jaretj wrote:
I'm assuming that you replied to me because I was the last one on the list.
Personally I never bought the idea of more guns make us safer mainly because most of those guns are at home.
The NRA is not fighting for responsible gun ownership, they are fighting for gun manufactures.
When I was in the Marines, I had shot a lot of different weapons, the ones that I could hold in my hands were designed to kill people and that is all. In an urban setting, that is the only reason to have a gun. I suppose that is an argument to be discussed in the Lavender Room.
Legal and responsible firearms owners don't commit most of the gun crime in this country. Most of the gun crime in this country as everyone knows is committed by gang members. Mass shootings tend to be amplified today, but "mass" is determined at 4 more or more gunshot victims by the FBI so the number is kinda inflated. Yet, we focus on certain events that statistically don't happen that often verses drive by hits that happen every day on the street.
But that's what this was, a "hit". A good guy with a gun that has no idea something is about to go down is not going to be able to stop a "hit".
The reason the Nashville Shooter didn't kill more children is because of a good guy with a gun, whether that good guy has a badge or not doesn't matter.
In Arizona several years ago we had a "good" guy with a gun save a state trooper's life. There are many instances every day where a well trained good guy with a gun ends up being responsible for protecting life and we don't talk about it. Most news is negative, we're not worried about the positive.
Now connecting that to the thread, well, the chica's boyfriend bought her the firearm as a gift to protect herself but then was also hanging out with a girl that he slept around with while they were previously on a break? That's just a bad mix of shit.
Anyway, there are plenty of normal people that carry every day and nothing of any ill occurs. Can look at countries where firearm ownership is severely restricted. Doesn't stop people from getting murdered. Doesn't stop a country from having a high murder rate either. But this is all a LR discussion at this point and not about cycling.
Washed up footy player turned Triathlete.