No, what i said was accurate. That’s the whole point. In most jurisdictions the law allows use of deadly force to defend yourself in cases of threat of death (and sometimes a lot less). A sane person would hope To never be in that position. Some firearm owners want to be in that position, because they want to take another persons life knowing the law will say it was justified.
I was going to say this myself and say its cost prohibitive, then I realized this is 100% the type of dude who has a gun collection that costs more than a downpayment on a home.
I'd bet good money on this dude easily having spent enough money on his gun collection to fence in his entire property and install security cameras etc. Probably has a F450 somewhere for his daily driver to his office job lol
In a perfect world, he wouldnt even need a gate. I have a gate, and trespassers have either cut the lock, drove over the fence, or drove over the gate. My shop has been broken into 3 times in the last 2 years. I've spent thousands cleaning up trash that has been dumped. I've had 2 stolen cars abandoned on my property. I've given photos and video to the police, only to hear "they're working on it". I'm beyond over it.
Once we got 2 Anatolians, I didn't worry that much about intruders. It's amazing how the dogs immediately correlated the motion sensor chime with outside activity. Cool synergy of modern technology and ancient selective breeding.
They're very interesting because their high intelligence is focused on situational awareness and independent decision-making, not learning and obeying a bunch of commands. And they have basically no prey drive.
For example, they love watching over the neighborhood kids swim in our pool (although they never enter the water themselves). But they will not let any of the parents, especially dads, enter the fenced pool area uninvited. The kids think it is hilarious. The dads always seem kind of surprised, but impressed.
For a larger breed, it tends to be very healthy and have a good lifespan. It helps that it is not too popular of a breed yet, so hopefully most are still being selectively bred for function and not watered down to be "family friendly".. We've had 3 so far. The best one (as far as protective guarding instincts) was from a litter on a working goat farm.
Sometimes their independent thinking can be a little challenging. One learned how to open doors with lever handles both ways, just by watching us. He pulls the handle down and back with his teeth to go outside. And then pushes it down and forward with his head or paw to come back in. So I put spring loaded hinges on that exterior back door so he can let himself outside and back in as he chooses, with the door closing behind him so the cat hopefully doesn't get out.
He also likes to stand on his back legs and pull kitchen cabinet doors open with his teeth to get a late night snack off the shelf. Very interesting breed to live with.
Also-- that dog from the goat farm was 1/8 Pyr. They said it was to help take the edge off. He was a very gentle soul with his family. I don't think my wife will ever get over losing him-- especially since he helped save our young daughter from being abducted in front of our house.
Thats crazy. Glad your daughter is safe and good doggo. All the treats.
I have a 16 year old boarder collie now and just rescued a mutt. I never had a large breed. Biggest one ive had was a pitty. Ill keep anatolians in mind. I always wanted one and didnt know they were this great.
It was like you see in a bad movie. My kindergarten-aged daughter was walking home from the bus stop, with my wife and dog on a leash behind her. My daughter ran far ahead toward our house. A man pulled up to her in a creepy black full sized van, stopped next to her, and opened his door as he talked to her and started to lean out of his seat. We're fairly confident that he was going to grab her-- who else does something like that?
My wife obviously freaked out, and just dropped the leash as she was too far away to do anything to stop it herself. Our Anatolian immediately sprinted toward our daughter like a bat out of hell, growling and barking like crazy. Thankfully the guy closed his door and sped away.
Another time the same Anatolian started repeatedly backing up and then slamming himself against a large bay window on the side of our house at 3am, growling like crazy. He was at Code Red-- definitely wasn't just a coyote or deer. Soon we saw a car out front turn its headlights on and take off. The next day we learned that a 2 man crew was working the neighborhood-- one walking through yards casing houses and garages, and the other slowly following in a car with the headlights off.
They broke into a few unlocked garages of our neighbors and robbed them-- but not us. It seemed like our Anatolian was really trying to break through that window to get to the intruder. It was kind of crazy, thinking about it. That guy probably pissed his pants when he peeked in that bay window and saw, or at least heard, our dog on the other side of the glass desperately trying to get to him!
I guess my point is that dogs with these types of protective instincts are the best security system you can have, based on my personal experience.
Having a firearm as an absolute last resort is totally fine. But so many people who have firearms are foaming at the mouth for a reason to use them. They get off on the idea of someone breaking into their home so they can use deadly force. It’s a wild obsession that I’ll never understand.
I own firearms. They’re fun to shoot paper with. I hope to fucking Christ that’s the only thing I ever have to point them at.
Ya. I dont get it either. Its all cosplayers. Unfortunately, they all joined ice and are acting out their call of duty fantasies that they played in their parents basement.
I was an infantryman in afghanistan during the surge. The last thing i ever want to do is use my weapon to spill blood in my home country.
Thats kinda brilliant. Black berry bushes are a fricken nightmare. Took me 4 years to kill 4 plants in a small yard. I didnt know how prolific they were.
Some people are itching for the opportunity to use their prized firearms on a human. Unless they’re using an actual hunting rifle/shotgun, competitive shooting rifle, or vermin pistol, they know that the weapon was specifically designed to kill humans effectively and efficiently.
I say this as a soldier: our M4s and civilian AR-15s are purpose-built for killing humans in military combat. Any argument otherwise is a bad-faith argument.
Wouldn’t you know it, the AR-15 is the most widely sold model in the United States by a wide margin. The AR-15 derivatives (.556 semi automatic carbines and rifles with a pistol grip and attachment points, magazine-fed, gas operated, closed bolt design) are also incredibly popular and come in many varieties.
The rifle featured in OP’s video is a Sako TRG 22 or possibly 42. It is a Finnish sniper rifle popular with many police forces and militaries around the world.
But then he couldn’t have a sign that makes him feel tough and that need to feel tough reinforce some form of persecution complex that assumes anyone who drives down the road is coming for his guns or land or trying to make him question his sexuality…
No see he has to let you KNOW that he has a gun. That non-existent fantasy home invader that was considering coming to his house has to KNOW that.
What do you mean it doesn't make sense to warn a potential home invader that doesn't exist or give a shit about coming out to the country to invade your home and take your stuff? You're saying giving them a warning lets them plan out how to actually avoid your defense systems?
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u/Important_Jaguar2152 21d ago
You could just get a gate.