Purchased a handgun
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.............once you've been stomped into the ground would it make a difference what they did with what was your food and water ? Actually it was more like a couple hundred people that they are still trying to identify that raided the stores. By the way it's, here and there.
I think Miss James is using the riots as an example of how Canadian society behaves when order breaks down. If there's a riot, the best thing to do is get out of there, not pull a gun. That's not the situation I would be carrying a gun anyway.
I'm talking about a natural disaster, which some people don't believe can happen, but they do and they happen all the time all over the world.
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Why you ask ?
Let me tell you why son.
Ultimately - everything in life boils down to one thing and one thing only...
Sneaking up on people in the dark.
I speak with the wisdom of the ages.
I got news for you. Guns don't kill people. People kill people. In the situations you are talking about, if the bikers didn't have guns, they'd use knives or bats, etc. They aren't going to say "we can't threaten so and so because we don't have a gun."
Fact is any crises from an earthquake, to forst fires, to floods or an ice storm will be temporary and localized.
it's not a movie where all civilization is destroyed - it's a few days, weeks or months in a relatively small area of a large country in a very populated continent.
Central government, provincial government and probably municipal or city government would not disappear.
Law and order from police to military to international troops would restore order fairly quickly.
What fantasy are you expecting - a meterorite from space that will devastate the planet?
it's not a movie where all civilization is destroyed - it's a few days, weeks or months in a relatively small area of a large country in a very populated continent.
Central government, provincial government and probably municipal or city government would not disappear.
Law and order from police to military to international troops would restore order fairly quickly.
What fantasy are you expecting - a meterorite from space that will devastate the planet?
Obviously you missed the part about my Aunt who lived through the Montreal ice storm and what she experienced. A few days is no problem. A few weeks problems start to arise where opportunists start to steal and loot. I can tell you her perspective about emergency preparedness changed greatly after living through that.
New Orleans didn't work out too well for the Americans, and FEMA was on scene in less than a week.
So, you're saying you feel as threatened and helpless as your mother's sister?
If you're that ineffectual maybe you should take a self defense course or eat more nutritious food or maybe move away from other people that scare you. A frightened person owning a handgun is scarier than any perceived threat from a mob.
Oh, and ice storms like the one that hit Quebec strike how often?
If you're that ineffectual maybe you should take a self defense course or eat more nutritious food or maybe move away from other people that scare you. A frightened person owning a handgun is scarier than any perceived threat from a mob.
Oh, and ice storms like the one that hit Quebec strike how often?
I picture more like zombieland. With Silky Johnson travelling across country. Just him, his dog and his GUN.
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It's not a single guy who shows up to steal your generator of food. Even if he is, if he has a bat or a knife, how well do you think you can defend yourself? There's lots of examples of some black belt in martial arts law enforcement guy showing up at a domestic dispute and getting sliced up by a little housewife.
As I've said before, natural disasters happen all the time all over the world. They happen enough you need to be concerned about them. Only has to happen once to you to make you think about it. Doesn't mean you need to build yourself a bomb shelter, but you should have enough to get you through a minimum of 48 hrs, like I had to do during the Eastern Seaboard blackout when I lived in Toronto. A week is better.
As I've said before, natural disasters happen all the time all over the world. They happen enough you need to be concerned about them. Only has to happen once to you to make you think about it. Doesn't mean you need to build yourself a bomb shelter, but you should have enough to get you through a minimum of 48 hrs, like I had to do during the Eastern Seaboard blackout when I lived in Toronto. A week is better.
I doubt it will EVER be easy to buy guns legally in Canada like it is in the US. And btw I was half joking about needing a gun for the apocalypse. That's not why I'm buying a gun, I'm buying a gun because it ends up being a lot cheaper for me when I go to the range to bring my own ammo and weapon, and if I'm a member. All the financial benefits for someone who shoots as a hobby.
Then again, when the zombies do come, don't come crying to me about how you can't defend yourself
Then again, when the zombies do come, don't come crying to me about how you can't defend yourself
Poorboy isn't talking about walking around with a gun for personal protection, and as he said to legally possess a firearm in Canada you need a license. Which requires a course, which requires sitting through two supremely boring days talking about simple gun safety and also learning that you can't have a loaded handgun sitting under your pillow. There is a proper way to store a gun and ammunition so that people don't make rash decisions. Also I'm sorry you had a bad experience with guns, I had a terrible experience when I was quite a bit younger as well, but I'd like to point out, that it sounds like the people you've had the misfortune of running into with guns were not responsible legal gun owners. I live with military personnel and they own guns. I learned to shoot because they said "if I'm going to have a gun in the house, you damn well better know how to handle one properly" and so I obliged. I love shooting. It helps me relax and gives me something to focus on for an hour or two.
And yes poorboy, I was just using it as an example of how people react in mob situations and when hysteria is involved. I wasn't saying a gun in that situation would have changed it any. Some of you people really need to relax... breathe... go fire off a few rounds or something...
PS congrats on your purchase poorboy, have fun and play nice!
Unfortunately in Canada the average citizen gets hammered if they do anything to protect themselves or their things from career criminals who just get put through the revolving door of justice. A store owner or home owner using a weapon to defend themselves and their property will get far more jail time then the person or people trying to destroy or rob them its pretty sad if you ask me.
During a real situation shooting a person stealing your generator will get you pretty much a life sentence while the person who tried to steal your generator will probably wait for years for a court date then have it dismissed.
During a real situation shooting a person stealing your generator will get you pretty much a life sentence while the person who tried to steal your generator will probably wait for years for a court date then have it dismissed.
