Secured as in locked up? - - - Updated - - - You destroyed your guns with a sledge hammer? WTF? Why not just sell them?
I couldn't vote in this. I lean left and support gun rights but don't have one by my bed. It's in a safe.
It's likely that if he hit the intruder it'd go straight through him and still do damage to your house. I mean, sure, your first priority is protecting your family, I have nothing against that, but .45 rounds can go through walls. Nothing makes an intruder empty his bowels like the sound of a pump action cocking. You might not even need to shoot after that To each their own I guess.
it must be unloaded, trigger locked or made inoperable, in secure room or safe/gun cabinet(metal)...no having a loaded gun by the bed...no personal carry allowed(handguns)...there is no point in owning a gun for personal protection in canada you'd never get a chance to use it in a home invasion scenario...I have a big scary/noisy dog and a baseball bat, and I've never had need of either one.. Why would I sell a gun? Just so some potenial nut can kill someone, I don't want the added responsibilty... If they want a gun they can go through legal channels and buy their own...
no but there is paper work and background checks which I didn't want to do, you are held responsible for sales to people not cleared to have them...in todays market they would be worth maybe 400-500 so it wasn't a big deal to me to destroy them and not have to worry about sort of person would acquire them...
I guess that's pretty much what the left wants in America, make it so difficult to sell a gun that you just destroy it instead.
I wish there was a sarcasm icon I could of posted when I said I couldn't find "clips" for a G23 (I wasn't serious, I know full well what stripper clips are)
and do our gun restrictions effect our quality of life, our freedoms, our personal safety?...nope, not one bit...we go to bed every night without any worries being murdered in our sleep....
I wouldn't say without any worries at all. Homicide offences, number and rate, by province and territory (Number of homicides) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 homicides Canada 611 610 554 598 543 Newfoundland and Labrador 5 1 4 4 3 Prince Edward Island 2 0 0 1 0 Nova Scotia 12 15 21 22 17 New Brunswick 3 12 9 8 6 Quebec 92 88 84 105 108 Ontario 176 178 189 161 162 Manitoba 54 57 45 53 52 Saskatchewan 30 36 34 38 29 Alberta 110 95 77 109 85 British Columbia1 117 118 83 87 71 Yukon 3 2 1 0 0 Northwest Territories 3 2 1 3 5 Nunavut 4 6 6 7 5
I have Bortan, Bortan is just under 3 feet tall and weighs in at exactly 100lbs. He has senses and abilities our kind has forgotten or never had in the first place. He is brave, loyal, a good friend and has an instinctual knowledge of the right thing to do in most situations. Best of all, he loves children and is protective of old people so would never hurt one by mistake. A purebred German Shepherd can take down most armed men before they know they're under attack, ask the policemen who use them. Yes, somebody could shoot him, they could also shoot me. or you, if they get in before you know they're there.
Do you think your vermin are any worse than what we have?...nope...criminals are turned back at border, attemtping to smuggle weapons across border is not advised....
Probably not worse but we have a higher total cockroach count. I keep a can of Smith & Wesson near the bed for fumigation purposes. A Remington Roach Motel is elsewhere in the house.
The homicide rate for Canada is about half that of the US. Your population is about 1/10th the size of the US, I would say you guys are right about on track with us, and that is without guns. I believe the homcide rate in both of our countries is a cultural problem and it has nothing to do with rather guns are legal or not, and rather any Canadian likes to admit or any American, we have way more in common then we have differences. Canadians should feel just as unsafe at night as Americans do, which means we should all feel pretty safe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Canada Oh and Canada apparently has a bit of a rape problem. http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Canada/United-States/Crime I just want to say this is not a attack on Canada, just saying they are not as crime free as some might think. Of course this is using Wikipedia. - - - Updated - - - I would be inclined to agree but it was my husbands father's gun so we keep it. My husband is incredibly anti gun, I make him let us keep guns in the house. I live by the philosophy if other people are going to have them I want to have one.
Lean right and there's S&W 411 on the nightstand with a full mag of of Hornady 180 grain jhp xtp. Layers of security 1st. Alarm 2nd. big noisy dog If someone is stupid enough to ignore the first two the next two come into play. 3rd. S&W 411 4th. Call the police and inform them of the mess.
I don't have a gun next to my bed, not because I hate guns, but because I have 6 kids ranging from toddlers to teens, an unsecured gun in my bedroom is not an option. Sure I can put a lock on it or put it in a safe, but if I have to fumble with a lock at 4:00 am while someone is breaking in my house, what's the point? No, I keep a tactical tomahawk next to my bed. I've gotten pretty good at throwing it too.
paranoid no its being conscientious....Paranoid is keeping three guns next to the bed, a gun in the purse, a gun in the car...I haven't owned a gun in 25 years and go everywhere with crapping my pants because I dont carry a gun...gun owners are the epitome of paranoid...
Actually I posted that before reading some of your later comments about the hassle of selling a gun in Canada, and the legal issues. Not wanting the worry of dealing with an intrusive govt I understand. Destroying firearms because you think they will be used in a crime is an over-reaction or a political statement. You could have sold them to a dealer and been off the hook. In any case, they were your property to do with what you please.
it was more than the government and where it would end up...there was also the thought of potential low lifes coming to my home merely to find out where I lived in order to come back later and steal what they could not legally buy...It's not an over reaction at all, I just couldn't be bothered for the amount of money involved, I throw all types of perfectly good things away for the same reason...
what? A drunken whore-mongering POS, All-star, raping athelete? naw, not much of a chance of that happening here
