09-15-2024, 05:57 AM
(09-14-2024, 10:10 AM)FlyingClayDisk Wrote: Two things (well, maybe three)
1. The "Castle doctrine" is indeed a result of a man's home being his 'Castle', but it is also an outfall from Colorado's 1986 "Make My Day" law (before Colorado turned into a leftist kommie stronghold). The term "Make my Day" was from the Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, movies and it had a bad connotation, so 'Castle doctrine' was adopted in lieu of it.
The last time I heard the thing about "dragging them into your house" was maybe a year ago by my GF's stepdad. In retrospect though the more I think about it, I'm not really so sure he was joking, and knowing that guy, he may well have been serious as a heart attack. This guy is always wanting to buy my guns, and these days I only have a couple left. He's an old survivalist borderline doomsday prepper who loves his beer on a daily basis. He usually buys the cheapest shit he can find, but when I go over for visits I usually surprise him with some of the more expensive fringe stuff for him to critique.
I would damn near have to be backed into an optionless corner before resorting to deadly force. Every time though when I'm getting ready to hit the road and I'll be checking/tidying up the back seat, I always make sure the headset's easily reachable – the way I drive it usually ends up on the floor. It's a .44, and even if my life depended on it, I still would rather not fire it without that(been there done that). Remember Dirty Harry, always putting in/taking out his ear plugs? See, even he knew better.
The S & W 629 Classic that D. H. Callahan made famous seemed to me to be a lighter build in comparison with the Ruger I have – that Ruger is built like a friggin' tank. Same with the Colt Anaconda which seemed pretty much on par with the S & W.
