kittythehare
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I would not do it justice by attempting to abbreviate it, it is short, though..Care to give any clue what is at the link? Headline or quick summary?
tia
I would not do it justice by attempting to abbreviate it, it is short, though..Care to give any clue what is at the link? Headline or quick summary?
tia
I would not do it justice by attempting to abbreviate it, it is short, though..
I have no idea what his politics are, or what anybody's politics are and I could not care less.Isn't Adam Gopnik far-Left?
What the actual.... Umm... Where to start.... So those two men wouldn't have victimized that young lady if she'd been armed? This 18 year old young victim, who you seem to be blaming and saying she "allowed" that horror?!?! What, by not having a gun? So there is nothing between allowing oneself to be brutalized and always being armed? This post is just bizarre. This kind of extreme statement and sentiment helps no argument.
Good point. I'm not familiar with the case but there's a very good chance her gun would have been used against her if she was smaller than the attacker..
it does, thanks..
BUT- they're locked in a safe, there'
s a burglar who is a known assassin in the garden and you forgot to lock the back door, how the hell do you get to the cupboard , find the keys, take the thing out, load it and whatever else you need to do and then aim it and then blow him away.. that's quite a few minutes, is it not?
Those were the things I had to deal with when I was advised to get a shotgun to protect my sanctuary, I just knew it would be useless because I am awkward and slow..
Just one other q, if you don't mind- the concealed permit- does that mean little old ladies carry them in their handbags and go to the shops with them and it is not a good idea to annoy them for that reason?
I remember meeting cops when I was in the states, many years ago and asking them about their guns...like 'is that real, can I hold it?' And I visited a mafia owned club in Burlington and they all had guns so I knew not to misbehave too much...
A hobby... I can see that.
Thanks a lot.
It is fear based propaganda. Every time there is a mass killing and gun control is mentioned the NRA and some politicians start with the fear mongering driving gun sales up. IMO
IMO- Part of the task of change is to tear the roof off the sucker and expose the rats in the room. It's not the gun owners either, many of whom do not and would not join or support the NRA.
I'm a law-abiding citizen and a gun owner who strongly believes in my right to protect my family. I'm also a parent to a high school freshman who gets withdrawn after every single one of these shootings and doesn't want to go to school. She asks me how this keeps happening and why nobody is doing anything about it. What do I tell her? There is absolutely no reason in the world that an 18-year-old with known mental health issues should be able to legally buy a weapon that has no other purpose than to obliterate as many people as possible. How could that possibly have had a good outcome? But under our current gun laws it was perfectly legal. The last time I bought a rifle, I just had to give them my name and DOB and social and check a box to indicate if I was mentally ill or not. Really???? We have GOT to do better to keep our kids safe.
It's a case with ugliness and violence used for its shock value.
It is shocking. It doesn't makes a case against gun regulations, though. It has nothing to do with regulations, imo.
jmo
Pretty sure if he would have been charged/convicted of his crimes, he wouldn't have been able to purchase.
Sure it does. I see people on here telling others what guns they want them to have or not have. Isn't that really people control? Who will go around rounding them all up? Once you pass laws confiscating this gun or that gun, the law abiding civilians will turn theirs in while the criminals and gangs will still keep theirs.
Yes it is shocking like many, many cases.
I would like to use my Second Amendment rights to protect myself rather than letting anti gun people use our kids to protect their anti Second Amendment agenda.
:moo:
I'll say it, if you like?Sure it does. I see people on here telling others what guns they want them to have or not have. Isn't that really people control? Who will go around rounding them all up? Once you pass laws confiscating this gun or that gun, the law abiding civilians will turn theirs in while the criminals and gangs will still keep theirs.
Yes it is shocking like many, many cases.
I would like to use my Second Amendment rights to protect myself rather than letting anti gun people use our kids to protect their anti Second Amendment agenda.
:moo:
Here is an article about the Baltimore kids
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-0218-rector-violence-20180216-story.html
Nearly 90 percent of the 342 people killed here last year were killed with a firearm, and most of those — nearly 300 – were killed with a handgun.
These kids, like those in Florida, know firsthand the toll of gun violence in their communities. At the moment, they stand to inherit a nation of regular massacres. We owe it to them to listen.
About 44 percent of identified homicide suspects and 46 percent of victims in Baltimore in 2017 had previously been arrested for gun crimes, according to police data.
Of the 343 people killed in Baltimore in 2017, 88 percent were killed with a firearm, including 295 with a handgun and six with a shotgun or rifle, according to Baltimore Police data released Wednesday
About 86 percent of the victims and 85 percent of the 118 suspects identified by police had prior criminal records. And about 46 percent of victims and 44 percent of suspects had previously been arrested for gun crimes, the data show.
Of the guns used, the “overwhelming majority of them are going to be illegally possessed,” said T.J. Smith, a police spokesman.
BBM http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...7-homicide-data-breakdown-20180103-story.html
The 2A is never going away, especially after SM has exposed the deep hatred the MSM & many Americans have for fellow citizens who do not agree with them. They are certainly vicious.
Agree and I've seen some kicking themselves and warning likeminded hateful, bigots, to cool it. It is too late though. We'd be stupid to give anything up to a group who genuinely loathes us.