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If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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But, at the point when a decent, reasonable, non-aggression-seeking individual is having to defend themselves from a unprovoked, violent attacker, it's generally gone way past the point where that kind of communication is viable and, what is needed is 'self-defense'.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
Written by :Stone
Dragon Drafin,
I think most countries already have self defense laws.
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But, at the point when a decent, reasonable, non-aggression-seeking individual is having to defend themselves from a unprovoked, violent attacker, it's generally gone way past the point where that kind of communication is viable and, what is needed is 'self-defense'.
OWD your example, like Lurch's example, sounds a little conceptual, so I’m left wondering where is the paranoia coming from.
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I’m not against self-defense. I just don’t think going around armed with a 45 magnum, with the intent to kill someone and "Make-My-Day" represents self-defense.
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We can all find ourselves dangerous situations. If it’s gone way past the point of communication, how much of that is in due to a lack of awareness, and providing an easy target?
As good O’l retired LTC Dave Grossman, author of "On Killing" said “There was research conducted a few years ago with individuals convicted of violent crimes. These cons were in prison for serious, predatory crimes of violence: assaults, murders and killing law enforcement officers. The vast majority said that they specifically targeted victims by body language: slumped walk, passive behavior and lack of awareness. They chose their victims like big cats do in Africa, when they select one out of the herd that is least able to protect itself.”
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It is denial that turns people into sheep. Sheep are psychologically destroyed by combat because their only defense is denial, which is counterproductive and destructive, resulting in fear, helplessness and horror when the wolf shows up.
Denial kills you twice. It kills you once, at your moment of truth when you are not physically prepared: you didn't bring your gun, you didn't train. Your only defense was wishful thinking. Hope is not a strategy. Denial kills you a second time because even if you do physically survive, you are psychologically shattered by your fear helplessness and horror at your moment of truth.
Gavin de Becker puts it like this in Fear Less, his superb post-9/11 book, which should be required reading for anyone trying to come to terms with our current world situation: "...denial can be seductive, but it has an insidious side effect. For all the peace of mind deniers think they get by saying it isn't so, the fall they take when faced with new violence is all the more unsettling."
Denial is a save-now-pay-later scheme, a contract written entirely in small print, for in the long run, the denying person knows the truth on some level.
And so the warrior must strive to confront denial in all aspects of his life, and prepare himself for the day when evil comes. If you are a warrior who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be "on" 24/7, for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself...
"Baa."
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Guns don't kill people, the gun lobby insists; people kill people. Guns certainly help, though. It is, of course, well known that America's gun homicide rates are far higher than those of other industrialized nations. But our gun suicide rates are also much higher. More Americans kill themselves with guns than by all other methods combined. A University of Pennsylvania study found that rural residents were just as likely to die of self-inflicted gunshot wounds as inner-city dwellers were to be murdered. And yet, you don't hear much about an "epidemic" of rural suicide. "It's the forgotten issue," says study author Charles Branas, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at Penn (Men and Guns- below).
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The idea of self-defense, community defense, has a lot to do with being a good American," says Abigail Kohn, Ph.D., author of Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures (and a shooter herself). "Part of the attraction for a lot of American men involves identifying with those archetypes in American history, the cowboy/lawman or the citizen/soldier, who wear a gun on their hip.”
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Ruggieri, the lawyer for Brandon Maxfield said. "If someone asks whether I think they should buy a gun, I say, ‘Do you care if it's pink?' If you have a good and legitimate reason to own and carry a gun as a tool," he says, "then it shouldn't matter if it's pink. If you're buying it for machismo reasons, as a penis extender -- which some people do -- then you won't want to own a pink gun. If it matters that it's pink, don't buy it (Men and Guns).
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
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OWD, if you are carrying a concealed weapon then you intend to kill another human being, otherwise what would be the point.
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Carrying a weapon is not a guarantee that you won’t get mugged, and the chances are it will get used against you.
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Ruggieri, the lawyer for Brandon Maxfield said. "If someone asks whether I think they should buy a gun, I say, ‘Do you care if it's pink?' If you have a good and legitimate reason to own and carry a gun as a tool," he says, "then it shouldn't matter if it's pink. If you're buying it for machismo reasons, as a penis extender -- which some people do -- then you won't want to own a pink gun. If it matters that it's pink, don't buy it (Men and Guns).
