Thread: Yet another shooting incident in the states

Originally Posted by steven

Our secretary is from SA, she left because her dad was shot dead in a breakin, the third time with armed thieves I think she said. In another incident she shot a mugger in the arm....apparantly on purpose...(the arm). Given she is very good looking I wouldnt have wanted to give odds it was only her wallet they were after. Thank F* we are not in a country like that. Look at the US statistics on "self defence" 800,000+ per year.....10,000+ deaths, many accidental...just as mind boggling. When all is said and done we are remarkably safe in NZ compared with the rest of the world, yet have reasonable gun laws. Personally I think our biggest risks are actually a) sensationalist seaking media looking to sell air time and advertising space and not in anyway be rational, fair or honest and not the laws or the cops. b) Pollies, at some stage of course a nutjob will go shooting crazy here and then our Pollies will be in a lolly scamble for votes to make our voters feel safe, it wont be rational, logical or fair.... c) ourselves, looking at the incidents in NZ I think we should be doing a better job of policing ourselves, our mates and promoting our rights, sounding like the US NRA nutjobs isnt a good look.

good post steven