How would one go about defending himself in a situation like this?
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griffon652 — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 05:52 PM)
the gun-owner's daughter is statistically far more likely to have found the gun and accidentally shot herself, or her daddy, than it be used to defend the family against armed thugs.
Wow you just gave me a good laugh. Way to come up with magic statistics in your head. Before you mention the ridiculously stupid and biased link from the Washington post; let me make something clear. The idiotic "34 unjustifiable homicides for every 1 lawful homicide" quoted in that article is basically talking about something that maybe you didn't quite understand.
The criminal homicides that account for the "34" are mostly talking about INTENTIONAL criminal acts committed by people. These are mostly situations like gang members shooting each other, someone purposely murdering someone, a firearm that was fired while committing another criminal act etc. Accidental shootings make up a very very small percentage of the "criminal homicides."
Basically what that means is those were mostly all situations where people had the INTENT to kill and did so. They are not accidental shootings. In fact most of those shooting were committed by criminals who don't follow gun control laws in the first place. So more gun control laws would do absolutely nothing to stop most of those situations from occurring.
So the likelihood of "your daughter accidentally shooting herself" is a very illogical conclusion to draw by comparing justifiable homicides to criminal homicides. Maybe next time you can try to come up with a more believable argument when pushing your biased anti-gun agenda? -
iAmTheOneWhoKnocks — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 10:53 AM)
If he had a license to carry a gun, and made sure both his wife and daughter knew how to use a gun, and carried three guns in the car, that would a sure fire way to get out of a situation like that.
But as it stood, his daughter not flipping off the driver would have probably helped.
Also when you see a car playing chicken in the on-coming lane, you know they're crazy. Maybe don't honk and maintain some space behind them. -
zcarface86 — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 11:32 AM)
But seriously though even though there's no signal I think the 'emergency calls only' should be able to work right? I watch few videos, people involved in a self accident stranded no where without help filming their last moment until their battery wore out. No clue they could actually call emergency hotline. No offense to those people.
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mnl33 — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 07:27 PM)
I could be wrong, but i believe that was the point. Tony didn't even put up a fight, knowing the men didn't have a gun. Even when he was dragged out of the car and left at the dead endzero fight in him. He's weak.
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isaiahsmith-47728 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 12:52 AM)
I don't understand why he never tried to speed off but that was symbolism when he did not put up the fight back at the restaurant scene where the mother tells susan that he is weak that part of the book shows his weakness
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Kompressor_Fan — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 06:35 AM)
Regardless of what the overseas press may say, most Americans don't have guns. Not only that, but most of the ones that do have one do not carry it in their car. I've been on this planet for more than 50 years (in the USA, no less) and I have never owned a gun. I have no intention of ever owning one, either.
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tigerfish50 — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 08:10 AM)
I've been on this planet for more than 50 years (in the USA, no less) and I have never owned a gun.
A lot of Vin Diesel fans have strayed onto this board. They sit in their mom's basement and delude themselves all of life's problems can be solved by a Bushmaster and some martial arts moves -
crissttigaldames — 9 years ago(January 30, 2017 08:36 AM)
Indeed. The novel is symbolic for his marriage to Susan. He considers himself weak for not having fought to make it work. Susan is represented by the criminals, the nocturnal animals, who brutally killed his wife (marriage), daughter (whom she literally killed) and ultimately himself.