Yeah, i just don't understand why people think carrying instruments of death into public restaurants, parks, buses, and churches is a good idea. If--God forbid--shooting were to break out around innocents I think the best thing is for people to run for cover or try to hide. At least with one gunman you know the source of the gunfire. If everyone pulls out weapons then who's the danger? These people act as if these gun owners are crack shots who can shoot a fly off the table at 30 paces while running backwards. Hell, even cops aren't really good shots, and they're trained.
Also, the supporters use as examples really tragic events that, for all their carnage, are still relatively rare. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 3:55:41 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] A bullet shortage in the US? Can you imagine that? "You shot my wife!" Then it turns into a free for all. I saw a clip like that on tv between two guys that was a road rage incident. The two guys got out of the car and started arguing and one of the guy's wife helped escalate the situation to the point where the guys ran for their guns. A shoot out started and one of the guys was killed while the other one went to jail for murder. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: I haven't checked the statistics, but I think at best they remained the same. Supporters of this don't think of this as a deterrent, mind you. It's really more along the lines of self-defense, so that when the shooting starts at McDonald's, a psycho killer tries to cap you in a park, or a crazed ex husband bursts into a church, all the gun-toting God-fearing citizens can pull their own pieces and blow the offender away. And of course the additional lead flying by terrified and unskilled civilians in a moment of crisis will *never* find its way into the body of an innocent bystander... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:17:03 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] A bullet shortage in the US? In your opinion, has gun violence gone up or down in Georgia after the law was passed? On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: More foolishness, fear, and yes, racism in the era of Obama. This idiocy started before he was even elected. Nothing at all in anything he's ever said or done to justify a fear he'll take all guns from all people. I've never understood this attitude. I'm okay with people owning guns to protect themselves. But I don't understand why so many fight things such as waiting periods, background checks, registration, limits on what type of weapons citizens can own. And I'm really upset that places like Georgia (where I live) now allow people to carry weapons on buses, in churches, in parks, restaurants. That amazingly stupid and troubling. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:14:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] A bullet shortage in the US? I am starting to feel paranoid now... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_re_us/us_ammo_shortage -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
