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In reply to the discussion: If you carry a concealed gun, you are the problem [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)84. You checked them yourself? Really? Ooh, I'm impressed!
So we have some numbers posted on a right-wing gun blog that have been personally checked by another internet gun fanatic. Wow. That's some solid evidence.
Also, see post #53. (why do you keep ignoring that)
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Is there anyone out there who should NOT be able to "increase their chances of survival"?
VOX
Jul 2013
#22
I propose that trying to increase one's chance of survival with concealed firearms
DisgustipatedinCA
Jul 2013
#88
Zman would never have taken off after Trayvon without a gun to bolster his courage.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#19
What kind of coward is so fearful they can't go about their lives without a hidden weapon.
leeroysphitz
Jul 2013
#4
What about a person who has been raped or physically attacked in some other way?
ZombieHorde
Jul 2013
#32
The 94% who don't carry, have rights too. Problem is most who carry are callous bigots,
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#169
You might be an exception, but I've lived in NC and know the kind of folks who tend to tote.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#184
Yeah, we had another person who posted here -- also an "instructor" -- that used to say same things.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#186
That's what we are talking about, Premium, bigoted gun laws that need to be changed.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#200
From right wing gun sites, yeah. But manufacturers tend to play up to male self-esteem issues.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#199
I just did a quick google of "Female advertising for guns." There's quite a lot of them in general.
Decoy of Fenris
Jul 2013
#202
Finally, a gunner who admits that most gun "enthusiasts" tend to be right wing (hence bigots).
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#205
You gun nuts can't tell if you post to right person, yet you are prepared to shoot on city streets.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#247
Too bad your fellow gungeoneers don't feel the same. Maybe you should talk to them rather
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#257
You know *only* the kind of folks you've encountered-good, bad, or indifferent.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#288
You cannot possibly know how most of a group that numbers in the millions thinks.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#289
Well your buddy Decoy says the majority are right wingers -- and they are definitely bigots.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#302
Decoy didn't make that claim-and if he did, it's an argument from authority
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#304
Tell me Lee-Lee, how often would a normal citizen need to shoot someone at more than 15 fee on
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#209
I'm all for pepper spray. Guns, not so much since you can't take that bullet back.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#218
I suspect you could have handled without "drawing," but hey if you carry a gun why not use it.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#227
He'll tell you to throw a can of beans or use a bicycle tire to defend yourself. nt.
premium
Jul 2013
#235
I do too, and see no need to spend my life preparing to shoot someone a la Zimmerman.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#256
From this expert, a staff is quite effective against one wielding a knife. Not as "sexy" as a gun,
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#246
These "in-your-face" abstinence-only instructors would be paid, amirite?
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#294
Well, that kind of stuff doesn't happen often to John Q gun toter on the street. But, it's nice to
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#220
I admit, never had job of busting small time pot growers in national forests, but I've walked many
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#226
Do you care to show me stats indicating proliferation of guns will not cause issues in future?
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#301
I can't show stats that you wont be conked on the head by a meteorite, either.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#303
Actually, carrying concealed without a permit is only a misdemeanor in most jurisdictions.
LAGC
Jul 2013
#118
Perhaps, but how many of them were actually carrying concealed when they committed
aikoaiko
Jul 2013
#79
And *you* ignore the fact that you're dealing with a group of +10 million
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2013
#296
I don't look down on gun nuts... I feel sorry for them having to live with all that fear
Ohio Joe
Jul 2013
#111
Hmmm since you don't seem to be replying much may I suggest these images:
The Straight Story
Jul 2013
#50
Mother Jones has a cleared history of skewed statistics, by "thetruthaboutguns.com" is legit?
DanTex
Jul 2013
#77
I agree. The point in my mind is making major changes in law over one incident
badtoworse
Jul 2013
#101
Hunter is in a bad mood. He will take guns from cowardly idiots, and he will not give them back.
hunter
Jul 2013
#123
So you risk an accident just on the off chance of being able to kill someone?
Ohio Joe
Jul 2013
#156
You were playing with a child... In a library... With a loaded gun... You consider this responsible?
Ohio Joe
Jul 2013
#158
Yes... Playing kickball with children and a loaded gun is irresponsible... Was that serious?
Ohio Joe
Jul 2013
#160
Yeah, I read the whole thing... Cop... Loaded gun... Playing kickball with children... I got it
Ohio Joe
Jul 2013
#266
Well, all this fear-projection by the controllers has made me sleepy. Night y'all.
Eleanors38
Jul 2013
#150
73 CC deaths a year, seven years, .00002% of gun crime, 1 : 4,794,520 odds against.
Decoy of Fenris
Jul 2013
#167
Comparably: Same odds of 7 card Straight Flush, probability of 0.00000021% per person. n/t
Decoy of Fenris
Jul 2013
#187
I suppose if you are doing illegal things in high crime areas. Rather than preparing to shoot
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#259
Nah, that's just the countrywide average for both stats you asked after. n/t
Decoy of Fenris
Jul 2013
#267
There's your problem, you should not use countrywise averages when determining if you need a gun to
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#269
NO. We are part of the solution. Legal concealed carry saves innocent lives.
GreenStormCloud
Jul 2013
#177
Anyone calling CCW permit holders "part of the problem" is pretty obviously...
Lizzie Poppet
Jul 2013
#261
I live in a state where private business can and do make it illegal to carry on their property.
Just Saying
Jul 2013
#278
Exactly!!! The problem isn't the people who rob, kidnap, rape and murder other people,
hughee99
Jul 2013
#244