# Word on supreme court ruling? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/word-on-supreme-court-ruling/45231 "2008-03-18T14:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Final\_GTS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/final_gts/32/7359_2.png) [@Final\_GTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Final_GTS)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/word-on-supreme-court-ruling/45231/29 "2008-03-18T23:09:29Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > 1789 - The Bill of rights > 2008 - Today > > 219 years later, we’ve seen several wars, slavery, a civil war, abolishment of slavery, Personal Automobiles, Airplanes, Nazis, Computers, the internet. > > We have law enforcement for a reason, let them deal with the criminals. I can only see someone getting themselves killed by attempting to draw a weapon on someone. > > Scenario - Walking down a dark alley in the middle of the city, a person comes up to you with a gun drawn, and tells you to give him your wallet. > > without a gun - “I have no weapons, let me grab my wallet for you and you can be on your way” > simple risk: all you lose is a wallet. > > With a gun - Increased stress on the part of the criminal, and you make an attempt to pull your weapon on him. Who fires first? Who has the balls to pull the trigger? are you quick enough to get a shot off before the criminal reacts? Will he run away? > > The criminal has the intent enough to point the weapon at you and already break a law by holding you up at gun point. What percentage of criminals in that scenario would pull the trigger? What percentage of people in that situation would pull the trigger? > > My bet is with the criminal pulling the trigger, armed robbery is already a felony. > > risks from having a gun: Stolen wallet, injury, maybe death > > Get your wallet back from the cops or just take the loss. Who carries cash anyways, cancel the cards no money is taken from you, and you may have saved your own life. > > Same goes for getting your house robbed. Sure you could have just secured your house so the criminal would never get in, but you spent the time with the weapon instead. > > Guns (at least hand guns) should not be in the hands of civilians. Wow, you are a very naive person. That is all I can say. You go ahead and trust your life to a criminal holding you at gun point. Let me know how it goes. Call me proactive, but thanks, I’ll take a concealed weapon any time in that situation. As the person carrying the concealed weapon, you dont HAVE to draw. That is your decision. If you really feel its a quick snatch and grab and not worth the risk, then let it slide. If you dont think you are coming out of it alive anyway based on the criminals intentions, I think you would be PRAYING to have a pistol magically appear in your hand if you werent carrying. Part of carrying concealed is knowing how to be ready and proactive in a situation like that. You know you have a weapon concealed, the criminal doesnt. You ultimately can have the element of surprise if it came down to it, and knowing yourself and your weapon is absolute key. Not to mention, how many of these criminals would be willing to do what they do if they KNEW that most civilians were armed? a LOT less likely. A wallet isnt worth being shot- And that goes two ways my friend! A wallet is a lot less appealing if you know you have a 1 in 4 chance of taking a bullet for it from a pissed off civilian, versus 100% certainty you wont, and have AMPLE time to get away, in ANY situation, before the police arrive. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/word-on-supreme-court-ruling/45231)._