BF2S Forums So who sleeps with a gun next to their bed?

I've got a dog next my bed.. she will hear (and most likely smell them) long before an intruder gets anywhere near me.

Reciprocity wrote:

meteor strike or junkie looking for his next fix.  hmm.....which is more likely to happen?  thankfully, the poor people and the junkies mostly feed off each other and generally know their place.  you seem to live in the land of love and unicorns, good for you.

Defiance wrote:

DrunkFace wrote:

America must be a horrible place to live being in fear and paranoid about everything.

Cut out the ignorance. Any country, any single large city, has parts that the criminal and addicted types flock to for one reason or another. In any population, there are people that will commit crime. No society is perfect. Choosing to have some sort of defense weapon does not mean you're seriously concerned with your safety, but you're reasonable enough to accept that you can't account for every one of the millions of people are you.

Apart from the fact I live in a big city, arguably the most dangerous in Australia and don't know one person who would even consider the need to carry a gun or any other type of 'personal protection' makes a lot of Americans who believe this to be the case overly paranoid or there is a 'real' problem where they live. Also due to the fact you don't 'prepare' for any other just as unlikely yet still possible situations should make you wonder why you have decided the need to carry/own a gun over everything else?

Well we have had a television stolen from us, a few other things too. My dad has an MP5 between the bed and the thing that holds the matress. Last time my Dad heard something and he made that nice load lock 'n load noise it was hilarious hearing them like "MERDE CASSEZ VOUS".

We live in the country in a region of Switzerland full of idiots.

EDIT: But it's fu**ing scary...hearing somebody in your house...

Last edited by Bradt3hleader (2009-04-04 23:43:19)

DrunkFace wrote:

Apart from the fact I live in a big city, arguably the most dangerous in Australia and don't know one person who would even consider the need to carry a gun or any other type of 'personal protection' makes a lot of Americans who believe this to be the case overly paranoid or there is a 'real' problem where they live. Also due to the fact you don't 'prepare' for any other just as unlikely yet still possible situations should make you wonder why you have decided the need to carry/own a gun over everything else?

This isn't a discussion about carrying weapons, it's about people who have them at home. I can't speak to the gun control laws in your area but they are somewhat overall in the US. Thus, many owners. According to this, taken with some salt, that hits around 39%. Entirely accurate or not, the error margin would have to be horrendous for the truth to be over half, let alone a stark majority. Simply put, not as many people own guns in the US as you imagine.

In fact, that's only owning them. That ~39% also includes recreational shooters, hunters, etc. Those that own a gun for self defense represent an even smaller category, let alone the number that sleep with one next to their bed. Your notion that America is generally paranoid is ridiculous.

If you don't mind me clarifying your last question, are you actually saying that a mass chemical gassing is more likely then a home invasion? Come on, that's bullshit. Each of your disasters is possible, but the possibility of a home invasion is far greater then a bomb or chemical outbreak. All of your 'preparations' are also far more intrusive then owning a gun.

DrunkFace wrote:

Reciprocity wrote:

DrunkFace wrote:

I have a lock on the door, which is usually unblocked and sometimes open. I have locks on the windows which are usually open fully. I have a guard cat that usually runs away and hides from strangers (and thunder) and I have a pillow by my bed.... I feel just fine.
America must be a horrible place to live being in fear and paranoid about everything.

you confuse paranoia with preparedness.  you rely on the goodness of humanity and civil servants, i rely on .45" diameter chunks of lead and copper.  no real difference.

Do you live in a bomb shelter, do you wear a chemical suit or a gas mask, do you wear a bullet proof vest, do you 'prepare' for a meteor to hit earth for a major environmental disaster?
If you did you'd be considered paranoid, but each one may be needed at some point should a particular event take place and for you to believe that it is a necessary paranoia to have a gun close by, makes America a horrible place to live.

And then there are places here where people sleep with the doors open.. yea, we're kinda big like that.

Kmarion wrote:

I sleep with dead hookers next to my bed. Nobody wants a piece of me.

oh, kmarry, you're what the spanish call el terrible.

..teddy..jimmy wrote:

remember...

It takes one little mistake to be locked up forever.

Not in America, teds.

just put a sign saying you have aids, and everything in your house is covered with aids.

Poseidon wrote:

elite.mafia wrote:

Reciprocity wrote:

what's the point of an unloaded weapon?

Obviously if you point a weapon at someone they may or may not think it is loaded, but the amount of adrenaline pointing a weapon at someone creates will be enough to make them think it is loaded.

Orrrrrrr...if the person invading your home has a weapon as well, they'd be more inclined to shoot.

Exactly this.

Gawwad wrote:

Poseidon wrote:

elite.mafia wrote:

Obviously if you point a weapon at someone they may or may not think it is loaded, but the amount of adrenaline pointing a weapon at someone creates will be enough to make them think it is loaded.

Orrrrrrr...if the person invading your home has a weapon as well, they'd be more inclined to shoot.

Exactly this.

Mount this on your bed facing the door and use AP incendiary ammo, I assure you, no matter how high he is, he will think twice.

Last edited by Bradt3hleader (2009-04-05 01:32:00)

Hakei wrote:

The last time someone tried to steal from my house, I took my shirt off and simply looked at him. It was pretty funny, he dropped all the shit he was stealing and ran.

Being built > Guns, sissy Americans.

Ok.