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Rob P. wrote:
Ok, FWIW I think that all the negative comments are basically trolling to keep my wheels spinning.
FACT: Lots of kids die each year from someone getting their hands on negligently stored handguns. This isn't my version of the truth, it's THE truth and it's the basis for the all those gun control laws we have as well as the laws which require toy guns to be any color but black and/or have an orange tip. Deny it all you want to but you only prove you're an idiot if you try. I shoiuldn't have to even be pointing this out buttrolls just egg on the discussion based on outlandish "prove it" comments.
Secondly, all the suggestions on alternative things to try are nice. However, when seconds count you don't want to be trying to radio for assistance to evacuate the target zone or waiting on a bulletproof shield to arrive at hte scene. If you delay innocent people can be killed and it's LEO's job to prevent that. So, make your choice; the kid or some unsuspecting bystander across the street. Maybe that bystander is a newborn infant in a crib who was just brought home from the hospital. Who wins? Whose life is more important? Age is irrelevant when split seconds determine who lives or dies. Choose.
Last (and I do mean LAST because I won't comment again) those who can't make a decison on whether to shoot or not because "it's just a kid" should re-examine their need and desire to carry a firearm. Kids kill people when they get their hands on loaded guns. Indecision in those situations where a child has a real gun instead of a toy means someone gets a visit to the hurt locker or morgue. I choose to live.
END OF DISCUSSON.
A whole lot of 'silver coated cow droppings". I asked you to back your statements up, and alas you could not except with the above. Sorry, but here are some real facts;
(One statistic that basically refutes much if not basically ALL of what you are saying. ->)
The (average) number of under 5 year olds that are killed with firearms each year is only about 20. AND most kids play with kids their own ages, which of course infers that some number smaller than 20 is the number of kids, 5 or under, that shoot one another.
NOW...put that in perspective with the statistic that 100 such aged kids die from drownings int he bathtub each year. (i.e. Bathing is another activity that should have adult interaction, much like access to weapons.)
Finally this last statistic; the same age group experiences another 40 such drownings in 5 gallon buckets each year/
Sorry if YOU feel you are being picked on, but no one here put such b.s. into your mouth except YOU.
In summary; you are expecting the folks here to believe what you say like: "FACT: Lots of kids die each year from someone getting their hands on negligently stored handguns. " AFTER bringing up "...3 year old(s).." in earlier messages here in this thread. <- Silver coated cow droppings.