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[FreeBirdTim]

I metal detect in the deepest woods of northern RI and never think twice about it. It's a wonderful thing to not be afraid of everyone you meet in this world. Try it sometime, you may learn to like it...

 

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[Clay Slayer]

I always think about this scene from "Blade Runner" whenever you guys go on and on about your ridiculously unfounded fear of getting mugged or assaulted all the time...

Silly bird...

 

[Clay Slayer]

FreeBird, now that I re-read my post, I guess it could have been a little too detailed and sounded a little pessimistic. But it really isn't.

It's not so much a fear of anything...it's more a desire to protect what I consider extremely important to me and that's the safety of my family and myself. That's why I arm myself when allowed and why I like to stay alert of my surroundings. Nothing more than that, but interpret it as you like.

 

[Duckshot]

I metal detect in the deepest woods of northern RI and never think twice about it. It's a wonderful thing to not be afraid of everyone you meet in this world. Try it sometime, you may learn to like it...

Lol. Mark.

 

[Ogre1190]

Rhode Island has room for woods?!? 😱

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Rhode Island has room for woods?!? ��

My town of Scituate alone has thousands of acres of woodlands. It's a beautiful and scenic place to live. Do some research before you make silly comments.

 

[Bama Billy]

I metal detect in the deepest woods of northern RI and never think twice about it. It's a wonderful thing to not be afraid of everyone you meet in this world. Try it sometime, you may learn to like it...

So the guy that told us we’d spend years in jail if we pulled a gun on him thinks we’re “scared of every person we meet” because we carry. LOL and then accuses us of sounding silly. You clearly don’t know very much about the people that are law abiding citizens that have a permit to carry. Talk about making yourself look silly. You don’t even know the gun laws in your own state.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I always think about this scene from "Blade Runner" whenever you guys go on and on about your ridiculously unfounded fear of getting mugged or assaulted all the time...

I'm not afraid. I'm prepared.

I'm not afraid my wood stove will burn the house down - but I have a good sized fire extinguisher near it and another in the kitchen.

I'm not afraid I'll slice myself badly with my lawn-mower or tractor - but I have a trauma capable first aid station in the basement (which has paid off twice for chainsaw and tractor incidents).

I'm not afraid I'll lose power - but it happens often enough we have multiple oil lamps in the house.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Talk about making yourself look silly. You don’t even know the gun laws in your own state.

If you threaten someone here in RI, even if it's on your own property, you can get up to one year in jail. But they can and will add to that if you point a gun at someone. Sorry, but I do know ALL the gun laws in RI.


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[GB1]

If you threaten someone here in RI, even if it's on your own property, you can get up to one year in jail. But they can and will add to that if you point a gun at someone. Sorry, but I do know ALL the gun laws in RI.


11-5-3

sounds like a dumb place to live to defend your own life that is why i live in The Great State Of Texas

 

[Bama Billy]

If you threaten someone here in RI, even if it's on your own property, you can get up to one year in jail. But they can and will add to that if you point a gun at someone. Sorry, but I do know ALL the gun laws in RI.


11-5-3

Well yeah, if somebody randomly pulls a gun on you and threatens you with it, that’s illegal and stupid to boot. If I’m in RI and threatened, I’m 100% legal to use my gun and my conceal carry permit in your state. Period. If you think you need to tell people they can’t threaten you with a gun for no reason I can’t help you.

 

[Megalodon]

This discussion has reached the usual point at which two sides become entrenched. I think both sides have valid points to make. I agree with FreeBirdTim that Scituate is indeed a beautiful, scenic place - at least it was back when I used to fish there and eat their fried clams as often as I could, back in the 60's and early 70's. But I also detest state governments that do not trust lawful residents and that includes Maryland, where I reside. I don't choose to live here because of the idiotic CCP laws, but in spite of them, in an attempt to balance all factors that enter into a decision about where to live. Ultimately, for us, living 12 minutes from grandchildren weights the scale enough to live here - in spite of the corruption, pollution, and idiotic gun laws.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I carry a firearm for the same reason I carry car, home, hurricane, health and firearm insurance. I carry in case I ever need it.

