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NYC councilmember urges residents to take up arms after robbers tied up Queens family in shocking home invasion: ‘Constitutional right’
NY Post ^ | 6/11/25 | Hannah Fierick

Posted on 06/11/2025 7:03:41 PM PDT by Libloather

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To: Libloather

It may be a Constitutional right but it is mostly a God given right to protect ourselves, our families and our property. Have as many firearms as you think you will need to do just that.


21 posted on 06/11/2025 9:16:00 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: frank ballenger

That and the Lone Ranger spouting “I only shoot to wound”.


22 posted on 06/11/2025 10:36:52 PM PDT by waterhill (Nobody cares, work harder!)
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To: frank ballenger
In the color Dragnet reboot, Harry Morgan (Office Bill Gannon) said to the homeowner who had firearms at home: “The time it takes you to unlock your gun safe and get your gun out to confront an intruder could be better spent calling us police on your phone.”

Please tell us that you have misremembered that scene!

Once you have unlocked your safe and retrieved your gun, you're instantly "good to go" and can start blasting away at dangerous perps. But once you've instead telephoned the police, you're sitting their, waiting (who knows how long?) for them to arrive and protect you. Meanwhile, the perps are duct-taping your children's mouths.

Regards,

23 posted on 06/11/2025 11:19:58 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Libloather

Check with that zealot Princess Kathy first. She probably won’t like the idea.


24 posted on 06/12/2025 3:51:36 AM PDT by Shady (Where did the 18% of GDP PLUS $37 TRILLION DOLLARS of OUR MONEY, Go?)
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To: frank ballenger
The average response time of a 911 call is 23 minutes. The response time of a 45 ACP bullet is 850 feet per second.

I'll trust the latter.

25 posted on 06/12/2025 4:40:56 AM PDT by LouAvul (1 John 2:22: Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist.)
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To: Libloather

Can’t get arms...it’s New York.


26 posted on 06/12/2025 5:31:35 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SkyDancer

Friend of mine lived in a sketchy part of Omaha when he was first married 40 years ago & they would have prostitutes, drug dealers outside where they lived & if he called the police, they’d always drag their feet so he’d tell them he had a gun & would take care of it himself. Cops hate paperwork.


27 posted on 06/12/2025 7:36:27 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Mean Daddy

Good response to the cops. When guns are involved they’re there.


28 posted on 06/12/2025 8:08:16 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: SkyDancer

He was a character. When he was single, he had a neighbor in his townhouse who would play music & party until 2 in the morning. He went to Goodwill & bought an 8 track player and a copy of Iron Butterfly, put it on play and went to work for the day. Fixed his problem.


29 posted on 06/12/2025 10:10:38 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: Libloather

Guns? A Constitutional right? In New York City? Is this woman delusional?


30 posted on 06/13/2025 5:01:27 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: frank ballenger

When seconds count the police are minutes away.


31 posted on 06/13/2025 5:02:32 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: metmom

Ah,yes! But that’s where “jury nullification” comes into play.


32 posted on 06/13/2025 5:04:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Libloather

2nd amendment all the way but just having a gun doesn’t matter if you don’t have it available (like in a stupid safety box or safe or night-stand drawer) and ready and are trained to use it. If you are sitting in your easy chair, in the kitchen making a sammich, or in the john and the wife or kid opens the door and someone pushes in unless you have it right-there you will not retrieve it in time.
I have several stashed about the house and some of the time have one on my person.


33 posted on 06/13/2025 7:14:51 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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