On Saturday, May 17, 2014 5:13:40 PM UTC-7, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/17/2014 7:51 PM, Boating All Out wrote:

In article ,

says...





What would you do if a thug violently broke into your house in Florida

while you were sitting on the couch watching your favorite TV

commentator, Ann Coulter? Invite him to sit down for a beer and some

snacks?









JPS would.



Pure snark.

I don't have guns in my house, and I'm certainly not worried about a

"thug violently breaking into" my house.

Never heard about it happening around here.

Lot of that happening in your area?

BTW, do you worry about a meteor hit?







My comment was intended to be humor. JPS has stated he has no objection

to owning a firearm for personal protection or home defense.



I never had any interest in having guns when we were younger and had

kids in the house. I started thinking about getting one about 6 years

ago when I realized I wasn't the young guy I used to be and my wife and

I were in a different stage in our lives. We don't live in a high crime

area but break-ins do occur from time to time. One idiot in our town

decided to break into a town cop's house one night about a year ago.

Didn't work out well for him.

A kid in a local Provincial town was charged for burglary, yet was released by the magistrate (with a probationary period and minor fine) because it was a first time offence.

That evening the kid broke into another home and gathered up some valuables, made a sandwich from the refrigerator, and sat on the couch to enjoy a bottle of wine.

Thee fool fell a sleep on the couch. Then the home owner arrived and noticed thee side door and been tampered with and called for a constable. Upon entry they found the kid who was before the judges bench that morning. in the mean time the kid found that he had broken into the judges home...

Not good.