The other thing that occurs to me is that if a gun is deterrence, if all you need to do is *display* the gun to make the criminal back down--
Then you don't *need* a gun. You just need something that *looks* like a gun.
And if it isn't a real gun, 90% of the time and care it costs (making sure every minute that it's not falling into a bad guy's hands, or a child's) goes right out the window. It doesn't matter if the neighbor kids find it; they can't shoot each other. It's not a big deal if a bad guy takes it away from you--now he thinks he has a gun, and you know he's wrong. Mention that the safety is on before you run, if you want to *really* confuse him.
I wonder what the laws on owning gun lookalikes are.
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Re: Ignoring deterrence
Date: 2008-07-02 04:36 pm (UTC)Then you don't *need* a gun. You just need something that *looks* like a gun.
And if it isn't a real gun, 90% of the time and care it costs (making sure every minute that it's not falling into a bad guy's hands, or a child's) goes right out the window. It doesn't matter if the neighbor kids find it; they can't shoot each other. It's not a big deal if a bad guy takes it away from you--now he thinks he has a gun, and you know he's wrong. Mention that the safety is on before you run, if you want to *really* confuse him.
I wonder what the laws on owning gun lookalikes are.