Mass shooting in Las Vegas. 50+ dead

[Catholic_Lady]

If I'm a woman and I'm confronted by a big dude in my home who has a knife of his own, I don't think I'd be able to protect myself against him with a knife... id be safer with a gun.

I believe in gun control, and in banning those that are particularly deadly, but not an outright ban on all guns. That seems very unreasonable and very "big governmenty" to me.

If you're a responsible gun owner, your gun will be kept away some place out of sight, out of easy reach and, most importantly, unloaded.

If you're confronted by a big dude in your home who has a knife, how much time do you think you have to go get the gun, load it and aim it well enough to use it?

How prepared are you to shoot another human being and very likely kill him?
Will you try to talk him out of coming for you, first? Just aim and threaten?
At close quarters, how long will it take for someone trained in combat to take that out of your hand and maybe aim it at you?


If you're not a responsible gun owner, you may keep it loaded and within easy reach... how long until you're mad at someone in your home and pull it out?
How long until someone else finds it and does something stupid with it?
How long until your future toddler finds it?
How long until your paranoid husband thinks you're having an affair?
How long until... someone does something stupid?

Which is more likely to happen in your lifetime? the big guy in your home with a knife, or someone doing something stupid?

Usually shooting the person isnt required. Simply pointing a gun (or shooting next to him) tends to be enough to get a burgler out of the house.