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phaedra1106 wrote:...... I wasn't sure what to say, in the end I think I told her she'd be better off putting the .44mag there instead as it had more stopping power!.

My ex was a very keen shot with a pistol and held some club high scores for a while, I also have no doubt in my mind that she would use it, thinking about it the pistol ban was just before my divorce.....

Last Christmas I had a concealed carry shoulder bag type handbag thingy that women use made for my wife. She carries a S&W 38 special but she is also a fine shot with a .45 Auto. I had to chuckle last weekend though, we went to a hardware store to get a couple of things and I wandered off for a minute or so to look at something. Came back and there was my wife and an elderly lady neither of us knew, discussing the merits of her new bag, the thing that made me chuckle though was when the lady asked if would hold a .357 mag with a six inch barrel. She clearly meant business.

Blu

Old ladies are NOT to be messed with

This will become a more common event, the improvments in car security mean the only way to take some cars is with the keys.
Fishing keys through the letter box happens a lot. If they can not fish them but see them they may just kick the door in and take keys even if you are home.
The safe rule is out of sight out of mind.

TW

Ovenpaa

thinking about it the pistol ban was just before my divorce.....

What with my wife working in a hospital I usually hear from her that so and so is getting divorced because the old man cheated or something like that. I'm surprised we don't have more homicides here given the fact that most folks here have at least one gun in the house. Personally I would never dream of cheating on my missus for the following four reasons.

1. She's my best friend whom I love and when I married her I promised not to do that.

2. She is a very good shot.

3. She is expert with extremely sharp surgical instruments such as scalpels. :shock:

4. When she is pi$$ed off she scares the brown smelly stuff out of me (and the dogs). :shifty:


Blu

toffe wrapper, that's probably one of the reasons why very few homes over here don't have letter boxes.

Blu

Ram raiding for car keys (and also other things) is a growing problem and one of the most worrying from a home defence standpoint because these guys are not trying to be stealthy, they want to get in quickly and stop you calling the cops. That means you have little time to react and the confrontation is very likely to be violent. It's also going to happen almost certainly when you are at home, while burglaries are more likely to happen when you are at work.

If they can't find the keys they're going to torture them out of you (and I know sometimes I forget where I left my car keys!). Even once they have the keys they know they can't just drive off because you'll call the cops, so they have to at the very least tie you up or worse knock you unconscious, kill you, or sexually assault you (a tactic used on the basis that most people will not report sexual assaults). All of this means you'll be, if you haven't defended yourself, in contact with the home invaders for a long time. The more time you spend with them, the more likely they are to hurt or kill you - for kicks, by accident, out of frustration or excitement, for some perceived insult, because they think you've seen too much, etc...

Faced with any situation where a criminal is trying to get into your home to cause you harm or steal from you and yours, you do what you have to until the criminal either leaves as quick as he can, or is physically rendered incapable of committing a crime against you.

As soon as that individual leaves or stops being a threat, for what ever reason, stop what you have done. But, be prepared to begin your action again, immediately that criminal even begins to up the ante again........

Be prepared that in the aftermath, you will be asked to explain your actions.

What's simpler than that?

A clearer legal system sim??? Cameron keeps spoutng on it but nowt has happened has it.

Last week a woman living near Wishaw had her door kicked in at 5am and was attacked by four men with knives and bats. She ran into the street but the men chased her and continued the attack. Police are treating it as attempted murder, nothing was stolen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-g ... t-17572400