Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumUptown family concerned by lack of 911 response after break-in, several calls to authorities (NOLA)
http://www.wwltv.com/news/Uptown-Family-Concerned-By-Lack-of-911-Response-After-Break-in-252108691.html"It's a Taurus 32," said Terri Bice holding a gun she never thought she'd own.
Now the Riverbend resident does own a gun, and there's a reason why.
"I think someone who would break the door down with that force had a serious intention," said Bice pointing out the damage to her front door.
On March 16, Bice's family was fast asleep when they were woken up around 2 a.m., to someone trying to break in to their home.
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She documented her calls for help: two to 911; two to the NOPD's non-emergency line; and one to NOPD's Second District. The final call was answered and Bice confirms an officer showed up two hours after the attempted home invasion.
Loudly
(2,436 posts)Think again Holmes. (I mean Oliver Wendell Holmes.)
SQUEE
(1,315 posts)Not everything boils down to a right, some things are just coveted tradition, hobby or safety. I see no Constitutional right to a fire extinguisher or a seat belt, but considering there is NO right to state provided security, it follows that one needs to do this for themselves, be it bars, hardened doors or a strong loyal dog... All things I have and rely on to remove the need to use a weapon in defending my life, property or those of my loved ones.
hack89
(39,171 posts)self defense is certainly one of them.
S_B_Jackson
(906 posts)And yes, this is an example of why the pre-existing right of the people to keep and bear arms was circumscribed from governmental over-reach by the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)I doubt that any of the Framers would have thought twice about any need to explicitly define and protect that right. They elected to guarantee the right of the people to possess and employ the tools employed in that activity. They included a supporting rationale (use in the militia), but the language most certainly does not serve to assert that this is the only rationale. That the people would use the arms they were guaranteed the right to possess in personal self-defense would have been taken as a given.
sarisataka
(18,779 posts)which will likely deprive the person breaking in of their genuine rights
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)New Orleans."
Jgarrick
(521 posts)the police are only two hours away.