Gun's & Gun Control

Standingstones

Celestial
here is a story
this was in the early 1980s
it was time to to go sleep, I was a little kid, about 8pm
the front door rattled hard, someone was trying to get in.
about 20 seconds later a gunshot rang out, and I mean close by.
I went flat on the floor to avoid getting hit
about 45 seconds later 5 shots at a distance
back then law enforcement was about 2 hours away
now in the same area it is somewhere between 30 minuets and 2.5 hours (likely the same as it was then, only I know the range better)
after that incident I found out that my mom fired the first shot, she was ready to protect her children and was testing the gun to make sure it still worked.
the person at the front door apparently decided that an armed target was not worth it
and it would seem that they were a bit upset at the entire thing by the gunfire that they followed up with
have had many discussions with others about this
would seem that the popular response is that I should have died in the attack and that the police would have found this person and locked them up.
would seem that they really got my point of view and still thought I should be dead.

and no one seems to answer the real question here,
what is the benefit of outsourcing your violence ? (why call police ever ?)
after i ask that, they never talk to me ever again.

and my real question that no one ever answers, (likely due to lack of data)
if aliens invade earth, what caliber will take them out ?
By all accounts those aliens would have control of your mind before you got a shot off.
 

pigfarmer

tall, thin, irritable
the person at the front door apparently decided that an armed target was not worth it
Loud dogs are also excellent deterrents. Have to be careful to make sure the firearm is safe from kids and secured. Don't want to come home and find an intruder pointing it at you.

if aliens invade earth, what caliber will take them out
.30-06 and 45ACP are proven go-to problem solvers but in that case a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range would probably be more applicable.
 
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