No, that Daffney girl said my t-shirts were shitty!
I'm kind of on the fence about it though.
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Just had my neighbor try to knock down my door and threaten to kill me
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I'm kind of on the fence about it though.
revolverjgw
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You have audio of him basically threatening your life and this is all they can do. Huh.
what's in a name
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Whatever you do don't provoke the situation and touch him.
Defend yourself yes but you have no idea who this guy knows and if you and your friends beat him whose to say he won't just return the favour at a later date.
I've seen it happen to often, there is no such thing as a fair fight anymore.
Defend yourself yes but you have no idea who this guy knows and if you and your friends beat him whose to say he won't just return the favour at a later date.
I've seen it happen to often, there is no such thing as a fair fight anymore.
revolverjgw
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Not to mention that this guy sounds like he will eat your heart and cut your eyes out in the name of Beelzebub. Macho actions and posturing mean nothing to the clinically insane.
I would not stay there another day.
Anticitizen One
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Have you tried openong the door and talking to him and seeing if you can resolve his concerns in a calm and civilized manner?
revolverjgw
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I wouldn't expect somebody to open up their home to a man who sounds very violent and insane and is making threats on their life. I know I wouldn't even consider that.
your sarcasm meter needs to go through maintenance.
I couldn't understand half of that, but that guy in black is such an artist. He's almost as much of an artist as the artist girl fraggle from Fraggle Rock. He should teach at an art school.
Argh, the lack of detail in Reggie's replies is driving me nuts. Like what happened in court today? Did they question him about why he was going nuts? Did he see Reggie in court and recognise him/go nuts when he saw him? Have the police given any indication about what set him off or whether he has mental problems etc?
I understand you're probably stressed out and dealing with a bunch of shit IRL at the moment Reggie, but GAF > real life. We need details mang! Details!
Anticitizen One
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Ignoring him, calling the cops on him, and globally shaming him on neogaf and YouTube is only going to antagonize him further. It never hurts to try good old fashion diplomacy
When a physically superior opponent breaks into your place wielding some form of weapon with the intent to hurt you, owning a gun does have an amazing protective effect.
And you didn't answer the question, what would you do?
I didn't get much information myself. I think the police charged him in regards to when he attacked them at the first arrest. When it was time for my case it was just them setting the conditions of the AVO. He didn't get to say anything and I didn't either. Like I already said, he's now on a curfew - has to report to the police every day, is now living with his mother, and is not allowed back near the residence. I think he pleaded not guilty. We go back to court in June. It all happened so quick, and I know nothing about how the system works, so I apologize for the terrible details.
I didn't even know who it was at first. When someone is belting your door so hard that you think it's going to fall down while screaming they're going to kill you the last thing you think of is to open the door.
Sidewinder
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Lol you're really serious? Did you listen to them videos?
He doesn't sound like a reasonable person at all, diplomacy is only going to work if the other party is not willing to tear your head off before you can open your mouth. Calling the cops was the right thing to do, as long as you're not a master of martial arts, a Marine or someone who can handle a rabid person with your bear hands if need be.
Edit: I doubt he's reading this thread on neogaf or watching the video on Youtube either...
In a sad attempt at lightening the mood for the OP....
Who is this dude? His jacket and shirt are beyond boss.
revolverjgw
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I think you're right because I can't tell if he's being serious in his next reply.
Oh fuck I'm feeling very autistic right now
But what happens when the gangs start carrying semi automatic beartraps?
We employ trap-resistant bears.
i'm going to timedog's house and kicking his door down in similar fashion for beating blame space in the poll. get out you poll thief!
Shutup I'm gonna beat your ass. Actually no, I'm gonna go steal a fucking horse and have my new horse friend beat your ass with it's big strong neck, you fuck!
Devolution
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You know necks aren't the only large part of a horse.
horses mean nothing to me!
God, look at that majestic and powerful horse neck...
Fuck...
horses mean nothing to me!
That's me in this pic.
How do you type with those hooves?
shanshan310
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D: What happened in here?!
Considering he can't GET a gun because of his geographical location, it seems pretty important from where I'm standing. The culture is totally different dude.
It's difficult, but I'm not a naysayer.
Devolution
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If Age of Empires is realistic his whole house would catch fire if you hit the door with a knife.
shanshan310
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Don't make those kind of comments unless you know anything about Australia and its neighbours, because there is a shit ton of drug smuggling happening in SE Asia. Still don't know what that has to do with gun ownership though.
