone to my ear and spitting out my address before a person could even get to my door. if i couldn't, one of my neighbours would, so i know that i'm safe.

 

That is what I said in the other gun thread..create barriers, even if you have a gun. But as we know by the amount of rapes and murders and home invasions that happen here, your protective scenario is not often the case.

Believe it or not, I was once like you...no way, never, wouldn't go near a gun. Terrified. I prefer FOR ME, the way I think now. I don't want to ever have to shoot someone, but I can and WILL pull the trigger if there is absolutely no choice left for me.

 

Neither do I. The only thing with that is, some burglars do that..to see if anyone is home. Which is why I always peek to make sure they have left my property whoever they are.

 

To be fair you are on point when you consider reaction time. Her calling her brother, who lived next door and owned a gun, was probably better for her safety since it would have taken the cops time to get there and with the recent rapes in the area its understandable why everyone acted the way they did.
All cops can really do at this point is get there after shit went down to clean up

 

No doubt, the question is who's body are they going to carry away. Unfortunate, but true.

 

i was picturing him on his knees

 

Ok, NOT a good visual for two MEN!


*Btw, when I first read your other post v v, I was so tempted to fix it, so I did...:smt024

Yes, it's aussie humor time :smt061

 

Holy crap that's how I always picture you lol