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Stephanie May 20, 2013 at 02:39 am
You asked for some licensees who made bad choices with their concealed weapons and I gave them to…Read More you. Why don't you ever answer any of my questions? Knowing what you know now about George Zimmermans arrest record (before he killed Martin), would you want him in charge of your neighborhood watch? Does one need a gun to go to Starbucks? The grocery store? How can we believe anything Zimmerman says after he lied TO A JUDGE TWICE?
James Gordon May 18, 2013 at 09:51 pm
I dislike this new system. It allows for no formatting of comments. Leading to ugly "wall of…Read More text" posts.
James Gordon May 18, 2013 at 09:49 pm
Stephanie - "You can read peoples thoughts? You know what every gun carrier is thinking?…Read More Doubtful. Carrying a gun makes people feel tough, I don't know why you don't get that."
Do you see the irony in what you wrote? You are accusing me of being able to read minds, by being a better mind reader. Let me be clearer. In the millions of licensees, there will be bad apples. Studies of licensees show that the number of violent crimes committed by licensees to be extraordinarily low -- but not zero. It is irrelevant to me if licensees feel a sense of bravado if that sense of bravado does not cause them to act imprudently. Again, past performance shows that licensees overwhelmingly act prudently as a group. This is objective, statistical evidence. You cite anecdotal evidence.
The existence of a few bad apples leads to a problem. If you cannot tell in advance who is going to be a bad apple, you have essentially two choices: (1) prohibit everyone from carrying a gun in public; or (2) allow all non-prohibited people (including future bad apples) to carry in public. Neither is ideal. So, each state is developing its own system of addressing the problem. California is closer to the first option, whereas Florida is closer to the second option.
"There are also a lot of cases where gun owners have been acquitted after fatally shooting someone."
This suggests that the shooter acted lawfully. This supports allowing people to carry firearms in public.
Hello world March 8, 2013 at 04:24 pm
When it comes to the FREE newspaper (or anything else that's free) -- the old saying applies: You…Read More get what you pay for.
Jose Gonzalez March 7, 2013 at 08:49 pm
To call this "rag" a newspaper is a joke. They only put partial truths, always sided to a…Read More covert friend of the writer and never have done the background investigation to be able to establish validity!
pusddad February 14, 2013 at 04:59 pm
I was also thinking about the SLA shootout once Dorner was cornered. It played out just the same. I…Read More was 14 and watched on channel 2. The reporter was a young guy and was very close to the action. He described hearing a bullet zip by his head.
I am curious why the gun control debate has not made it way into the Dorner experience . It is highly unlikely he would have been able to kill two police officers and hold others at bay armed with something other than what would be classified as an assault weapon. He had no criminal history and certainly was trained in firearm safety. These weapons have no legitimate place ina civilized society, yet are so easily obtained. The deaths of these young men should not be accepted as a necessary cost of another's right to possess an instrument whose primary purpose is to kill other humans with such overwhelming force.
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