Current Events > Do gun owners go to bed scared every night?

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You'll often see gun owners citing the need to protect themselves as the reason for owning guns.

They often think and fantasize about scenarios where evildoers enter their home and what they can do to counter this.

I'd think with all of these negative thoughts that these people must be going to bed scared every night, maybe even wetting their beds.
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REMercsChamp posted...

Do gun owners go to bed scared every night?

I live in Atlanta.

So sometimes I do.
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Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?
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They go to bed vigilant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUw3R5kZtk

Imagine having sex and as your wife's head it banging against the board, out plops a shotgun. Oh, the hilarity of it all.
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philsov posted...

They go to bed vigilant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUw3R5kZtk

Imagine having sex and as your wife's head it banging against the board, out plops a shotgun. Oh, the hilarity of it all.

Fucking sad but really illustrates the paranoia of a gun owner

That guy in the video probably wet himself before the gun came down
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depends on where you live. some places theres reason for some caution.

i used to live in detroit's east side for a few years. that was an interesting time. one of the guys i went to school with for my GED ended up getting killed a in drive by a few weeks after i finished. on his own familys porch steps too.
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Scared? No. I have guns.
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

I'm all for the right to bear arms, but this was an incredibly stupid comparison
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SomeonesAlt posted...

Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

I'm all for the right to bear arms, but this was an incredibly stupid comparison

The point is that having something for protection does not mean you're scared of everything.

Ask anyone who claims otherwise if they would feel more scared or less scared if they had this sign in front of their neighbor's house:


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Sephiroth1288 posted...

SomeonesAlt posted...

Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

I'm all for the right to bear arms, but this was an incredibly stupid comparison

The point is that having something for protection does not mean you're scared of everything.

Ask anyone who claims otherwise if they would feel more scared or less scared if they had this sign in front of their neighbor's house:

That sign is fucking sad. Is there no limit to how low gun owners will stoop?
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

The point is that having something for protection does not mean you're scared of everything.

Ask anyone who claims otherwise if they would feel more scared or less scared if they had this sign in front of their neighbor's house:

I would think my neighbor was being an asshole, but I wouldn't be more scared.
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Lol that is a funny sign.
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Why are you worried about people having firearms in their home? Afraid theyre going to shoot you if you break in?
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

SomeonesAlt posted...

Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

I'm all for the right to bear arms, but this was an incredibly stupid comparison

The point is that having something for protection does not mean you're scared of everything.

Ask anyone who claims otherwise if they would feel more scared or less scared if they had this sign in front of their neighbor's house:

...that area looks super peaceful. I bet house invasions there are slim to none.
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Why do people keep trying to draw a comparison between guns and cars?

Like, you have to go through an extraordinary amount of mental gymnastics to even get to that point in the first place
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You cry and cry in other topics about what can be done about the gun problem without offering an acutal discussion, and you're usually one of the first ones to start insulting gun owners

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if you enjoy hearing about when these tragedies happen just so you can shit-post more
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

SomeonesAlt posted...

Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

I'm all for the right to bear arms, but this was an incredibly stupid comparison

The point is that having something for protection does not mean you're scared of everything.

Ask anyone who claims otherwise if they would feel more scared or less scared if they had this sign in front of their neighbor's house:

I didn't say anything about banning guns. I'm all for the right to bear arms and have a handgun for home defense.

I just said it was stupid to compare guns to seatbelts
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https://www.google.com/amp/www.wnd.com/2017/04/family-of-dead-burglar-says-homeowners-gun-meant-unfair-fight/amp/
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I know I do. I shake with fear and the only thing that calms me down is my trusty AR 15 next to the bed
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First of all, there is nothing wrong with having a plan in case something goes down. You act as though we are drooling at the thought of filling someone with lead every second of every day. No law abiding gun owner wants to shoot or kill anybody but we also realize that a criminal may not hold us in the same regard.

