American Gun Ownership Highest In 18 Years

[Malthus]

With all due respect, websites like this all sound like they are written by people who expect unstoppable ninja attacks on themselves regularly. 

I bet they do.  But this one's a pretty well-respected guy.  I didn't just randomly pick an article.

Respected or not, when a guy is claiming that having less than ten rounds in your .45 isn't enough, and stating that one really ought to practice shooting while lying in bed holding a flashlight, I think he's a bit off the deep end into paranoia. 

The whole premise of the article is that shooting a guy point-blank in the face three times with a .45 may not stop him, which may be true in some theoretical sense, or have happened once to the old dude in the article, but the vast majority of faces out there aren't really that bulletproof.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I don't think it's a particularly bad idea for most regular people to have a (relatively) lot of bullets ready to go vs. just the handful in your sweet 80s buddycop show snub nose revolver.  Regular people probably have a pretty good chance of missing a whole bunch if they're in a shitty situation where they're shooting at someone in their house for the first time. 

E:  And also because:  Between misses, the regular guy's MANSTOPPER 9000 bullets may not actually be as effective as the box makes it appear.

[Ed Anger]

I carry spare magazines. What if I'm attacked by ninjas?

[Jacob]

How prevalent are home invasions in the US?

[derspiess]

With all due respect, websites like this all sound like they are written by people who expect unstoppable ninja attacks on themselves regularly. 

I bet they do.  But this one's a pretty well-respected guy.  I didn't just randomly pick an article.

Respected or not, when a guy is claiming that having less than ten rounds in your .45 isn't enough, and stating that one really ought to practice shooting while lying in bed holding a flashlight, I think he's a bit off the deep end into paranoia. 

The whole premise of the article is that shooting a guy point-blank in the face three times with a .45 may not stop him, which may be true in some theoretical sense, or have happened once to the old dude in the article, but the vast majority of faces out there aren't really that bulletproof.

Okay.

[Valmy]

How prevalent are home invasions in the US?

I calculated I was several times more likely to be shot if I had a gun in the house than a home invader. 

[Ed Anger]

How prevalent are home invasions in the US?

Going by the news, in darkie areas, a lot.

Where I'm at, not much at all. A ninja did try to break into vagina wall house though. His ineffectual attempt to defeat the front door lock gave me plenty of time to set up an ambush point.

He fled though when he couldn't break in. 

[Razgovory]

How prevalent are home invasions in the US?

Most home invasions by Ninjas go unreported.  You never even knew they were there.

[Razgovory]

With all due respect, websites like this all sound like they are written by people who expect unstoppable ninja attacks on themselves regularly. 

I bet they do.  But this one's a pretty well-respected guy.  I didn't just randomly pick an article.

Respected or not, when a guy is claiming that having less than ten rounds in your .45 isn't enough, and stating that one really ought to practice shooting while lying in bed holding a flashlight, I think he's a bit off the deep end into paranoia. 

The whole premise of the article is that shooting a guy point-blank in the face three times with a .45 may not stop him, which may be true in some theoretical sense, or have happened once to the old dude in the article, but the vast majority of faces out there aren't really that bulletproof.

You are going to want to have at least a Thompson submachine gun when Obama breaks into your basement and starts replacing the wood paneling with death paneling.

[CountDeMoney]

How prevalent are home invasions in the US?

Actually, they're surprisingly common in Baltimore but it's usually a variant of the drug dealer violence meme, e.g., trying to rip off a dealer's stash and cash in his home by wanna be gangstas, etc.

The type of home invasion envisioned by Captain .45-to-your-face-thricely though, not so much.  Of course, guys like that expect the home invasion to come from the US government, in which case they will lose anyway, regardless of the amount of training that involves shooting at the little Missus from under the duvet with a flashlight at 3am.

[DontSayBanana]

Effeminate and gay.  If the leather outwear doesn't convince anybody, then the shaken but not stirred martinis certainly do.  PPK is a girlie gun, only suitable for cocktails over baccarat and officer suicides.

PPK Short.

Of course, on the other side of the coin, you've got Track Suit's overcompensating Tokarev barrels. Which one do you think is going to declare virginity first with a Colt Python?

[derspiess]

How prevalent are home invasions in the US?

Actually, they're surprisingly common in Baltimore but it's usually a variant of the drug dealer violence meme, e.g., trying to rip off a dealer's stash and cash in his home by wanna be gangstas, etc.

The type of home invasion envisioned by Captain .45-to-your-face-thricely though, not so much.  Of course, guys like that expect the home invasion to come from the US government, in which case they will lose anyway, regardless of the amount of training that involves shooting at the little Missus from under the duvet with a flashlight at 3am.

He's a cop. Show some respect.

[Ed Anger]

You people making fun of my PPK.

[11B4V]

You people making fun of my PPK.

PPK is a very elegant weapon.

[Caliga]

I don't have 5000 .22 rounds. Silly man.