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Old 12-02-2018, 12:56 PM
 
Location: Here and there
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Statistically speaking, guns save far more lives than they take. Your anecdote is pretty much meaningless.
Funny thing about statistics. All the stats in the world simply will not allow me to know my father or two see my two friends again. Sure, statistically there is someone out there that can express the recipocal of the events that happened in my life. But I have yet to meet or specifically hear from them. So, stats as you state them do not motivate me at all. Stats also claim how unlikely someone is to win the lotto yet time and time again we hear of winners. Statistically, in my life, your stats are crap.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:01 PM
 
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Funny thing about statistics. All the stats in the world simply will not allow me to know my father or two see my two friends again. Sure, statistically there is someone out there that can express the recipocal of the events that happened in my life. But I have yet to meet or specifically hear from them. So, stats as you state them do not motivate me at all. Stats also claim how unlikely someone is to win the lotto yet time and time again we hear of winners. Statistically, in my life, your stats are crap.
In a stats world, no one would allow a kid around their parents, lol, as that is who most likely will kill them.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:06 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Statistically speaking, guns save far more lives than they take. Your anecdote is pretty much meaningless.
That is not true at all, you have it completely backwards.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:31 PM
 
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Maybe you should contact the police chief and tell him what you know, why she isn't legal, since he claims everything about it is legal.
She did not have permit for the guns.

Also, when the roommates discovered the guns they were not locked and secure as Massachusetts' law demands.

Sounds like she made arranged to keep them locked and secured, and apparently has filed an application for a permit, but at the time the roommates found her firearms, the situation was not legal.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:32 PM
 
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Implied consent under law. By leaving her door unlocked while she was away, she gave her roommates implied consent for them to enter her room. "Her" living space notwithstanding.

As a homeowner, would YOU leave your front door wide open while you weren't at home?
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:33 PM
 
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I would expect privacy either way. A closed door is to be respected, lock or no lock.

In any case, this is just another example of why people need to establish ground rules before sharing a home.
That could be what you expect, but certainly not the expectation of others nor the law.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:35 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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Implied consent under law. By leaving her door unlocked while she was away, she gave her roommates implied consent for them to enter her room. "Her" living space notwithstanding.

As a homeowner, would YOU leave your front door wide open while you weren't at home?
So if a door isn't locked a burglary didn't occur? Is this backwards day? If the roommate was found in possession of her firearm the RM would have been in big trouble. If they even picked up the handgun it would be considered in possession.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:37 PM
 
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I would expect privacy either way. A closed door is to be respected, lock or no lock.

In any case, this is just another example of why people need to establish ground rules before sharing a home.
That would be common sense...which this thread seriously lacks.

No ground rules need for sane people. Is the room yours? No. Then don't enter. Normal people know this.
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Old 12-02-2018, 01:39 PM
 
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So if a door isn't locked a burglary didn't occur? Is this backwards day? If the roommate was found in possession of her firearm the RM would have been in big trouble. If they even picked up the handgun it would be considered in possession.
Lol exactly. It's absolute insanity.

But...but the cash register drawer was open!!!!! I thought it was ok to take the money!
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Old 12-02-2018, 02:30 PM
 
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Totally. Get their own place. Easy. Solved. I wouldn't allow that here. Renting a room from me? No guns. Go elsewhere.
What if they used a gun as part of their job, be it LE, security, etc. ?

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