One would think the pants-wetting would occur on the other end of the barrel.

 

LOL! :

Nice.

 

I think he is a lying sack of yak squueze. If he was as experienced as he says I doubt he have been as fumbling as he describes. I love how he marginalizes his girlfriends feelings and then empathizes with the would be theif. OMG I might have to kill someone who means to do me or my loved one (giving him credit here which may not be justified) harm, right. How was he going to shoot his girlfriend, she was behind him, shooting yourself with a shotgun is pretty tough unless you are a complete idiot.

 

I bet that the author is this guy:
http://youtu.be/1KcvoJ0O9gA

 

Probably a good thing he disarmed himself before he shot his foot off. In the broom closet unloaded :headshake:

 

I've come up out of a sound sleep in response to "foot-steps" coming
down my hallway in the middle of the night. Pretty much went from
out cold to wide awake in the dark with my .357 pointed and the hammer
rocked back before I really knew what was going on.

The "foot-steps" turned out to be the sound of my heating ducts
expanding in my new house where the furnace kicked on for the first time,
so a non-event as it turned out. (Sure had a spooky, even foot-step
pattern to it though. But I felt comfortable with my reaction,
my reaction time, and my stress level before I figured out what was
going on.

I'm no battle hardened ninja. I would probably come out on the short end
of the stick against anyone with military of LE training. I know and accept
that. But I absolutely can NOT put myself in the mindset of the author of
that article.

 

The author of that article and I are in agreement: he shouldn't own a gun. Part of owning a gun for self-defense is training and being able to use it if necessary. It sounds like he didn't train (range plinking isn't training) and he doesn't possess the mindset to do harm in order to protect oneself. We all have fight-or-flight reflexes, and he thought owning a gun would overcome an adrenaline dump. It takes a lot to stand your ground and not run away or fold in a situation like that, especially training to overcome biology.

 

What a Waste of Oxygen! I wish I did'nt even waste my time reading that!

 

Sorry -- didn't mean to waste your time.

Thought it was (a) somewhat amusing, and (b) insightful in the liberal
anti-gun mindset. Know your enemy sort of thing.

 

What a crock. I love how theres a link to sign a gun ban petiton half way through the article.
"The mechanical burts of shouldering an assault rifle on full auto"? Im guessing hes implying that it was HIS Bushmaster that was doing that since he didnt bother to clarify the statement.
Its funny how his little incident occurred 5 years ago, yet its supposed to relate to how we need to get rid of AWs today.

All in all it sounds like a fictional story made up to appeal to the fence-sitters on gun control.

 

It was a hold your sides and laugh. The author of the opinion piece sure makes a lot of strange assumptions about human nature based on his own feelings of cowardice. Though I agree he should never ever be allowed around guns. Or anything else that could be considered dangerous like lawn darts.

 

Part of the story is fiction. Either his firearms experience, the burglary or the entire thing is simply made up. As a child I saw my 115 lb. mother rack a shotgun when something went bump in the night...seems she wasn't dumping **** all over the floor and puking. The story presents NO solution to the problem of a burglary, unless you count praying to God while being beat to death or raped a solution. Utter BS...

 

IMHO, if there's any question in your mind as to whether or not you're capable of killing another human being if you or your loved ones are in jeopardy, you shouldn't own a gun for self defense. You'll only get yourself killed.

 

Glad he sold them to somebody who's not an idiot pu$$y.

A big adrenaline rush *can* make you throw up, but it takes a big estrogen rush (no offense, ladies) to make you sell your guns afterwards.

 

Hahaha wow, this dude......what an ineffectual sissy.

 

I will admit the first time I shot a man all hyped up on adrenaline I noticed that after that I felt like I got hit in the gut and you usually gotta pee. it is part of the physiological process of the flight or flight mechanism.

That being said, there is a distinct difference between a man becoming the predator, and the prey just trying to fight back. This man and some others I have seen under fire were the latter of the two.

It is all in the frame of mind. The difference between whether you are using the gun or hiding behind it, lies in how you view it. Clearly his is a story of prey logic.

 

Anyone who has been in combat knows that sinking feeling in your stomach, and the "pucker factor" of having to squeeze your butthole so tight that one could make pearls in there, all so as not to **** yourself. I never liked the idea of killing anyone, but when faced with that prospect, it's either you, or the other guy and that's all there is to it.

