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holly
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    12/09/08 at 11:32 AM
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Please use this board for discussion of hand guns.
hamredb
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    12/09/08 at 03:19 PM
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A Taser simply fires electrical probes that are intended not to kill but to immobilize a person with an electrical shock. There are pros and cons to it, such as the Taser is actually larger than many handguns, and if it strikes the outside of a thick loose outer coat or garment, it might not be as effective.

There are plenty of statistics on guns but perhaps its more useful to look at a recent current event. The attacks in Mumbai, India resulted in more than 170 people killed. India does not have a 2nd amendment like the U.S., and they have a long history of restricting gun ownership of their citizens that dates back to the British era Indian Arms Act of 1878.

I’m thankful I live in a country and especially a state that does not hamstring their citizens from protecting themselves. You can be sure terrorists would not plan a similar attack in Fort Worth or any city in Texas because law-abiding Texans would put a stop to it long before this many civilians could be injured.

 

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warendsee
Registered: 12/09/08
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    12/09/08 at 07:58 PM
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God bless you.  I thought I was a lone voice in the Berkeley wilderness.

W
mcarendsee
Registered: 10/21/07
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    12/10/08 at 07:42 AM
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My response to Vickie ...
 
Hi Vickie -
While I am a CHL holder it took me many many years to reach a maturity and confidence level where I felt that it would be of a benefit to me.  And it is not, by any means, the "be all end all" of self protection nor is it for everyone.  It takes a commitment to education, time at the gun range and a mindset all its own.
 
Before going the taser route ... which needs a similar amount of skill of handling and mindset as a handgun except the attacker must be closer and if you watch any of the cop shows the attackers don't always stay down ... please look into self defense classes. 
 
I am sorry that I cannot offer any particular places to look but these need not be a full blown commitment to say a martial art.  When I was fresh out of college many moons ago I found a self defense class offered at a community college that gave a female basic tactics to avoid potentially dangerous situations as well as basic methods of protecting oneself ... how to break a grip, areas to cause pain on your attacker to make him let go (the average criminal will leave when shown resistance).  There were also scenarios with guns and knives which many times mean compliance, i.e. giving them your purse, but you need to know what to do if that escalates into "get in the car".
 
The best thing that any of us can do ... no matter what the method ... is to learn to defend ourselves.  Otherwise we are part of the problem.
 
Good luck with finidng what works for you ...
Maggi Arendsee
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