link: I harbored this {armed fantasy} belief for the 20 years I owned a Ruger .357 Magnum with hollow-point bullets designed to shred the body of anyone who dared to break into my home, but when I learned about these statistics, I got rid of the gun.
There must be hundreds of thousands of ex-gunowners who have evolved thusly, should be some kinda club formed. Former Gun Owners of America.. nah too close to GOA, maybe just XGO, or FFOA.
link: Regardless of what really caused Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius to shoot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp (whether he mistook her for an intruder or he snapped in a lover's quarrel), her death is only the latest such headline.
This is a no brainer that saffer pistorius created an intruder boogeyman to cover his a** for shooting her in cold blood (from behind bathroom door). Oscar (olympian with no feet bionic legs) was a GUNNUT.
JOHANNESBURG South Africa — In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol dubbed by its manufacturer as “the most powerful production revolver in the world” and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
At the end of 2012, in the first blush of his romance with Reeva Steenkamp, the model he later shot and killed, Pistorius got deeper into his hobby. It was known that Pistorius liked guns but only now, from Associated Press interviews with other collectors, is it becoming clear the extent to which he became a dedicated firearms aficionado in the 12 months before he shot Steenkamp.
A Smith & Wesson model 500. With a caliber of .500 Magnum, it is called “the most powerful production revolver in the world” by its manufacturer in Springfield, Massachusetts. “A hunting handgun for any game animal walking,” the company’s website says. Pistorius was “quite fascinated” with that particular weapon, Beare said. A Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver.Three shotguns: A Mossberg, a Maverick and a Winchester, all American makes. A Vektor .223-caliber rifle.
Not included on this list: the 9mm pistol Pistorious used to kill Reeva Steenkamp. Which would bring his firearms “collection” to a total of seven firearms.http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/03/robert-farago/omg-oscar-pistorious-owned-six-guns-an-assault-rifle-omg/
Seven firearms, eh I guess that would make him a 'beginner' in nra lingo, but we mustn't apply american standards to other countries where gunnuttery is more controllable, 7 would put oscar in the 'advanced' class for ROW, 'rest of world'.
UK daily mail, no link: The four shots to Miss Steenkamp’s head, chest and arms came from a 9mm handgun. Was it, as some suggested, a surprise Valentine’s Day visit by his girlfriend that went tragically wrong when Pistorius mistook her for an intruder and reached for one of those guns? Or did this complex man, by turns both charming and brittle, know precisely what he was doing?
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