The Guns thread

[Matt Mortem]

I do know that a number of active shooters have been put down by civilians with Concealed Carry in Texas.

Do you have any links? I've not heard of any stories like that.

 

[Texas Zombie]

I've got into trouble in the past for linking, and I'm not really sure how to do it properly.
The last one was this year. Look up "Good Samaritan kills Active shooter in Texas Sports bar"

Like it says in the article though, not everyone should own a gun or concealed carry.

 

[Lighthouse]

I've got into trouble in the past for linking, and I'm not really sure how to do it properly.
The last one was this year. Look up "Good Samaritan kills Active shooter in Texas Sports bar"

Like it says in the article though, not everyone should own a gun or concealed carry.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/good-samaritan-kills-active-shooter-texas-sports-bar-police-n755136

An armed "good Samaritan" — as the Arlington Police labeled him — happened to be eating at the restaurant with his wife. A concealed carry permit holder, he told her to get down on the ground and then shot Jones in the back.

"I don’t think the shooter even knew where the rounds were coming from because he started shooting at the front door," Cook said, who described the scene as "chaotic."

Police reviewed video surveillance and pieced together the incident via witness interviews, but it remains unclear how many shots were fired by either individual. Police were looking into Jones’ background to see whether he suffered from any mental illnesses and were awaiting test results to find out if he was under the influence.

This isn't smart decision making, this is getting lucky.

 

[Texas Zombie]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/good-samaritan-kills-active-shooter-texas-sports-bar-police-n755136



This isn't smart decision making, this is getting lucky.

Still though, there would have been more casualties had that guy not "got lucky."

 

[Lighthouse]

Still though, there would have been more casualties had that guy not "got lucky."

But we shouldn't base gun legislation on "maybe they'll get lucky."

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

 

[Powerman34]

Well what if the driver had a suspended license and no insurance? If he ran over 100 people how is not having a license and no insurance going to stop him?

 

[Lighthouse]

Well what if the driver had a suspended license and no insurance? If he ran over 100 people how is not having a license and no insurance going to stop him?

So why have any laws at all??

 

[wampa1]

This is still America. We still have rights.

Although not to healthcare, weirdly.

 

[The Endless]

But it's obviously more important to be able to own an assault rifle than to have free health care.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Well what if the driver had a suspended license and no insurance? If he ran over 100 people how is not having a license and no insurance going to stop him?

Yeah, you're right. If people are gonna break laws then let's toss them out. No reason to have them.

 

[squeekness]

But it's obviously more important to be able to own an assault rifle than to have free health care.

Indeed.

 

[ADollarADay]

But it's obviously more important to be able to own an assault rifle than to have free health care.

No country in the world has free health care.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Well what if the driver had a suspended license and no insurance? If he ran over 100 people how is not having a license and no insurance going to stop him?

You're really bad at this argument thing.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

So random travel ban in response to nations that haven't sent terrorist to "figure out whatever is going on." is a good idea.

But assuault weapons ban on weapons that have been used "to figure out whatever is going on" is too far?


Republicans 2017!!!!

 

[chaseter]

Good point.

Perhaps women take their issues out on themselves as opposed to outwards like men do. Probably something to do with the socialization of women in society. Keep your problems to yourself type of deal.

Are you married? Wives take out their anger by yelling and withholding their V.

 

[chaseter]

Jimmy Kimmel responds to street artist who called him a crybaby

Sabo is a wingnut street artist who regularly trashes Democrats and left-leaning Hollywood actors. And yet he doesn't make any art trashing GOP politicians.

How many artists trash the Right?

Jimmy has collaborated with the DNC so he's a mouthpiece...although I do still enjoy his show and comedy. Jimmy is gonna be alright.

 

[samsnee]

Well what if the driver had a suspended license and no insurance? If he ran over 100 people how is not having a license and no insurance going to stop him?

You’re right. Cars only have one function. Killing things. We don’t use them for anything else.

 

[Donner]

Are you married? Wives take out their anger by yelling and withholding their V.

I am. And maybe your wife does that to you, but I certainly don't. Still doesn't change the fact that women aren't mass shooters.

 

[TheCommissioner]

I am. And maybe your wife does that to you, but I certainly don't. Still doesn't change the fact that women aren't mass shooters.

very true

its men, mainly WHITE MEN

typically with a history of domestic violence or some other red flags

but not all the time

 

[Lighthouse]

It's a horrid brew of toxic masculinity and white privilege. We(speaking as a white dude) are constantly conditioned into thinking we are "owed" these things, and react very badly when the world doesn't work that way. MRAs, neo-nazis, gamergaters, PUA, and the alt right are born from this cesspool.

 

[DeadPresident]

Undoubtedly time to kill all white men.

 

[Krystal]

If you think white men are the only ones who commit mass shootings in this country you don't pay very close attention.

 

[Lighthouse]

If you think white men are the only ones who commit mass shootings in this country you don't pay very close attention.

No one said that.

 

[Krystal]

Of the 12 "mass shootings" in the USA this year...

6 by whites
4 by blacks
1 by an Asian
1 by an Hispanic

that's 50% by white men

white men are far more than 50% of men in this country.

so that's less than their actual percent of the population.

But let's get back to stereotypes.