Second, no I am not afraid to go to sleep because I live in a relatively safe area, have flood lights, a dog, and of course, a S&W M&P 9mm and 12 gauge Remmington. :)

The people who want to own a firearm for the possibility of a home invasion are being irrational. The people who live in constant fear of a much more unlikely school shooting and start screaming and crying on national TV are the rational ones.
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As a gun owner, I am in a constant state of tension. From the moment I step into my house, I have to be prepared not only to operate a firearm at a moment's notice, but also to kill a person, should he or she break into my house.

During the day, I have a gun on my person at all time, safety off. I will constantly draw my weapon and aim it at a doorway or window throughout the day as I go about my life, doing mundane activities such as cooking or watching TV.

The only downfall to this method is that I am no longer able to shower, as it is a HUGE security risk to be nude, unarmed, and covered in water. As a result, I've created a sponge-bath cleaning method I call the "left arm/right arm method," where I will switch my handgun from my left arm to my right arm as I use these arms to clean quadrants of my body, occasionally taking a quick break

One of the keys to my success in keeping my home defended is to schedule regular alarms. Every 20 minutes, I have a loud alarm that will go off, even when I am sleeping. I will immediately wake up, grab the rifle in bed next to me, and BAM! BAM! BAM! fire off a few rounds into the wall in front of me. While this interrupts my sleep schedule (which you get used to after a few months), it also gives me a sense of security that I cannot imagine without a gun.
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philsov posted...

They go to bed vigilant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRUw3R5kZtk

Imagine having sex and as your wife's head it banging against the board, out plops a shotgun. Oh, the hilarity of it all.

Its a double bed, highly doubt whoever is using it is sleeping with anyone else at night or banging anyone on that bed.
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And tc said he wasnt insecure LMFAO
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Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

3 posts in and someone already made a stupid analogy.
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

3 posts in and someone already made a stupid analogy.

Gun owner makes idiotic analogy

In other news, water wet, grass green etc
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Volkswagen_Bros posted...

Sephiroth1288 posted...

Do you wear a seatbelt? Why? Are you SCARED you're gonna get in an accident?

3 posts in and someone already made a stupid analogy.

To be fair the topic started with a dumb ass lie and assumptions
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It's fucking hilarious picturing some gun owner with a tinfoil hat on his head, shivering in bed while he tries to sleep and wetting himself over potential evildoers coming over and invading his home.
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REMercsChamp posted...

It's fucking hilarious picturing some gun owner with a tinfoil hat on his head, shivering in bed while he tries to sleep and wetting himself over potential evildoers coming over and invading his home.

I mean ya that is a hilarious visual. But no one does this
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This is how you take a 90 / 10 issue and re-frame it as a 50 / 50.
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KingCrabCake posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

It's fucking hilarious picturing some gun owner with a tinfoil hat on his head, shivering in bed while he tries to sleep and wetting himself over potential evildoers coming over and invading his home.

I mean ya that is a hilarious visual. But no one does this

Go ahead and give me one reason why a civilian buys a firearm for civilized life other than out of some irrational fear that their doom is impending dependent on their ability to shoot a guy who has entered their home and is out to kill them.
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REMercsChamp posted...

KingCrabCake posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

It's fucking hilarious picturing some gun owner with a tinfoil hat on his head, shivering in bed while he tries to sleep and wetting himself over potential evildoers coming over and invading his home.

I mean ya that is a hilarious visual. But no one does this

Go ahead and give me one reason why a civilian buys a firearm for civilized life other than out of some irrational fear that their doom is impending dependent on their ability to shoot a guy who has entered their home and is out to kill them.

Guns are fun to shoot and collect.
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REMercsChamp posted...

KingCrabCake posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

It's fucking hilarious picturing some gun owner with a tinfoil hat on his head, shivering in bed while he tries to sleep and wetting himself over potential evildoers coming over and invading his home.

