A couple of things. I am prior military. In the past I was an avid duck and pheasant hunter and I was also a member of the NRA back then.
I don't know what power plant your father is at, but from your description it must be the power plant in Ford Heights. I am an electrician and I actually did a lot of electrical work there during the construction of the power plant. If that's where he is at, yes it not a real great area. What's bothering me here is, what good is a gun going to do? If you shoot and kill a thief, you'll get charged with manslaughter. Am I missing something here?
Lastly, guns are a real touchy issue right now given the events in Newtown, so I am going to watching this thread closely. If it starts to get out of hand, I am going to close it. I am sure you understand.
you dont kill the guy, you never shoot unless you have to, the only time i would personally shoot is if another guy was pointing a gun at me or someone else, and thats the same for my dad, but if the guy had successfully broken in, my dad could have drawn his gun, told the guy the obligatory "i have a gun, if you do not comply i will shoot"(its something like that) and had him get down on the ground until he called the cops to come arrest him.
and i totally understand about the newtown shooting thing, if it causes too much trouble just delete it.
im not sure if its in ford heights, and i dont remember the name of it, ill ask him tonight when he gets home.
the entire point to getting a concealed weapons permit(which by the way in michigan is impossible if you have even 1 misdemeanor on your record) is that you hope you never ever HAVE to use it, but if you ever do have to, you know how to use it, and you can potentially stop another newtown. what people never hear about are incidents like these
Pearl High School shooting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia where if the principal had been allowed to carry his weapon on him, the shooter would not have been able to harm anyone.
just so you know, im not some super biased militia guy, i own a shotgun, and i duck hunt, and shoot sporting clays with some friends, and my parents are (i think) the two most level headed people on the face of the earth, I've only seen my dad get angry once, and then he only raised his voice.
P.S. Palandri, thanks for serving in whatever branch you were in, without you guys we wouldnt be chatting on the forums right now.