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Old 11-21-2019, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Hougary, Texberta
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I feel horrible for the guy's family, but rule one of concealed carry should be if you're going to shoot someone, you better be a decent shot, as non-paper targets sometimes shoot back.


https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Gun-owner-killed-trying-to-stop-Houston-pawn-shop-14852131.php
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Old 11-21-2019, 03:33 PM
 
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...no you don't...
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Old 11-21-2019, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
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Well, there you have it. We all better denounce our freedoms and turn in our weapons and hand our lives over to the state, body, mind and soul.
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Old 11-21-2019, 04:06 PM
 
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Well, there you have it. We all better denounce our freedoms and turn in our weapons and hand our lives over to the state, body, mind and soul.

The thing is, the gun nuts say they should bear arms to guard against state/government tyranny.

Then I say: Cool, we can use our guns against the tyrannical treasonous administration headed by Trump.

Gun nuts:


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Old 11-21-2019, 04:11 PM
 
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I feel horrible for the guy's family, but rule one of concealed carry should be if you're going to shoot someone, you better be a decent shot, as non-paper targets sometimes shoot back.


https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Gun-owner-killed-trying-to-stop-Houston-pawn-shop-14852131.php
It would ring more sincerely but you just picked out a lone anecdotal failure to start a thread about.

We had another thread started about a guy carrying cc that lost his gun so *gasp* that's how criminals get more guns now.

I guess if we just start threads about one person dying after a legal abortion that we need to scrap that entirely as well?

Using single, anecdotal events to try to impact public policy is as dishonest as it gets and it's been used for over 100 years to deny women, minorities and everyone else their rights. So just stop.
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Old 11-21-2019, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Sweet Home Chicago!
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Can't win em' all. RIP brave gunslinger.
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Old 11-21-2019, 04:18 PM
 
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I have a feeling if either of those suspects gets shot and killed, the SJWs will be shouting "Black Lives Matter!"
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Old 11-21-2019, 04:24 PM
 
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It would ring more sincerely but you just picked out a lone anecdotal failure to start a thread about.

We had another thread started about a guy carrying cc that lost his gun so *gasp* that's how criminals get more guns now.

I guess if we just start threads about one person dying after a legal abortion that we need to scrap that entirely as well?

Using single, anecdotal events to try to impact public policy is as dishonest as it gets and it's been used for over 100 years to deny women, minorities and everyone else their rights. So just stop.
Repubes live off of 'single anecdotes'. That's how they whip their lemurs watching Faux News into a frenzy.
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Old 11-21-2019, 04:25 PM
 
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I have a feeling if either of those suspects gets shot and killed, the SJWs will be shouting "Black Lives Matter!"
I was floored that they even mentioned they were 'black' in the article. I thought that wasn't allowed anymore, to state the race, unless it's white?
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Old 11-21-2019, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Clyde Hill, WA
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From the story, it sounds like the robbers were about to exit the store. The employees had complied and nobody had been shot. The way it should be. The concealed-carry guy was standing at the front of the store and presumably could have run out the door at any time.

This shows that guns are not the answer. Experts will tell you that having a gun just adds to the violence. How can that possibly be a good thing?

It sounds like this is a high crime area. There should not be gun shops in a high crime area anyway.
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