I mean ya that is a hilarious visual. But no one does this

Go ahead and give me one reason why a civilian buys a firearm for civilized life other than out of some irrational fear that their doom is impending dependent on their ability to shoot a guy who has entered their home and is out to kill them.

Hunting is a big one.

KingCrabCake posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

KingCrabCake posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

It's fucking hilarious picturing some gun owner with a tinfoil hat on his head, shivering in bed while he tries to sleep and wetting himself over potential evildoers coming over and invading his home.

I mean ya that is a hilarious visual. But no one does this

Go ahead and give me one reason why a civilian buys a firearm for civilized life other than out of some irrational fear that their doom is impending dependent on their ability to shoot a guy who has entered their home and is out to kill them.

Guns are fun to shoot and collect.

They're dangerous weapons though that shouldn't be turned into sport. Whats next, we make grenade throwing legal? Because that's fun and they're cool to collect?
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REMercsChamp posted...

KingCrabCake posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

KingCrabCake posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

It's fucking hilarious picturing some gun owner with a tinfoil hat on his head, shivering in bed while he tries to sleep and wetting himself over potential evildoers coming over and invading his home.

I mean ya that is a hilarious visual. But no one does this

Go ahead and give me one reason why a civilian buys a firearm for civilized life other than out of some irrational fear that their doom is impending dependent on their ability to shoot a guy who has entered their home and is out to kill them.

Guns are fun to shoot and collect.

They're dangerous weapons though that shouldn't be turned into sport. Whats next, we make grenade throwing legal? Because that's fun and they're cool to collect?

Nope thats not even close to the same thing.

People collect knives and swords....people collect cars...not much different

And shooting has been a sport for hundreds of years buddy
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REMercsChamp posted...

They're dangerous weapons though that shouldn't be turned into sport. Whats next, we make grenade throwing legal?

Actually, I kinda want to see Grenade Throwing at the next Olympics now that you mention it. Imagine if they replaced the discus with grenades in the Pentathlon... I'll bet you a lot more people would watch.
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Polycosm posted...

REMercsChamp posted...

They're dangerous weapons though that shouldn't be turned into sport. Whats next, we make grenade throwing legal?

Actually, I kinda want to see Grenade Throwing at the next Olympics now that you mention it. Imagine if they replaced the discus with grenades in the Pentathlon... I'll bet you a lot more people would watch.

If they aren't arming the grenades, it would probably still be boring.
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Romulox28 posted...

As a gun owner, I am in a constant state of tension. From the moment I step into my house, I have to be prepared not only to operate a firearm at a moment's notice, but also to kill a person, should he or she break into my house.

During the day, I have a gun on my person at all time, safety off. I will constantly draw my weapon and aim it at a doorway or window throughout the day as I go about my life, doing mundane activities such as cooking or watching TV.

The only downfall to this method is that I am no longer able to shower, as it is a HUGE security risk to be nude, unarmed, and covered in water. As a result, I've created a sponge-bath cleaning method I call the "left arm/right arm method," where I will switch my handgun from my left arm to my right arm as I use these arms to clean quadrants of my body, occasionally taking a quick break

One of the keys to my success in keeping my home defended is to schedule regular alarms. Every 20 minutes, I have a loud alarm that will go off, even when I am sleeping. I will immediately wake up, grab the rifle in bed next to me, and BAM! BAM! BAM! fire off a few rounds into the wall in front of me. While this interrupts my sleep schedule (which you get used to after a few months), it also gives me a sense of security that I cannot imagine without a gun.

You will always be among the greatest posters of CE, green butter
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0TiamaT0 posted...

https://www.google.com/amp/www.wnd.com/2017/04/family-of-dead-burglar-says-homeowners-gun-meant-unfair-fight/amp/

Maybe those kids would still be alive if they hadn't tried robbing the place, instead of being criminals breaking into a person's house. I have zero sympathy for them and if they broke into to someone's house they should know "if the owner has a gun they will use it to protect what is theirs and they are RIGHT to do so.

