Then you were very, very lucky.
It was only my mom and me on one side of the door.
I trust my fists more, I have used them at least 3 times to defend myself. Oh, and my feet to run away from trouble. Guns have a place and a time, but best option ever is not to be in the situation where you have to use it.
Of course. Equally true, though, is to have a gun and hope you never have to use it.
The umbrella principle.
if you are killing another strong male then maybe? but killing a pregnant woman and 2 kids? isnāt an alpha male protect those? without going to deep iāll just disagree and say these āfansā are not the most mentally healthy peopleā¦
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Right nowā¦I said it will become less relevant as Iām sure youāll be able to print something like a glock not so far
Did I ever say guns are toys? Iām talking about self defense.
Wel, people can make explosives with common household items. Again, limited scope. Same with glock, still not an Uzi. It is the difference between a dozen and a several dozens.
IĀ“ll start getting worried when they can print something they can fire at will from a hotel window and wipe off 80 concert attendees.
And again, there is a difference between a responsible adult user and a spoiled brat with no respect for the equipment, who thinks he is in some kind of video game, attire included.
Pretty sure they will be able to make more than uzis as technology advances.
If you insist. 
I wasnāt putting forward a theory.
You do have the legal right to protect yourself. Even in Italy. Even with a firearm.
Key word: yourself. You are not your property, and your property is not you. I.e., having the right to protect yourself from the threat of aggression (pericolo dāaggressione) is not the same as having the right to murder someone just because heās in your home without an invitation.
Your loved ones are not your property either, but they have selves you can also protect.
(No English version available. Disclaimer: this is not an endorsement of Italian law.)
Well, right now we have a kid with a firethrower just for funā¦
And? Donāt see where youāre going with this.
The requirements are ridiculous, theyāve been thinking of changing it because itās basically useless.
That the problem is not self defense, but using weapons for anythng else than.
That some kind of control must be exerted. Everyone can make ricin in the comfort of their home and kills ome people. Not everyone wshould have access to a factory and make enough ricin to wipe off a city.
I would assume the kidās natural progression would be to firebombs.
I hope you realize that you are making more than one assumption here (1- that heās a mass murderer -2- in search of a weapon).
Maybe some of the guilty-until-he-proves-himself-worthy-of-innocence (present-day circumstance, not concerning last yearās fukkup) people here can provide examples of the forms of restitution he must still go through above and beyond what he already went through incarceration-wise and monetary-wise as decided already through the US justice system?
I was thinking sharks with frikkin flamethrowers attached to their heads.
Well, if the incarceration had served its purpose, wwe wouldnĀ“t be here discussing him. He learned nothing, he has not changed his ways, he keeps on flirting with danger. His parents keep on bending over and will probably break the law again to please him.
He is guilty of being insensitive and a prick. We do not have to like him and that is not relevant actually, unless you take into account that he also has this sociopatic dark side that may surface in which he fantasizes with burning things to a crisp, shooting the schoool and weĀ“ll see what he comes up next. That is not last years āFockupā but rather a raging fire held in a pressure cooker, waiting to be unleashed in the future.
Restitution? Not really, but a bit of humility, a bit of empathy, ā¦ but that is asking too much. He was raised as a bully, he is not the vctim here. He is a manipulator. Remember the words of admonition of the judge. He did what he could legally but even he recognized that the kid is a ticking bomb. The judge asked the parents to seek help for teh kid. That help ainĀ“t forthcoming.
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So much exaggeration. The kid did very little and seems totally fine. Iām sure heāll be leading a happy life from this point on and based on what Iāve seen of him, predict heāll be in no further trouble.
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Hope these words donāt come back to bite you on the ass. You could be right, but Iām in the @Icon camp on this one
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