From: booth@mdd.comm.mot.com (Greg Booth)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: To Drop Or Not To Drop ( was: Re: To buy or not to buy ? )
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:38:54 GMT
Organization: Motorola - Mobile Data Division; Richmond, BC

In <199301260022.AA05338@cherokee.advtech.uswest.com> kdlin@advtech.uswest.com (David Lin) writes:

#In article <viking.727308697@vincent1.iastate.edu> viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:
##...
##	Female logic is the bane of the male existence.  At least, it
##seems that way.  Granted, female logic is often beneficial to us, but
##the sad truth is that there is little that can be done to sway such a
##thing quickly.  Thus, we must use stealth.  Leave a copy of American
##Rifleman on the coffee table, opened to the true stories section
##where people shoot in self-defense.  ...

A copy of "Women and Guns" and "Armed and Female" might help as well.


#In this posting, I'm not providing a solution. Instead, I have a
#similar but worse problem. I'm considering to drop her because of
#her attitude toward my guns/security plans. Let me tell my story 
#and you guys can give me suggestions.


#She even hates my security alarm and comments that I'm paranoid to
#have all these things installed. Her reasoning is that no one is going
#to bother me, and my guns will only hurt myself. She claims that she has

She obviously must have been a very successful DA, for there to be
no crime where you live. What?!? you see reports of women being attacked
in their own homes? Of home invasions? Of B&E's? 
If crime is happening, it therefore can happen, and any claim that
it can't happen is quite wrong. 
 
How will your guns hurt you? You do follow basic safety rules don't
you?

Will she, or your local police, sign a personal service contract
and take personal and financial responsibility for your safety?
No? Why not?

#shot .22 rifles before. ( So, taking her to a range will not help at all. )
#She points out that I'm living in my own "jail" by having all these
#motion sensors and by having the "fantasy" of arming/defending myself.

My friends tease me for having an alarm in my car, and a "Club" on
the steering wheel. I point out that their cars have been broken
into repeatedly, but my car ('90 Laser RS) hasn't ever been.

I point out, that if spending a few bucks reduces my chance of
being a victim from 1/100 to 1/10,000, it is a wise investment.

#So, do I have a solution to this problem? Guys?

Ask her to explain how each and every B&E, home invasion, and attack
in the home in your area is just "fantasy". ie. report on news
of home invasion, question to her "I thought you said it was
fantasy".

Is she the type that doesn't look both ways before crossing a
street, because motorists aren't supposed to run over you?

Does she lock the doors to her place at night? Locks (which can
cause problems when trying to get OUT of a home, are OK, but
motion sensor lights that merely illuminate someone in your yard
are not?

#David

Of course, if those questions cause a fight, I take no blame for it ;-)



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