As usual you are an idiot and your thinking, if it can be called such, is
flawed. Anyone who wants to rob a bank is going to do so regardless of how many
bank patrons are armed. The crook would simply try to insure he was better
armed than any potential citizen hero. Who is gonna try to whip out a snub
nosed .38 on someone wearing body armor who has an Uzi pointed at you?
Most people who buy handguns for the "just in case" scenarios never bother to
train with them and have no idea how to aim and fire under stressful
circumstances. The end result of having every citizen armed is when trouble
starts the casualty list would be MUCH higher from "friendly fire" coming from
panicky citizens shooting wild.
Remember, guns and the ammo they fire didn't come out of a Buddhist stupa, so
you don't know what your hind end from a hole in the ground when it comes to
good sense with guns.
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From: "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]"
<FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Guns in Canada
On 6/6/2014 6:27 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
>But Richard isn't the shooter a citizen? And aren't the citizens then also
>becoming shooters? What is the distinction that you're making? Wouldn't it be
>better for the citizens to call the police to deal with the shooter? It seems
>like the other path leads to total anarchy.
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So many questions, Share - you're actually making me think and sort
this out in my head. Thanks.
My position is that every home should be having a gun for the
self-defense of the resident, their family, and their neighbors,
unless the resident is certified insane, a felon, or a minor, in
which case it is unlawful for them to own a firearm. Many citizens
are already armed at home where it is legal to own a gun, which is
in most states in the U.S. and Alaska.
Around here in rural areas, almost everybody has a long gun in their
home to be used for self-defense or for sport, or for hunting. In
Texas, it is legal to carry a rifle or pistol in your vehicle if you
coming or going to a gun show, a hunting trip, or a gun sporting
event. Some conscientious citizens in towns and cities even have a
carry permit and they may be armed with a concealed handgun.
The debate is whether or not people should be allowed to carry guns
openly in plain sight. I have some reservations about this, but I
will admit that the argument makes sense. Would anyone rob a bank if
the patrons in line all had a gun in their pocket, on their hip, or
a rifle over their shoulder? It's not complicated.
In an ideal society there would be no murder.
The worst case of mass murder in Texas occurred at a Luby's
Cafeteria, where a guy came barging in an shot up the place killing
over a dozen people. If someone in there had a concealed handgun,
they could have shot the guy between the eyes the instant he raised
his weapon and pointed it at someone. It took only a few minutes to
mow down the defenseless diners like they were sitting ducks. What a
tragedy!
What we need to do is face the reality that people in this country
have access to guns and that is probably not going to change any
time soon. That is, unless we vote in an government that sets aside
the Second Amendment and sends in federal troops to confiscate
everyone's firearms, thus starting a civil war between the federal
government and the states. It would be really scary if an
authoritarian government would take away everyone's civil rights and
then impose their will on the people by force of arms.
First, they take away your civil rights, then they come for the
guns, then they come for the gays, lesbians, cross-dressers, and
transgenders; then they come for the Jews, the Christians, the
Muslims; and then they come for the TMers.
Everyone should take self-defense weapon training of some kind, even if it's
just pepper-spray. That's what I think.
Note: My uncle is a custom gunsmith in Abilene and owner of one of
the oldest gun shops in Texas. I've spent countless hours with this
guy talking about this issue - I may be biased. Go figure.
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>On Thursday, June 5, 2014 4:58 PM, "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com
>[FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>On 6/5/2014 8:27 AM, awoelfleba...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
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>---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote :
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>>It appears that Canada is not immune to gun violence either.
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>>Nowhere is immune because people are violent. Another example of why guns
>>have no place in society.
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>We are probably never going to have an ideal society where there are no guns.
>The reality is the last place you want to be, is in a gunfight without a gun.
>If citizens were armed they could kill the shooter with a single shot to the
>head. It's not complicated.
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