This is Why We have Guns

[Racerbvd]

This punk got what he deserved, I hope his friends end up the same way!!!

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070519/NEWS01/705190372&imw=Y

[Hawktel]

Absolutely nothing wrong there.

[VINMAN]

Thats the kind of news I like to see!

[Rick Lee]

Just once in a great while justice is not perverted.

[livi]

Jolly good show!

[Rick Lee]

Too bad this won't get any news coverage beyond the local area.

[on-ramp]

happy ending. one more criminal off the street is a good thing.

[HardDrive]

While I appreciate the article, that is not the reason I have guns. I have a S&W J frame .38 (442), and my carry permit, but THIS is the real reason I have guns:

[on-ramp]

dude, killing innocent animals is not right. That animal has every right to life as you do, and not an ounce less..

[Joeaksa]

Originally posted by on-ramp
dude, killing innocent animals is not right. That animal has every right to life as you do, and not an ounce less..

You are so forking thick at times.

Dude, walking out in the woods or on your land and a deer like that comes at you. You can defend yourself if needed if you have a weapon..

Dude, you come around a corner or over the crest of a hill at night and run into a deer that just jumped out into the road, wounding him with the car. Having a pistol with you allows you to put the animal out of its misery in a humane way.

There are many reasons why there is a good reason to have a weapon with you when you are out driving around.

Dude, get a clue before hitting the enter button next time...

Byron,

Excellent post and another Darwin candidate is taken out of the gene pool!

[Racerbvd]

Well, I should have worded it better, like "A good Reason"

Me, I also enjoy hunting, nothing better than fresh NY deer meat, but I also enjoy collecting & shooting

[red-beard]

Originally posted by Joeaksa
Dude, walking out in the woods or on your land and a deer like that comes at you. You can defend yourself if needed if you have a weapon...

Jimbo: "They're coming right for us!"

Ned: "mmmmmm-they're-mm-coming-mm-right-mm-for-mm-us-mmm"

[competentone]

It sounds like things are changing -- for the better -- in Michigan since I lived there.

I wonder if the punks knew that the gun was unloaded? The story reads kind-of weird since in one of the car-jacking attempts the writer states that the trigger was pulled. If the punk knew the gun was unloaded, why would he bother pulling the trigger? It sounds like he either didn't know the gun was unloaded and intended to murder that victim, or he was really sadistic and enjoyed terrorizing his victims.

Whatever the case, we can know with certainty that the world is a better place without him!

[djmcmath]

Excellent. Let's hear it for competent, well-trained gun-toters. With any luck, he's not only removed one lowlife from the streets, but taught the others an important lesson about life and death.

[speeder]

Sweet. Wonder if he got him before he could reproduce?

Doubt it...

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Good. I wish CA would get its head out of its ass and allow CCW.

Hunting? Don't understand it. If someone wants to get their jollies by turning some defenseless animal into a bloody pulp just for thrills, I don't understand the motivation at all. IMHO it's one very small step away from the types of people that like to torture/kill pets.

[David]

Awesome!

Even though I'm a card carrying liberal, I guess the fact that I'm a Texan skews my gun control views toward the right . Well... that and common sense.

[competentone]

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Hunting? Don't understand it. If someone wants to get their jollies by turning some defenseless animal into a bloody pulp just for thrills, I don't understand the motivation at all. IMHO it's one very small step away from the types of people that like to torture/kill pets.

It sounds like you've never been hunting.

It is not a sport I personally enjoy to any extreme extent, but would suggest you try hunting sometime -- you will learn that it can be extremely thrilling.

Our culture is much too "suburbanized" -- I think a whole lot more people really need to go hunting to understand their human-animal nature better. After you've been hunting, you will better understand your "hunter/gatherer" human ancestry.

(....and people who torture/kill pets are completely out-of-touch with their "human-animal nature.")

[Turbo_pro]

I spent my early years learning to shoot through the NRA youth competitions and became fairly proficient with both long and short weapons. Skeet is the only armed sport I participate in now.
I have hunted dove, rabbit, pheasant and deer. I once shoot a rabbit at 600 yards with a 308 heavy barrel. The last time I went out was after big horn sheep, some 30 years ago.
There is no challenge to shooting a deer or big horn with a hi-powered rifle. You might as well shoot a cow.
The challenge is in the hunt not the kill.
I must admit that killing these helpless creatures started to sicken me.
At this point I choose to even admire the fish rather than kill them. Imagine, trick an intellectually inferior animal into biting a hook and then spending the most time possible torturing the terrified animal just for fun.
If you did the same thing with a cat they would send you to therapy. I believe I will celebrate natures wonders rather than murder them.

As for defending yourself from an assailant, very impressive. The truth is that you are more likely to shoot a friend or family member than any would be attacker. I would not for a moment suggest limiting law abiding citizens from owning firearms but I chuckle every time someone suggests that it's all about safety or sport.
Let's be honest, for most of you toothless, mounth breathing gun owners, holding a gun makes your pecker hard.

[widgeon13]

Originally posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Good. I wish CA would get its head out of its ass and allow CCW.

Hunting? Don't understand it. If someone wants to get their jollies by turning some defenseless animal into a bloody pulp just for thrills, I don't understand the motivation at all. IMHO it's one very small step away from the types of people that like to torture/kill pets.

Believe it or not, there are many people in this land of plenty who must kill food in order to feed their family. If they don't hunt they don't eat. I'm sure you find that hard to believe but it is true, even in America.

How is it any different from killing a steer for the steak you might eat tonight. Just someone else doing the the killing.

I'm fortunately not one of them, but I certainly support the concept whether you have to do it to survive or for the challenge and recreation.