My deluded friends are bombarding me with the news about those f'ed up teens shooting the australian kid.

I need to retort with news about guns that SAVE people's lives every day.

Actually I found this

http://gunssavelives.net

If you got better ones please post.

After pointing out some of those stories, I would then ask them if they really think that lack of a gun would have stopped them.  We're talking about dudes who alleviated their boredom by killing somebody, so let's not pretend that if they hadn't had a gun they would have just sat around and played Parcheesi. 

My deluded friends are bombarding me with the news about those f'ed up teens shooting the australian kid.

I need to retort with news about guns that SAVE people's lives every day.

Tell them that criminals will always be criminals because they don't follow the law or general moral establishments and that firearms do save lives.

In this case two civilians were able to accomplish what the police were not able to.  Additionally a lesson that sometimes (read most of the times) it is up to you to save your own butt.
http://2ahawaii.com/index.php?topic=10507.0


Finally I would argue that if the statisticians correctly assesed firearms usage by LEOs the numbers would truly represent how many lifes are saved in this country each year.

Yup, I keep telling them that you want to take a gun away from the hands of a 100 lb woman, who must defend herself from a 200 lb rapist.

Even if she knew kung fu, there would be no way she can protect herself.

If your friends are doing this on FB, then mark the posts a spam or offensive material .... I did this during the last few elections, and they could figure out why their stuff was getting knocked down

Nope. They are sending them downrange direct, to my email.

Iowa man fatally shoots escaped inmate
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/20/justice/iowa-escaped-inmate-shot/index.html

Thanks.

Ask them if they really want the law of the jungle where the biggest, strongest dominate the weakest.  My favorite quote is "God made man, Sam Colt made them equal".   Also remind them that the police have no legal obligation to answer calls for assistance and if they do come, that "when seconds count, 911 is minutes away".

Wow, two pithy quotes in one post.... :-)

Ask them if they really want the law of the jungle where the biggest, strongest dominate the weakest.  My favorite quote is "God made man, Sam Colt made them equal".   Also remind them that the police have no legal obligation to answer calls for assistance and if they do come, that "when seconds count, 911 is minutes away".

Wow, two pithy quotes in one post.... :-)

These are great reasons but gives them opportunity to meander around the topic.

I like to go straight to the 100 lb woman versus rapist (make that 3 rapists in a home invasion). It makes it pretty much impossible for them to have a smart comeback.

Thanks; that was an excellent video.

Christian POV


Jesus said: "...if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one."

--- Luke 22:36




Brother Perry Stone on Gun Ownership and Self Defense






Jesus said put sword in its place, not throw it away.

Well, maybe it worked, maybe it didn't.

My friends said to me please stop sending them pro-gun emails.

So I guess once the logic reaches a certain point, they don't want to hear about it no more.

They are still my good friends, but this one aspect we totally disagree on. They like to annoy me with anti-gun info, but I try to persuade them gradually.

I did persuade a few, but that is few and far between and it took years.

Well, maybe it worked, maybe it didn't.

My friends said to me please stop sending them pro-gun emails.

So I guess once the logic reaches a certain point, they don't want to hear about it no more.

They are still my good friends, but this one aspect we totally disagree on. They like to annoy me with anti-gun info, but I try to persuade them gradually.

I did persuade a few, but that is few and far between and it took years.

Have you invited these friends to go shoot at the range?  They might enjoy it, see how safe it is, and might change their view about guns.

No they are in other states.

funny how it is ok for them to spam you with anti-gun stuff, but when you return the favor, they ask you to stop

No they are in other states.

Yup, typical liberals.

:needvid:funny how it is ok for them to spam you with anti-gun stuff, but when you return the favor, they ask you to stop

funny how it is ok for them to spam you with anti-gun stuff, but when you return the favor, they ask you to stop

Exactly!

More like, please stop because if you keep bombarding us with logic, we might change our minds, and then we can't talk to our other liberal friends anymore.

Well, I have kept my liberal friends because in fact they are the ones we need to convert. No point preaching to the choir.

When I was young and naive I thought like them too. This is a fact.

(However, I stayed open minded and kept trying to understand other viewpoints; otherwise today I would not even own any Glocks! Imagine that!  )