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June Woodard's avatar

I live out in the country on the Corinth Rd., and over time, hundreds of cars have pulled or backed into my driveway to turn around. More recently, I had a knock on the door after dark, and a man was telling me he had hit a cat, which was one of my neighbors. I was cautious answering the door, but never did it cross my mind to answer with the shotgun I have. If I pulled the trigger on everyone I encounter, I would be spending my life in prison. People are getting way too trigger happy! If you are that afraid, then don't answer the door! Or, better yet, call the police and they can easily check it out for you!

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Irene Baldwin's avatar

I lived for about 15 years by myself in a Bronx apartment in a neighborhood where the politicians not from here like to come during campaign season and talk about how awful and dangerous our community is. I have never had a gun (no political issue; here, gunowners themselves seem to get shot more often than not in confrontations, or some poor random bystander. Police are two minutes away, so....)

I wasn't exactly alone, I had a dog. Most cowardly dog in the world, but he had a great bark and barked at anything outside, so he was a good deterrent.

What would make me use a gun- if someone physically broke into my apartment while I was in it alone. Home invasions are terrifying. We are upstate now, but, half the time, I am in the Bronx for work, in my old apartment. (Another one, not bad neighborhood one). A couple of times, when I know I am alone and my husband is upstate, someone has come into my apartment, which scared the shi*t out of me. Both times, it was my daughter who lives at college and has a key and never bothered to tell me she was coming home.

So ,it's a good thing I don't have a gun, I would have been pointing it at my daughter.

PS- people who want to hurt you don't usually come in the front door, though you may not be thinking that at the time.

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