 

[Megalodon]

I found myself in a situation in which I had two characters pointing their guns at me. I was along the banks of a river holding two heavy bags of water with the first larval hickory shad to be stocked in the state. I was alone, at about midnight (my choice to reduce exposure of the fish to visual predators) in the rain (also my choice to allow for dispersal). I chose the stocking site because it was the last place where the species had been reported at that life stage (about 1 to 2 days old) over 30 years earlier. I had not researched nor considered my own safety - a mistake others here have pointed out. Having slid down a hillside of wet broken glass and trash, I was about to allow some river water into the bags to acclimate the tiny fish when I heard a moo behind me. I turned to find a very large man pointing a semi-auto pistol at me. Another moo'ing sound (some kind of code there) revealed another large guy behind him also pointing a gun at me. This was not private property but part of the National Capital Park & planning commission land. My mind flashed to an incident the previous week, forgotten until now, about a body pinned to a bridge piling downstream and if that might have been connected to these characters. I had no concealed weapon, and even if I had one, i would likely have been shot while attempting to reach it in a holster, if my chief special, or a pocket, if my hammerless revolver. And I was outnumbered and caught by surprise. In this situation, I did the only thing I could think of and explained that I was a biologist out here stocking fish. As they got closer, it appeared these guys were under the influence of something and were unable to see the nearly microscopic fish in my fish transport bags. So I went for broke and exclaimed something to the effect of "Man, you guys are so lucky to see this. This is a historic moment - the first time this species, cultured in our hatchery, has ever been stocked - and here you are to see something nobody else has ever seen!" This seemed to disarm them a little, so I followed it up with "Not only can you see this historic event, how would you like to help me stock them?" Both grunted yes to that, and we spent the next two hours climbing up and down a hillside of broken glass in the rain carrying down insulated boxes of bagged fish until we had stocked all 1.3 million into the river. Later, I told two different law enforcement agencies about what happened and they both told me it was a major meth lab and too dangerous to send their officers there.

 

[Bama Billy]

If you threaten someone here in RI, even if it's on your own property, you can get up to one year in jail. But they can and will add to that if you point a gun at someone. Sorry, but I do know ALL the gun laws in RI.


11-5-3

This is exhausting. If I’m justified and I pull a gun on you in RI I WILL NOT GO TO JAIL. Period. You keep saying “if you threaten me”. Nobody here is randomly threading people with a gun. If you give me a reason to point my gun at you in RI, I WILL do so and I’ll be within the law for your state. Period.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

This is exhausting. If I’m justified and I pull a gun on you in RI I WILL NOT GO TO JAIL. Period. You keep saying “if you threaten me”. Nobody here is randomly threading people with a gun. If you give me a reason to point my gun at you in RI, I WILL do so and I’ll be within the law for your state. Period.

WRONG. You cannot point a gun at someone because they are threatening you. We have a castle law in RI, but only in your home. If someone is in your yard threatening you, but is unarmed, you cannot go outside with your gun and point it at him. That's assault and you will go to jail for it. You could claim he was threatening you and then you both can go to jail. Trust me, I know what you can and cannot get away with in my state.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

sounds like a dumb place to live to defend your own life that is why i live in The Great State Of Texas

Can't argue with that. In RI, you can lose you right to own a gun over a misdemeanor, which is ridiculous. They also passed a "red flag" law that will give them the right to take your guns away if you are deemed to be dangerous to society, even if you've done nothing wrong. That's what happens when you elect a female governor in your state...

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

WRONG. You cannot point a gun at someone because they are threatening you. We have a castle law in RI, but only in your home. If someone is in your yard threatening you, but is unarmed, you cannot go outside with your gun and point it at him. That's assault and you will go to jail for it. You could claim he was threatening you and then you both can go to jail. Trust me, I know what you can and cannot get away with in my state.

That's sensible. If someone was in my yard and I was in my house I would close the door and call the police. (And wait 20 minutes for them to arrive).

If that someone breaks and enters then things are very different.

 

[Bama Billy]

This is exhausting. If I’m justified and I pull a gun on you in RI I WILL NOT GO TO JAIL. Period. You keep saying “if you threaten me”. Nobody here is randomly threading people with a gun. If you give me a reason to point my gun at you in RI, I WILL do so and I’ll be within the law for your state. Period.

So you’re telling me if your wife or girlfriend is walking to her car at night, she sees a guy running towards her and she pulls a gun on him SHE’S going to jail?? If that’s correct then why have it? Why give a person the right to carry one? Never mind the argument here, We should just give Rhode Island to Canada.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

You can't bring a gun to a fistfight. That's the best way I can explain it to you.