Woman Shoots/kills knife-wielding intruder.

[Wumbologist]

Trust an asshole to bring a knife to a gunfight.

I'm sure the next intruder will take heed and come prepared with his own gun.

Yay for arms races!

"The next intruder" might have heard what happened to the last intruder.

Yeah, no shit. Home invaders don't want a fight. They want to get what they came for with no hassles. They're not going to bring a gun if they know the target is armed. They're just going to go somewhere else, the vast majority of the time.

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

Pertinent to this thread, I think.

Mr Flanagan, a father-of three, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder and spent three days in custody before being released on bail. Mr Flanagan's son and a 21-year-old woman were also arrested but released without charge.

More than a month later the HGV mechanic, an engineer by trade, was told by prosecutors that he would face no charges because he acted in self defence.

Demonstrates nicely the different attitude law enforcement has in this country to the States.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... asion.html

Our police are fucking idiots and only an idiot would trust them imo.
They should be sued by all three for false arrest.

[MrJonno]

Trust an asshole to bring a knife to a gunfight.

I'm sure the next intruder will take heed and come prepared with his own gun.

Yay for arms races!

"The next intruder" might have heard what happened to the last intruder.

Yeah, no shit. Home invaders don't want a fight. They want to get what they came for with no hassles. They're not going to bring a gun if they know the target is armed. They're just going to go somewhere else, the vast majority of the time.

Or maybe they would just go into the house when it was empty like most houses are 50% of the time

[camoguard]

I don't own a gun but I pretty much think the more minorities with guns the better. You have to combat privilege with something. Rich people though do not need guns. They just need bodyguards.

[Gallstones]

I, on the other hand, have been carrying a handgun on my person every single day for more than 25 years and haven't shot anybody yet.

If only everyone had your discipline. I couldn't go 25 minutes without wanting to shoot someone.

[Wumbologist]

Or maybe they would just go into the house when it was empty like most houses are 50% of the time

They try to, criminals here are more afraid of gun owning citizens than they are of cops.

I don't own a gun but I pretty much think the more minorities with guns the better. You have to combat privilege with something. Rich people though do not need guns. They just need bodyguards.

I've always felt that the LGBT community in the US could do with a higher rate of gun ownership. Gay bashing is still way too common in this country, and I'd rather see news articles about dead gay bashers than another Matthew Shepard.

[Gallstones]

I have this at my bedside.



It fits best in the hand by the spool end. Doing that gives you two surfaces, one surface pointy and the other blunt.
It is very dense bone.

I found it amongst the flotsam left along the creek bank after spring high water a number of years ago.

I call it the bonehammer.

I like the way it feels.
It is a very sensual object.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

[Gallstones]

Eff off!

[maiforpeace]

If you were a woman, you would have had an entirely different picture in mind after Gallstones description.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Or Lozzer.

[maiforpeace]

Or Lozzer.

That's his femur.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Or Lozzer.

That's his femur.

About 50% to large.

[PsychoSerenity]

Pertinent to this thread, I think.

Mr Flanagan, a father-of three, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of murder and spent three days in custody before being released on bail. Mr Flanagan's son and a 21-year-old woman were also arrested but released without charge.

More than a month later the HGV mechanic, an engineer by trade, was told by prosecutors that he would face no charges because he acted in self defence.

Demonstrates nicely the different attitude law enforcement has in this country to the States.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... asion.html

Our police are fucking idiots and only an idiot would trust them imo.
They should be sued by all three for false arrest.

I'd agree that that took far longer than it should have, but I still think it's important to investigate what happened. Otherwise how do you know it really was self defence?

[Gallstones]

If you were a woman, you would have had an entirely different picture in mind after Gallstones description.

Like the name do ya'---bonehammer?