Aurora-Greater love hath no man............
07-22-2012, 11:02 AM
#31
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: MSP7ERB
Posts: 1,886
Just a little humor from the Bloom County comic strip from the mid-80's, articulating both sides. Credit to Berke Breathed, the cartoonist.
This issue won't be solved by any of us here.
This issue won't be solved by any of us here.
07-22-2012, 11:08 AM
#32
Banned
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: Pilot
Posts: 2,625
If someone had a gun pointed at you and was about to fire would you want me to sit back and watch you get killed, or take out my weapon, shoot the guy, and save your life?
07-22-2012, 11:18 AM
#33
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: 767 FO
Posts: 8,047
Maybe 70 people don't get shot if this guy couldn't buy an AR easily. Maybe this guy makes the decision to not shoot up a theater if he weren't able to buy head to toe armor. Maybe more than 70 people are shot if there were more armed folks in the theater.
There are a lot of possibilities to different outcomes out there. Are more guns in movie theaters, the only thing you can come up with?
There are a lot of possibilities to different outcomes out there. Are more guns in movie theaters, the only thing you can come up with?
07-22-2012, 11:36 AM
#34
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2010
Position: 747 CA
Posts: 344
Guns are a huge responsibility
89Pistons, I will acknowledge that you have a point about what constitutes "qualified" to carry a gun.
This is a well known example being familiar to many Cop Shoots himself in the leg - YouTube
I would argue that this officer never should have been given a badge and was the result of a leftist quota system.
I have been involved in direct combat and have received a higher level of weapons training than most. You can never know exactly how a gunfight is going to turn out, but the odds go to the well trained.
I don't think that guns in everyone's hands is the answer. But I do think that guns in highly trained, proficient, vetted, mature, free citizen's hands would help turn the tide towards freedom and justice. I know, good luck with that....
And no, Zimmerman should not have had a gun on him in that situation either...
This is a well known example being familiar to many Cop Shoots himself in the leg - YouTube
I would argue that this officer never should have been given a badge and was the result of a leftist quota system.
I have been involved in direct combat and have received a higher level of weapons training than most. You can never know exactly how a gunfight is going to turn out, but the odds go to the well trained.
I don't think that guns in everyone's hands is the answer. But I do think that guns in highly trained, proficient, vetted, mature, free citizen's hands would help turn the tide towards freedom and justice. I know, good luck with that....
And no, Zimmerman should not have had a gun on him in that situation either...
Last edited by Atlas Shrugged; 07-22-2012 at 12:05 PM. Reason: spelling
07-22-2012, 11:42 AM
#35
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: 767 FO
Posts: 8,047
And Martin shouldnt have been on top of him pounding his head either. And if they would have stopped Hitler in Munich...
07-22-2012, 11:54 AM
#36
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: 756 left
Posts: 766
I asked a question. A quite simple one. It didn't have anything to do with gasoline or a school so I'm not sure what your point is.
07-22-2012, 12:00 PM
#37
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: 767 FO
Posts: 8,047
Uhm guns dont commit mass murder, lunatics do. And sometimes when confronted with a lunatic your options are to run, hide, or attack. In either case I would prefer to be armed.
07-22-2012, 12:01 PM
#38
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2010
Position: 747 CA
Posts: 344
He took on a lethal load of responsibility that night. I bet he would have done it differently in hindsight.
Last edited by Atlas Shrugged; 07-22-2012 at 12:04 PM. Reason: spelling
07-22-2012, 12:06 PM
#39
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2008
Position: FAA 'Flight Check'
Posts: 13,839
I see that reminders, warnings, delete posts, and the always present TOS which many of you seem to disregard at the first drop of a hat isn't going to make this thread any more less political and essentially about gun control than the last thread. Vacations next time for all continued offenders should someone get the idea to try this one yet again.
USMCFLYR
USMCFLYR
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
