Would you like to have a gun?

whirlpool · 11-08-2014 05:38PM #1

Imagine it. The middle of the night, you're sleeping in your bed, when you're woken up by a burglar in your room with a baseball bat. The burglar threatens you.

Maybe your young daughter is asleep in the next room.

You don't have a gun near your bed.

Imagine it.

Now imagine if you did have a gun near your bed.

Would you rather have a gun or not have a gun in that situation?

The Poll question is and the main question of this post is Would you like to have a gun?

OldMrBrennan83 · 11-08-2014 05:39PM

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Banjo String · 11-08-2014 05:40PM

Imagine there's no heaven.

It's easy if you try.

Me? · 11-08-2014 05:42PM

I'd rather have a baseball. It would confuse the sh!te out of the intruder. I would throw 3 strikes and he would be out of there.

Last_Minute · 11-08-2014 05:45PM

If i could have a gun, there's a chance so could the intruder.

So yes. We could have a shoot out in the house.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 11-08-2014 05:49PM

There's a gun at home, it's heavy though, I think it'd be better to bash someone with the end of it than shoot them

Hotfail.com · 11-08-2014 05:50PM

No.

He's a bit of a thick burglar if he goes into your bedroom and wakes you up :pac:

TeddyTedson · 11-08-2014 05:51PM

I'd be too pistorius to have a gun and couldn't trust myself with it.
Although I'd be the one most at risk.

shruikan2553 · 11-08-2014 05:52PM

Guns are an uncivilised weapon. I prefer to shoot with a bow before charging down the stairs with a sword.

agent graves · 11-08-2014 05:52PM

its very easy to say yes id rather have a gun.. but using it to shoot some one is a different story.. i reckon most would freeze up if they had to point blank shoot someone intruding in their house.

Tail Docker · 11-08-2014 05:52PM

I have one, thanks. Yes, i like it.

wazky · 11-08-2014 05:55PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Guns are an uncivilised weapon. I prefer to shoot with a bow before charging down the stairs with a sword.

I don't think home invasions are the place to practice your archery skills. Your more likely to be found strangled by your own bow than to actually hit an intruder I'd say

Menas · 11-08-2014 05:56PM

If you are gojng to pull a gun on an intruder (aka Home invader) then you should be prepared to use it.
I would not fancy having the memory of shooting someone stuck in my head and the mess of their blood all over the bedroom.
But if I was wealthy and at risk of a tiger type kidnapping then probably yes, I would like one.

ComputerKing · 11-08-2014 05:58PM

Yes I would like to have a gun but the chance of an intruder breaking into my house with CCTV cameras fully alarmed doors and windows and all windows locked as well as sensor activated security lights is extremely unlikely.

akura · 11-08-2014 05:59PM

I would like a gun, but the thought of other people having guns scares me

holystungun9 · 11-08-2014 05:59PM

ComputerKing wrote: »

Yes I would like to have a gun but the chance of an intruder breaking into my house with CCTV cameras fully alarmed doors and windows and all windows locked as well as sensor activated security lights is extremely.

...unlikely?

JupiterKid · 11-08-2014 06:01PM

No I wouldn't. There's a distinct chance that the gun could could be used against me.

Boskowski · 11-08-2014 06:03PM

Yes I would. But then I know I could be trusted to have a gun.

Would I like everyone to have a gun?
Absolutely not. And if that means I can't have a gun either then that's cool with me.

ComputerKing · 11-08-2014 06:04PM

holystungun9 wrote: »

...unlikely?

Ya sorry I'm on my phone.

Duiske · 11-08-2014 06:07PM

Tail Docker wrote: »

I have one, thanks. Yes, i like it.

Same. Poll needs a " Yea, I got'z me a piece, an I ain't afraid to pop a cap in yo ass" option. I only have an old shotgun, but me and some magpies have our own little turf war going on.

Aubrey loves Joe · 11-08-2014 06:10PM

Wouldn't interest me at all. I've never shot a gun and hopefully never will.

simplybam · 11-08-2014 06:10PM

I rather stick with my crow bar. It's more personal that way

The Backwards Man · 11-08-2014 06:11PM

Had a shotgun but gave it to the guards years ago, no need for it.

There was some look of panic on the guard's face when I walked into the station with it.

Duiske · 11-08-2014 06:13PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

No I wouldn't. There's a distinct chance that the gun could could be used against me.

So, next time she asks "Does my ass look big in these ?" either lie or hide the gun.

aaakev · 11-08-2014 06:15PM

Aubrey loves Joe wrote: »

Wouldn't interest me at all. I've never shot a gun and hopefully never will.

You sound like you have a problem with guns, what's the problem?

Bepolite · 11-08-2014 06:15PM

I really like guns, I enjoy shooting. There is absolutely no place for them in the home as you describe. Broken down in a proper safe is one thing, under the pillow/near the bed? You'd have to be a complete moron. What more likely is your young daughter gets hold of the gun one day and kills herself.

Nib · 11-08-2014 06:16PM

ComputerKing wrote: »

Yes I would like to have a gun but the chance of an intruder breaking into my house with CCTV cameras fully alarmed doors and windows and all windows locked as well as sensor activated security lights is extremely unlikely.

Are you a prisoner in Portlaoise Prison?

Aubrey loves Joe · 11-08-2014 06:17PM

aaakev wrote: »

You sound like you have a problem with guns, what's the problem?

None. Just not for me. My neighbour's shoot regularly and they love it

ComputerKing · 11-08-2014 06:20PM

Nib wrote: »

Are you a prisoner in Portlaoise Prison?

Haha no but we are thinking of putting in electric gates so that people can't just drive up to the house and thinking of getting hall sensors as well. Oh and I forgot to say we have a safe as well.

worded · 11-08-2014 06:22PM

The best weapon against a burglar is a fire extinguisher. Non lethal and can be used at a distance.

I everyone could get a gun in Ireland, half the population would be dead and the other half in jail

_Redzer_ · 11-08-2014 06:23PM

Don't know. It'd be handy if such a scenario happened, but you can't just go to the burglar, "hang on two seconds, I have to go get the gun from the safe". Jesus, these safes, amiright?". So then it'd have to be somewhere I could get to very handily, which makes owning a gun much more dangerous as it's in easier reach.

So TL;DR. I don't know, and I'd love another beer so I could think about it

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