Quote:The US has both the most guns per capita AND the highest crime rate in the world according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. That right there falsifies the notion of guns as a crime deterrent more than your "slander on poor people" and "not all poor people are criminals" arguments.

 

Poverty is more strongly linked to crime than the presence of guns as a deterrent is.

Tell me again how gun control works? Find me the cities with the toughest gun laws, now compare the crime rates. Start with Chicago, I'll wait.

 

I think the funniest part of this whole thread is that the first page is loaded with people spouting off from the keyboard without even READING what happened. "They were shot in the back" "Nothing can justify taking a life" Blah. 

 

I carry every day. I also pray every time I see my weapons that I never have to use them for their intended purpose. If I ever have to it will be justified. I wouldn't enjoy killing another person. I hunt, I kill large animals, every time I do, I feel a little sick but, it's part of life. I'm thankful for the meat that will be provided by that animal.

 

I wish all the anti-gun people had to wear a uniform. That way the criminals would know who to rob, they wouldn't get shot, and I wouldn't help someone wearing that uni.

 

That being said, I personally wouldn't have stopped them. I'm not a cop. If I walked in and they had their guns drawn, different story but, them leaving the store and I'm outside. Not my problem, I'll take the license plate of the get away car.

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