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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA good guy with a gun...
They said the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.
Yesterday, this shooter may have been considered a good guy with a gun.
He was retired from Lockheed Martin. He worked in the Defense industry. He had worked as an accountant. He owned two airplanes. He also owned a lot of guns.
But, he had no criminal record. He could have been the first in line at the gun shows to buy guns? He was one of them.
But, something happened...
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A good guy with a gun... (Original Post)
kentuck
Oct 2017
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Squinch
(51,030 posts)1. I keep thinking of your post about the eclipse...
kentuck
(111,110 posts)3. A lot of bad crap happened after the eclipse.
Just coincidence, of course.
JoeStuckInOH
(544 posts)2. He was a good guy with a gun... until he wasn't. They all are. nt
Willie Pep
(841 posts)4. Nothing like putting your trust in vigilantes!
I think some people have seen too many vigilante films.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)5. No one can ever stop a loan wolf reclusive, crazy, insane, psychopath
that suddenly snaps and goes on a killing rampage. Everybody keeps looking for a "sign" or indication that he was going to commit his heinous acts. There apparently were none and usually there never is.