Amazingly, without a spiritual cause or particularly hippie ideological bent I've managed to live a life of total non-violence. I intend to keep it that way.
I, nor anyone I know, have never been victim to these savage acts of random violence you seem to be alluding to. Nobody carries a gun. Nobody needs to. The slight exception might well be the mutually aggravated drunken punch up, which I have seen, but injecting a firearm into that situation hardly seems like an improvement.
"Officier please come quick, my house has only 998/1000 HP left!"
You can buy a tank in the US. A fucking tank!
People can get hold of guns in the UK illegally, but I dread to think what this country would be like if it were legal to possess them. The regulations for owning a firearm in the US are completely ineffective. The sheer amount of firearms produced in the US means that it is quite easy to acquire a gun illegally.
It's quite circular really. Because the production of firearms is huge it means that it is much easier for them to get into the wrong hands. Because so many guns are in the wrong hands, the need to buy a gun to protect yourself is greater. And I don't think there is much they can do now. Those who own guns illegally would still have those guns, while those who buy them legally are no longer able to protect themselves.
People can get hold of guns in the UK illegally, but I dread to think what this country would be like if it were legal to possess them. The regulations for owning a firearm in the US are completely ineffective. The sheer amount of firearms produced in the US means that it is quite easy to acquire a gun illegally.
It's quite circular really. Because the production of firearms is huge it means that it is much easier for them to get into the wrong hands. Because so many guns are in the wrong hands, the need to buy a gun to protect yourself is greater. And I don't think there is much they can do now. Those who own guns illegally would still have those guns, while those who buy them legally are no longer able to protect themselves.
You can't buy one with functioning guns. They're bought by private collectors or museums and restored.
http://www.mishalov.net/military-vehicles/military-vehicles.html
Okay. I don't really know the details only that you can buy one. I suppose simply having one in your possession means that the turret could be repaired. You can buy a functioning mini-gun though right?
shanshan310
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You can buy grenades and automatic weapons too right? How would either of those things be considered just "defensive"?
I know. They go shooting them out in the desert. I've seen it on TV.
Kids shooting mini-guns in the desert. lol
A combat rifle just seems OTT to me, but then these things end up on the streets anyway.
Did you even read my post? I don't believe you did, or you would have seen that I OWN GUNS WHEN I LIVE IN THE US. You twat.
I find a baseball bat upside the head works. The other guy (in Australia) will not have a gun during a break in, a bat or crow bar is sufficient.
Bikie wankers sometimes do. They tend not to go for domestic break-ins, though, unless they've taken exception to the occupant for some marvellously trivial reason.
Let us not forget, incidentally, that the two most noted bikie murders in recent Australian history were undertaken with:
a) A bit of a gym exercise bike.
b) One of those steel poles that hold up ropes at an airport queue. A bollard, that's the word.
In your time in the U.S. you obviously haven't figured much out.
For starters, there isn't some omnipresent threat of gun violence running rampant in this country. I now live in St. Louis and have spent a ton of time working in East St. Louis, IL (highest violent crime rate in the U.S. YEAR AFTER YEAR). I do not carry a gun when working and I have never had a single problem. So in literally the most violent part of the U.S. you can walk around generally at your discretion and if you don't fuck with shit you don't get fucked with by and large. Its not like pockets of the U.S. are constantly being invaded by Vikings armed with AK-47's.
Second, you can't run a buyback program simply because no one wants to sell their guns. You know what gun enthusiasts would spend the buyback money on? MORE GUNS. Guns are fucking cool and fucking fun. As long as you act like a mentally capable grown ass adult with them. People don't own guns simply out of fear. They own guns because they like guns.
Can guns be dangerous? Sure. But more people die of cigarette related cancer and heart attacks than gun related deaths every year in the U.S., so are we going to start outlawing cigarettes and McDonalds now? Nope, we just let you know that you're an idiot for using them.
My point was that you can't just say guns = violence. That isn't proven and my example (which I used simply because I could highlight the gun culture there with greater insight) shows just that. The least violent state in the union has the highest gun ownership per capita. So trying to pain firearm ownership as going hand in hand with violence is obviously completely untrue. Violence goes hand in hand with culture and societal structure, not any one single inanimate object.
Yeah, bikies will have a gun, but as you say, random break and enter is not really their thing, they will go rip off the guy with the hydro set-up.
How about we stop arguing about guns cause it's super irrelevant and look at this fucking horse neck.
Lolol bet that horse has a gun.
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