RescueRanger
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I have been around them for my work for about 12 years and would not want one unless it became ABSOLUTELY necessary. They are tools for killing plain and simple .
My sentiments exactly, sadly with the world and the environment I live in today it has become more of a need rather then a want. I wont try to justify me keeping firearms but if my neighbours have them, well then general rule of thumb applies "So Should I".
Remember the first thing they teach in Weapon Handling course "Do Not point the barrel at anything unless you intend to destroy it, now a days films and games have desensitised to guns. Many youth do not understand that there is no reset button and you dont have first aid kits that can heal injuries with the touch of a button.
Likelihood is if you have a gun then so does the bad guy, perhaps he has more... And in most cases, especially with more powerful calibres the hydrostatic pressure alone usually kills the subject before exsanguination or hypo-volemic shock.
There is a clip on you tube of a Lahori Idiot firing a M14 with 90 round c-mag into the air, the proximity at which is friends are is just mind boggling how was reckless enough to carry out an act like that. Again, firearms are seen as a status symbol and not a weapon which is what they really are, no matter how shiny or Bling they look.