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  • Axxe55

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    Amen.
    - Maercus Lutrell, who is a real bad-ass, said that fear is a force that sharpens your senses and being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can't do anything. For me anyway - a good dose of fear has historically provided singular focus to my effort and intent. I'm too old and crotchety to be afraid of stuff!

    My problem is, I just either act, or react to a situation. I don't think. The fear for me comes afterwards when I have time to actually think about what I just did!
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    oldag

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    This whole discussion has really been weighing on me the last couple of days. What's the middle ground between seeking defilade behind a front facing window sill to enable targeted defensive fire if necessary, or standing in your yard in front of the Good Lord and everybody advising the angry mob that the first Molotov Cocktail thrown in my direction will be met with immediate and deadly force. The first approach is clearly more safe and invites less potential confrontation. It does, though, require one to shoot attackers that aren't aware of your absolute intentions of defending yourself, and thus can't think twice about their bad decisions before acting. So the second approach obviously exposes oneself to a whole crap ton of bad things: Bum rush (admittedly unlikely with that crowd of vaginas), no cover or concealment, needing to watch your wife's six while engaging the mob - thus potentially dealing with two fronts, and possibly further escalating an already volatile situation - essentially inciting violence if one or more of those assholes is feeling froggy. The front yard tact, however, sure does pull some of the starch out of the mob mentality. It allows each individual member to give a long hard thought to whether or not he/she really wants to commit to joining the destruction party and if it's worth their very life.

    Hell, guys. I'd probably go out into the front freaking yard and be scared shitless in the process. My bride would be in the house though. One less thing...
    Good thoughts. No easy answers.
     

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    Good thoughts. No easy answers.
    Bit of a "high budget" option, but pretty sure something along these lines would be good middle ground!

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    ZX9RCAM

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    So, were there any protesters actually on their property?
    Or, were they just in the street.
    Does it definitively state this anywhere?
     

    Axxe55

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    I'm fairly sure the rioters were on a private street, but not the homeowners property/curtilage.
    This is what I "thought", but didn't know for certain.
    Slightly less threatening, except for the fact that it is a private road.

    I'm not 100% certain, but looking at some of the video footage, it did appear the "protesters" did cross onto the homeowner's property.
     

    oldag

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    Actually, if that is truly a private subdivision the protestors were on common property (not public property) by being on the street. And I suspect all the homeowners have a fractional interest in the common property. So...
     
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