[Vision2020] Hmmm . . .& Oscar Pistorious

Nicholas Gier ngier006 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 09:38:37 PST 2013 

Good Morning Visionaries:

As I pointed out in my ignored column, children and women are less safe in
homes with guns, and gun suicide rates in the home are much higher than any
other countries except some in Latin American and Swaziland.  Yes, Joe, the
risks are far too high.

Oscar Pistorious' lover had locked herself in the bathroom, so it would
have been difficult for him to use a knife to kill her.  Instead he
unloaded his pistol through the door.  His defense is that he thought she
was an intruder, even though her side of the bed was of course empty and
there were no signs of illegal entry.  I don't think that many women lock
themselves in their bathrooms unless they feel that they have been
threatened.

Pistorious loved his guns and his motto for Nike ads was "I'm the bullet in
the chamber."  Thank the goddess, Nike has pulled the ad but not his
contract.  Sadly, machismo will continue to drive gun violence all over the
world, but strict regulation has made a difference even in "mate"culture of
Australia.  High time to turn in our Bushmaster "man" cards and throw them
in an Aussie "waste tidy."

Yes, Joe, you are right that it is an empirically problem, but most
conservatives don't care much for facts.

Nick

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:

> These are empirically claims. Could be that pulling out a gun increases
> your risk. It depends on a lot of factors.
>
> The big question is: does the potential for help outweigh the risk of harm?
>
> And I hate to tell you that in a region with a low incidence of gun
> violence, the answer is 'No.' Paul's weapons are more likely to cause him
> harm than they are to protect him.
>
> On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Gary Crabtree <moscowlocksmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Once "he" becomes aware of said gun it becomes a powerful deterrent to
> staying in your house much less helping himself to your belongings or
> continued good health.
>
> g
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:56 AM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> This is what listening to pop music can do to you!
>>
>> Paul: If he's in your house, then the gun was not a deterrent.
>>
>> On Feb 20, 2013, at 6:12 AM, Sunil Ramalingam <
>> sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  But not in a judgmental way. I'm too busy singing to put anybody down.
>>
>> sr
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> From: jampot at roadrunner.com
>> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
>> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
>> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:02:11 -0800
>>
>> Now you're just monkeeing around.
>>
>> g
>>
>>  *From:* Sunil Ramalingam <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 19, 2013 11:07 PM
>> *Cc:* vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
>>
>> The premise of your post was that he was breaking into homes when people
>> were there. Now you're inventing his motive to kill you. No, if he saw your
>> face, he'd be a believer, not a killer.
>>
>>
>> Sunil
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:56:57 -0800
>> From: godshatter at yahoo.com
>> To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
>> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
>>
>>
>> It didn't say he was.  If he did, though, I'd want to be able to protect
>> myself if he ran across me in a home he thought was empty and he got it
>> through his head that I had to die because I'd seen his face.  Or maybe
>> he's desperate, and now he's willing to try hitting a house that is
>> occupied but looks like he could rob it regardless.
>>
>> It's a tool of preparedness.  I'd rather not assume that he's harmless if
>> he's breaking into houses and robbing them.  If my assumption is wrong, I
>> could die.  I'd rather not throw away my chance at survival because "OMG!
>> Guns are bad!"
>>
>> It doesn't mean, by the way, that I'd just shoot this guy for breaking
>> into my house.  But a loaded weapon is a good deterrent, and if it turns
>> out my life is at stake, I'd rather have a gun than a shoe I could throw at
>> him, or whatever I happened to have at hand.
>>
>> This isn't rocket science.  Be prepared.  It's the good old Boy Scout
>> motto.   I also have a smoke detector and a fire extinguisher.
>>
>> Don't let the "guns are killing our kids!" narrative drive your views.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 02/19/2013 10:43 PM, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
>>
>>  Paul,
>>
>> Where does it say he's breaking into homes when people are in? I had a
>> lot of burglary cases, and my mistakenly charged clients were usually
>> alleged to have entered homes when no one was there. Lots easier to leave
>> with stuff that way, said the authorities.
>>
>> Sunil
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:02:25 -0800
>> From: godshatter at yahoo.com
>> To: thansen at moscow.com
>> CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hmmm . . .
>>
>>
>> What's paranoid about locking up when you're out and being ready to
>> defend yourself when you're at home when there is a known burglar in the
>> area?  Being prepared is not the same thing as being paranoid.  If someone
>> is crazy enough to break into your home while you are there, you can go
>> ahead and classify that as a situation fraught with danger, in which case
>> having some means to protect yourself might be called for.  There are
>> plenty of reasonable scenarios where a would-be burglar happens upon a
>> member of the household when he thought the place was empty that could end
>> up very badly for the person he stumbled upon.  If the burglar knew you
>> were at home and invaded the home anyway, then you've definitely got a
>> problem if you are happily unarmed.
>>
>> Better to have that gun when you need it than not.  If guns frighten you,
>> which I find hard to believe because of your military background, then at
>> least pick up a good aluminum baseball bat.
>>
>> Do you think I'm paranoid because I keep a set of jumper cables in my
>> trunk in case my battery dies and I need a jump from a kind stranger?  Are
>> you one of those people that joyously flit from situation to situation
>> relying on the gods to keep you out of trouble?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 02/19/2013 01:18 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
>>
>> <ATT00001>
>>
>> Paranoia . . . self-destroya.
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .
>>
>> "Moscow Cares"
>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>>
>>  Tom "Proud to be a Filthy Liberal Scum" Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
>>
>> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
>> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
>> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>>
>> - John Lennon
>>
>>
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