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The idea of self-defense, community defense, has a lot to do with being a good American," says Abigail Kohn, Ph.D., author of Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures (and a shooter herself). "Part of the attraction for a lot of American men involves identifying with those archetypes in American history, the cowboy/lawman or the citizen/soldier, who wear a gun on their hip.”
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Again, apologies for anticipating the views of Lurch or other responsible US gun owners, but, if it was made the case that all legally sold guns must be pink, I have no doubt that any responsible gun owner would indeed, given a choice of no gun, or a pink gun, be happy to carry a pink gun.
A responsible gun owner will be far more interested in the function of a gun, than its appearance.
After all, it's not like the thing's on display- 'concealed carry' means no one's going to see it (unless the worst happens, at which point pinkness will be the last thing on anyones mind.)
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Written by : OWD
Clearly there is a world of difference between-
1. a thug carrying a gun with the intention of using it in a murder, or a mugging, or as a means of forcing a woman into his car so he can abduct and rape her
(all of which do happen- thankfully rarely, but they do happen)
and
2. a responsible, well-trained, well-adjusted individual who carries a gun, who will never draw it in public, unless there is a clear need for doing so
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Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures
Through her conversations-with cowboy action shooters at a regional match, sport shooters, hunters, with shooters of all ages and races-we hear of the "savage beauty" of a beautifully crafted long gun, of the powerful historical import owners attach to their guns, of the sense of empowerment that comes with shooting skill, and the visceral thrill of discharging a dangerous weapon. Kohn convincingly brings out the myths, norms, and beliefs of gun ownership, stressing how values such as individualism, toughness, and liberty are intricately linked with the gun and exploring how these core values connect pro-gun ideology to wider cultural and political concerns. Cutting through the cliches that link gun ownership with violent, criminal subcultures and portray shooters as "gun nuts" or potential terrorists.
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Yes, if I'm carrying a gun I'm ready and willing to use it. I'm failing to see how using a gun automatically means death. Or how death automatically means murder.
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The idea of self-defense, community defense, has a lot to do with being a good American," says Abigail Kohn, Ph.D., author of Shooters: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures (and a shooter herself). "Part of the attraction for a lot of American men involves identifying with those archetypes in American history, the cowboy/lawman or the citizen/soldier, who wear a gun on their hip.”
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
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Of course we are making up hypothetical situations where we would need a firearm.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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Faith
Nay, whatever comes one hour was sunlit and the most high gods may not make boast of any better thing than to have watched that hour as it passed
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
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1. a responsible gun owner (trained, with concealed-carry permit, with no intention to use his/her weapon unless it is necessary for the defense of themselves or others)
and
2. a criminal carrying a gun with the express purpose of using it to mug, murder or abdupt a victim
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We will fail to prove that the difference between a responsible gun owner and a thug is only the intent on *why he carries* a gun. Intent can change, responsibility can change, the 'right to carry' remains. We will fail to prove that it is braver not to carry than to do otherwise, because ppl have their concept and the right to live by it. People prolong suffering and stick to the concepts inside their heads, namely paranoia and fear by engaging in ridiculous mindgames.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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"Last of The Lancers"
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Written by OWD
What I said above was through frustration at Stones absolute refusal (or inability) to distinguish between-
1. a responsible gun owner (trained, with concealed-carry permit, with no intention to use his/her weapon unless it is necessary for the defense of themselves or others)
and
2. a criminal carrying a gun with the express purpose of using it to mug, murder or abduct a victim
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To agree, or at least, acknowledge that distinction is essential if the points Lurch was trying to make are going to be debated.
If we as members of the human race practice meditation, we can transcend our fear, despair, and forgetfulness. Meditation is not an escape. It is the courage to look at reality with mindfulness and concentration. Thich Nhat Hanh
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
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Stout, because a gun is used in violence against the innocent does not mean that guns should not be allowed in the general populace. People have been stabbed to death with steak knives, does that mean that we should no longer allow sharp metallic objects in and among the general populace?
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