The View Show........"Everytown For Gun Safety" Commercial

ClassicRockr

ClassicRockr

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This commercial, that I hadn't seen until I watched The View segment that had it in, was one hot topic by the ladies on the show. One lady talked about how her home alarm went off, she went into her child room and then figured out that all she had to protect herself was a Wicker Trash Basket. She talked about having a baseball bat, but said that wouldn't work and that in using Pepper Spray, a person has to be close to the perpetrator for effectiveness. She was all for having a handgun in the home for protection of her son and herself. Another lady felt the same way, but another lady said "I'd never have a gun in my home". One lady talked about a stalker and how she laid in bed and wished she had her dad's gun there. She feared guns, but got over that fear and the lady that didn't want a gun in her home, asked her, "how did you get over that fear". She told her.

Now, obviously this commercial made some folks think. Then again, I remember years ago when Garth Brooks done a song/video called "The Thunder Rolls" about a cheating husband. A storm was going on outside, his wife was at home and he was with another woman. When he got home, his wife encountered him about where he'd been, he got mad and went to hit her. She reached into a stand in the living room, pulled out a handgun and shot him. He flew backwards thru the living room window. I'm not sure, but believe there was a child in the house also.
I remember seeing this video at a Country nightclub and after the lady shot her husband, all the ladies cheered/clapped. I also read that a Women's Abuse organization was all for what this video was about.

Your Thoughts?
 

Just an FYI:

As for wife and I, her mom hunted and brought down a nice size/nice rack Buck deer years ago in Michigan. I had a BB gun back on the farm and my dad had a couple of firearms. When I was in the Navy, I had Small Arms Training where I shot an M1 rifle, a Thompson Machine Gun, a 45 pistol and a deck-mounted 50 caliber Machine Gun into the water (at sea) from the Signal Bridge. My GQ (combat station) was Pointer for the front 5" Gun Mount.

We have firearms and they are locked up in a Gun Case w/locks on the triggers as well. We both like going to the Shooting Range we are members of. She loves to shoot, just like myself. I taught her how to.

Know what my older brother told me if an intruder comes into him/his wife's home......."I'll blow them away!" He is former military as well.
 
Guess not many, or any, gun enthusiast here!
 

I don't watch The View, don't care for any of the women on there, didn't see the commercial either. I believe that everyone who feels comfortable around guns and is trained on how to use them safely, should have at least one in their home for protection. We've had one ready to go for over forty years now, and thankfully I've never had cause to use it. But it's there if I need it to protect myself or my family, and I wouldn't be without it. I would not hesitate to kill someone who was in my home to do me any harm.
 
Ina, I'm not talking about "gun" discussions on this Forum, I'm talking about the commercial and what the ladies of The View thought about it and having a gun in the home for protection.

We don't watch The View either, and it's not b/c of the ladies on it. Wife is at work and I just watch it at home. But The View discussion about this commercial was on CNN or something I was watching yesterday. The commercial was interesting to me, b/c of how some folks would never have one in the home for protection. It's their choice, but the commercial really stated a fact about "not having one when one is needed." And, it reminded me of that Garth Brooks song/video Thunder Rolls that was so "razzed" about by Women organizations.
 
Excuse me ClassicRockr, I didn't see the commercial, but my husband does watch The View, and he brought their discussion to my attention. I really didn't even know there was a women's organizations concerned with the issue.
I'm with Sea on this discussion. I too maintetain a gun in our home. My hubby is on the bookish side, and although a Marine for five years, I'm the gun enthusiast in house. I have had to use my gun once, and I would do so again if necessary. :tapfoot:
 
I have friends that hunt vigorously in the mountains at home in Pennsylvania. Some of them travel all over the U.S. hunting deer, turkey and elk. A few of them brag about their enormous rifle and handgun collection with some having as many as 80 or more weapons. I have two handguns; a 9mm. Smith & Wesson and a .22 Colt. I have shotgun; a 12 gauge Browning and one rifle with a Nikon scope; a Winchester .30-.30. The shotgun is old and so is the rifle. Both were my Dad's and I just can't part with them, but I want my son to have them.

When I was in Vietnam, I (we) killed for only one reason and that was to keep my (our) buddies and me (us) from being killed. Unfortunately, all of us did not come home standing up. To kill a person, is very personal. When I went through basic and then advanced training before leaving for Vietnam, it was almost 'fun' shooting at targets and bayoneting dummies, but when we got to Vietnam and it was for real, I could have crapped in my boots. Being a young man of 20 and facing the enemy was a very traumatic experience. I did things that I never knew or thought that I was capable of doing. Enough said.
 
oldman said:
I have friends that hunt vigorously in the mountains at home in Pennsylvania. Some of them travel all over the U.S. hunting deer, turkey and elk. A few of them brag about their enormous rifle and handgun collection with some having as many as 80 or more weapons. I have two handguns; a 9mm. Smith & Wesson and a .22 Colt. I have shotgun; a 12 gauge Browning and one rifle with a Nikon scope; a Winchester .30-.30. The shotgun is old and so is the rifle. Both were my Dad's and I just can't part with them, but I want my son to have them.