Guns are for self defense, hunting, collecting, and for recreation.

Shooting targets has been a sport for a long time, no reason people can't enjoy doing that.
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3 vs 1 is also unfair. The gun is an equaliser against superior numbers.
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Guns also keep women safe and less of a target for assault or rape because a gun gives women a means of defending themselves.

I already had my gun keep a girl and me safe not 10 minutes from my house over a decade ago, if I was not armed she would have been gang raped and I would likely be dead or permanently paralyzed.
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Offworlder1 posted...

Guns also keep women safe and less of a target for assault or rape because a gun gives women a means of defending themselves.

I already had my gun keep a girl and me safe not 10 minutes from my house over a decade ago, if I was not armed she would have been gang raped and I would likely be dead or permanently paralyzed.

story?
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No, because I have guns and the training to use them to prevail against dumbass bad guys who think they can break into homes and live to tell the tale.
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@ChainedRedone

Was a year after I was finished high school, did not have a car or anything yet, this girl I was seeing at the time and I were going walking back to her house after a party at a friend's house. There is a small wooded area behind a school that people walk through(it's a public area) which is 5 minutes from her house, 10 from where I used to live, a group of 4 people were just hanging out there and we later found out was a gang that had attacked other people. I gave them plenty of space as we walked and half way trough the area they made their way over to us, 2 of them had knives and 1 had brass knuckles, I pushed her behind me to where a fence was to she could get away if needed and drew my concealed handgun.

The leader was half surprised half terrified, I told them I did not want to kill anyone of them but if they pushed it all 4 of them would be shot, the one guy who was without a weapon just took off running after that leaving the group, the other three backed off slowly. When they were all the way across on the other side of the field I moved off and kept watching to make sure they stayed gone.

The girl was not happy I was armed but was happy not to be a victim, she felt they would have left us be if we gave them money, I told her "it's not money they were after, they would have likely raped you and killed me, those knives were not for show". I broke up with her the next day since she wanted me to stop carrying a gun even though it kept us safe.

I have never dated anyone anti gun after that because of that stupid BS mindset she had.
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Indeed they do. They are afraid that the government is going to come and take their guns away.
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Like all republicans, they are scared of something.

Muslims? Check.
Gay agenda? Check.
Mexicans? Check.
Blacks? Check.
Liberal agenda? Check.
Hillary Clinton? Check.
Loss of janitorial jobs? Check.

And that's excluding things like North Korea threats and Russian attacks on democracy. Republicans just need those guns. Without them, how will they stop all those things from killing them tonight?

I don't get how Republicans claim that democrats are afraid of things when there's this need for guns to protect them from these things.
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Sayoria posted...

Like all republicans, they are scared of something.

Muslims? Check.
Gay agenda? Check.
Mexicans? Check.
Blacks? Check.
Liberal agenda? Check.
Hillary Clinton? Check.
Loss of janitorial jobs? Check.

And that's excluding things like North Korea threats and Russian attacks on democracy. Republicans just need those guns. Without them, how will they stop all those things from killing them tonight?

I don't get how Republicans claim that democrats are afraid of things when there's this need for guns to protect them from these things.

Lmfao ahahaahahah so much projection.
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KingCrabCake posted...

Sayoria posted...

Like all republicans, they are scared of something.

Muslims? Check.
Gay agenda? Check.
Mexicans? Check.
Blacks? Check.
Liberal agenda? Check.
Hillary Clinton? Check.
Loss of janitorial jobs? Check.

And that's excluding things like North Korea threats and Russian attacks on democracy. Republicans just need those guns. Without them, how will they stop all those things from killing them tonight?

I don't get how Republicans claim that democrats are afraid of things when there's this need for guns to protect them from these things.

Lmfao ahahaahahah so much projection.

Doesn't seem like projection to me. Republicans seem scared out of their mind and rely on the fear of their voter base to remain in power. Which also explains why they are in bed with the religious right as Christianity is a religion of fear.
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