In article 1111782081.4515138e0f4014f7db098cab704cd6d7@teran ews,
says...
perhaps you could try to add something of value to the
discussion..


Perhaps you missed or couldn't read my original post, which, I belive,
contained a bit more useful information for the OP then row boats and
knives in the teeth.

Let me summarize it for you in simpler terms.

If someone is so uninformed about fire arms, their various potentials,
and the kinds of people who use them for criminal purposes in truly
lawless area's of the world, the really bad bad guys, one would probably
be better off without one.

Really bad bad guys are very skeptical of good guys who stand around
waving a gun and firing warning shots rather then putting it to the use
it was intended for in those kind of situations. It's a morals thing.
They don't have any and count on the fact you do.

Too even suggest that giving away an advantage by waving a gun or firing
"warning shots" at really bad bad guys is a disserves to the OP and
deserves the reply I sent.

Making the decision to buy a firearm is a very serious one and the
person making it has to understand that by having it they must be up to
the task of taking a life or three. They also have to understand that
there are people out there that don't give a damn one way or another
whether they live or die and just waving it around and firing warning
shots will just lead to the bad guys backing off and blowing said fat
dumb and happy gun owner's ass off with an AK 47 or Browning MG. Sure,
they'd rather not, but only because it might mess up a nice boat they
can convert into money and not for any concern for the target of their
ire.

Just in case there is any doubt on this matter next time one of the
cable TV channels runs the tape of the L.A. bank hold up of several
years ago, Watch it.

--
Mike G.
Heirloom Woods

www.heirloom-woods.net