When I was in Vietnam, I (we) killed for only one reason and that was to keep my (our) buddies and me (us) from being killed. Unfortunately, all of us did not come home standing up. To kill a person, is very personal. When I went through basic and then advanced training before leaving for Vietnam, it was almost 'fun' shooting at targets and bayoneting dummies, but when we got to Vietnam and it was for real, I could have crapped in my boots. Being a young man of 20 and facing the enemy was a very traumatic experience. I did things that I never knew or thought that I was capable of doing. Enough said.
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I have a 30-30 winchester to. bought it at the Navy exchange in Subic 2 or 3 mons before seperation. it sits in a corner by the the bed. loaded and ready if needed.

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kcvet......A tremendous thank you for sending the link. The pictures and descriptions were absolutely awesome. I will definitely share these with my son. The depictions are right on as I remembered them. Any other Vietnam Veteran here on this board will appreciate these photos. For me, although they bring back some horrible memories, they are good to have and share with my son, who has so many times asked about the war. I only ever had a few photos and I finally gave them to him a few years back. I served mainly in the Mekong Delta area and also in Da Nang. We were part of Force Recon, but not attached to the Special Forces Unit. Our job was only to locate the enemy and not engage, although that did not always work out.

Thanks again.
 
he's Australian
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But he can never return to OZ.

We have a new law that says if you go overseas and train to be a terrorist jihadi we revoke your passport and you're stranded where you are. Unless you are deported in chains, that is.

You want to keep him?
 
oldman said:
kcvet......A tremendous thank you for sending the link. The pictures and descriptions were absolutely awesome. I will definitely share these with my son. The depictions are right on as I remembered them. Any other Vietnam Veteran here on this board will appreciate these photos. For me, although they bring back some horrible memories, they are good to have and share with my son, who has so many times asked about the war. I only ever had a few photos and I finally gave them to him a few years back. I served mainly in the Mekong Delta area and also in Da Nang. We were part of Force Recon, but not attached to the Special Forces Unit. Our job was only to locate the enemy and not engage, although that did not always work out.

Thanks again.
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I was off shore. when you guys needed gunfire support we delivered it

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I remember us calling in the F4's (it flew at Mach II) for air support, so we could get the H___L out of there. A lovelier sound, I have never heard. We just had to either dig in to get our heads down or retreat as far back as possible. Shrapnel flew a long way.

What ship is that? (The "Big J?") I liked the Enterprise, but I only saw her one time before she left the Gulf.
 
oldman said:
I remember us calling in the F4's (it flew at Mach II) for air support, so we could get the H___L out of there. A lovelier sound, I have never heard. We just had to either dig in to get our heads down or retreat as far back as possible. Shrapnel flew a long way.

What ship is that? (The "Big J?") I liked the Enterprise, but I only saw her one time before she left the Gulf.
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that's the New Jersey. one 16" shell could flatten an entire city block
 
Yes, I remember hearing of her. I think they called her "The Big 'J'". I know she had some big cannons on-board. Did she launch missiles? When I was shot, I was immediately transported on-board the Repose and treated. Then sent to Germany for surgery and finished in Okinawa to heal before being sent back to the battle field. I had a chance to return to the states, but dumbie here decided he wanted to be with his outfit. I was supposed to have only 2 more months remaining in Vietnam before going home, but they kept our outfit an additional two months before the 2nd Marines took over.

It is a shame that so many of the great ships were mothballed and decommissioned. I toured a few of the old ships like the Massachusetts and I remember when the Iowa blew out its turrets, but I forget the details and if it ever was returned to service. I miss some of the guys in our unit and I haven't been to a reunion in 11 years. Thanks again for the memories. Some were good.
 
oldman said:
Yes, I remember hearing of her. I think they called her "The Big 'J'". I know she had some big cannons on-board. Did she launch missiles? When I was shot, I was immediately transported on-board the Repose and treated. Then sent to Germany for surgery and finished in Okinawa to heal before being sent back to the battle field. I had a chance to return to the states, but dumbie here decided he wanted to be with his outfit. I was supposed to have only 2 more months remaining in Vietnam before going home, but they kept our outfit an additional two months before the 2nd Marines took over.

It is a shame that so many of the great ships were mothballed and decommissioned. I toured a few of the old ships like the Massachusetts and I remember when the Iowa blew out its turrets, but I forget the details and if it ever was returned to service. I miss some of the guys in our unit and I haven't been to a reunion in 11 years. Thanks again for the memories. Some were good.
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most all the ships in that war were hand me downs from WW2 and Korea. they were sold for scrap, many used for target practice or sold to foreign countries. the Iowa's survived. the all have homes now. on display. the Iowa is in LA. the Missouri in Pearl Harbor the Wisconsin at Norfolk, Virginia and the New Jwesey in Camden NJ.
 
The Iowa is now docked in the Los Angeles harbor as a tourist attraction, about a half mile from my house.

I can see her every day...so majestic. We welcomed her with open arms. She's here to stay.
 
I will be in L.A. later this year and will check it out. I have been to Hawaii a number of times and even flown there for about 6 or 7 months. I did the Pearl Harbor tour out to the Arizona and also ventured around Pearl and shown where the ships were tied on 12/7/1941. I also went in the theater (highly recommended) and visited the museum. They used to have survivors from the attack in green uniforms walking around and the visitor could ask them questions surrounding the events on that particular day. Very informative. I don't know how many survivors are left or even if they still have the green uniformed personnel out there anymore.

I still remember seeing the Arizona leaking fuel and that was in June of 1991 (The year of the 50th anniversary of the attack.)
 

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