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27. Self defense stories are not allowed in GD, only one side is here

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 01:40 AM

Dec 2013

And do you think the news covers ever hunter who got some food for their family?

What about sports? Tons of schools/colleges have shooting sports. Bet the results would not be allowed in GD either (unlike super bowl/soccer/college ball/etc).

We look for what we want to bolster our hate/anger/etc - look at how many positive stories are posted about Muslims on RW sites. Not allowed, might interfere with their perception (and non-progressive people don't like to have their ideals challenged. Apparently we don't either....)

45 million gun owners, less than one percent use them in a bad way, they get the press, people get their biases fed.

Would you like 45 million stories a day about responsible gun owners?

Hell no, might challenge the perception people want to feed themselves (or, another way, makes it harder to use tragedies to spread hate and fear).

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Its only anecdotal, but I can't recall ever hearing a news story about guns doing something helpful. [View all] Stinky The Clown Dec 2013 OP

My gun opened a jar of pickles for me just the other day Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #1

nope Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #2

I bet if a gun stopped a robbery, it would be a news story. Stinky The Clown Dec 2013 #3

Guns can't actually do anything by themselves Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #5

very true Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #9

nope Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #7

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/21/21063199-indiana-pastor-pulls-gun-on-man-stops-robbery Shandris Dec 2013 #11

how about feeding people Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #4

I did a couple weeks ago. Brickbat Dec 2013 #6

or this one Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #8

The last thing I would call that story is helpful. defacto7 Dec 2013 #10

+1 Agschmid Dec 2013 #12

Defending yourself as an atrocity? Wow! Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #13

You're right, he didn't. defacto7 Dec 2013 #20

So relying on the kindness of the armed man who broke into his house Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #34

Perhaps that's why stories about guns being helpful are seemingly rare petronius Dec 2013 #14

the OP knows that Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #16

That's a good response for a lot of subjects, defacto7 Dec 2013 #22

The "absence of a bad thing" that I was referring to was nobody petronius Dec 2013 #23

Thanks for the clarification. defacto7 Dec 2013 #25

There have been attempts, through means other than analysis of media petronius Dec 2013 #32

Happens hundreds or thousands of times a day. Not really news... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #15

correct nt Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #17

One I always recall... sarisataka Dec 2013 #18

Some win the lottery... defacto7 Dec 2013 #24

Some do sarisataka Dec 2013 #33

Guns Get Workers To America josejimenez Dec 2013 #19

No? Ask Canadians and Brits about not speaking German right now. flvegan Dec 2013 #21

. laundry_queen Dec 2013 #29

Hey, Zimmerman summoned up courage to stalk and kill a "suspicious" unarmed kid. Hoyt Dec 2013 #26

Self defense stories are not allowed in GD, only one side is here The Straight Story Dec 2013 #27

Seems like a high price to coddle folks whose gunz are more important than our society. Hoyt Dec 2013 #28

1776 solarhydrocan Dec 2013 #30

Somebody with a CCW license saved a woman's life Warpy Dec 2013 #31