How that could lead him to give up his guns, is mind boggling to me. What if he did not have a gun, and the robber had seen that? It was the racking of the cartridge that scared him away! In the article he says he wouldn't want to kill anyone over his TV... well that's fine and dandy, but by selling his guns, he's given the opportunity to a robber to kill him and his wife. He is now a victim. Let him suffer his fate should another criminal find him unarmed.

In my honest opinion, I bet this is a made up story. It just doesn't make any sense...

 

Agreed. It's like hearing you might have cancer, then when your find out you don't, you drop your health insurance.

 

Heh...

Not everyone is as hairy-chested as we are.

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Every professional who has ever written a book has basically written something along these lines: "...If you don't think you could drop the hammer on some turd, then don't have a gun".

Sounds like this guy made the right choice.

 

I myself think it's a piece of fiction as one commenter pointed out & why. Also notice there's a nice anti-gun ad at the bottom of the article. And which way does the newspaper lean: tell the truth, anti/pro-gun, what?

 

OK, I'll bow to overwhelming opinion that the article may be fabricated.
(I tend to take too many things at face value -- personal shortcoming.)

Still an interesting insight into the thought-process of the anti-gun crowd:

We have a limp-wristed, trembling "hero" of the story, who comes to
see the error of his ways, and would rather forfeit the life of himself and
his family than shoot someone who's intentions it MAY have been to only
steal his TV set. This is what plays as positive in with the anti-gun crew?
I'll just go lay down quietly over here and try not to be a bother to anyone
who might want to harm me.

In tougher times past (and maybe future) Darwin will quickly act to clean
the gene pool of such anti-self-preservation misfits. We currently enjoy
enough excess food, production, safety and security in our society that
such spineless non-contributers can drag along for the ride.

 

This guy needs to get rid of all his guns and just carry a recording of a pump shot gun cycling through its action several times

 

That was a true liberal .
The man would rather have his famly killed that kill the criminal.
"The disarmed empower the crinminal"

 

I think this idiot just wanted his writing to be publshed and obviously in a liberal state like NY they wouldn't have published his letter if went something like this: "... grabbed my shot gun, chambered a round and the would be robber ran away when he heard the chambering noise..Wow, it felt great to defend myself and my girlfriend and see the robber run away like a scary rabbit, everyonce should have a gun in their home" What are the odds of a NY newspaper publishing my version of the story?

 

I also think this is a faked article. Once loaded you can't keep pumping the gun as one of the commenters pointed out. If it is true it is a good bet he nolonger has the same girlfriend. She told him she felt safe when he got his gun. When he sold them he pretty much told her she is not worth defending.

 

If it is true, I gotta find that woman and show her my gun collection !!!

 

I read some of the stories on the links associated with it. The most disturbing to me was this one......

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/amendment-don-article-1.1223900

The 2nd Amendment supports gun control? Are you freaking kidding me?! :headshake:

The article about the new NY gun legislation reminds me of Communist propaganda with all it's "May.....", "May......... ", "May..........." rhetoric.

 

I read nothing in that piece that identifies him as a 'Liberal', is it because he didn't indicate he was wearing a 'Club Gitmo' shirt?

 

"Liberal" was my broad-bush generalization.

Gun-grabbing pinko commie hippie molly-coddling constitution trampling pants wetting hand wringing elitist... liberal.

I'm sure there's subtle differences, but I've never bothered to learn how
to tell them apart.

Besides, a liberal would never call himself a liberal these days.
Aren't they all "progressives" now that liberal has become a dirty word?

 

people can do some pretty amazing stuff on adrenaline and fear whether they are trained or not...I think it has to do with the mind and heart as to what a person is capable or not capable of doing/performing.

 

There are plenty of Opinion pieces penned by alleged " Former gun owners" that are trying desperately to portray the fact they "Gave up their guns for the greater good". They are all full of $#!T liberal anti gunners trying to push the image that gun control will be accepted by the gun owning patriots. You can tell that they basically don't know jack about any firearms.

 

i would like to be able to blame the long and serious campaign in America to feminize males, in public schools, colleges, universities and in the media, but hell, i know alot of women with bigger balls than guys like this....

I'm at a loss!