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MH1

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63. Which basically means, if you own a gun and are going to drink,
Fri Jan 22, 2016, 02:05 PM
Jan 2016

first make sure the gun is unloaded and you will be unlikely to load it successfully while drunk.

There are so many cascading responsibilities with actually being a "responsible gun owner". I'm sure there are a few who can handle it, but the average Trump-supporting reality-show-watching numbutz just isn't going to manage it.

The problem is, that when they fail, it is usually someone else who is hurt or killed.

Second Amendment remedies. nt onehandle Jan 2016 #1
Yah right. darkangel218 Jan 2016 #54
13 Hours Downwinder Jan 2016 #2
Maybe he was afraid of all the movie gunz? freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #4
Wonder if it wasn't a hit? Hey you, Drunky, go kill my wife...? MADem Jan 2016 #3
I wonder, too, but in a theater, kind of dark? Guess we won't know, unless they find the guy freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #6
Or maybe he was faking the drunky thing--sort of like Kevin Spacey in that film where MADem Jan 2016 #10
From article... Deuce Jan 2016 #26
Well, there goes my convoluted "True Crime" theory! MADem Jan 2016 #49
Is it just me, or do the stories where gun owners accidentally shoot someone Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #5
Not just you! freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #7
Most of those incidents would have ended without harm to anyone had the gun fancier Hoyt Jan 2016 #8
If it was an accident, tho, what difference does it make how they were trained to aim? freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #13
Shooting center mass is not manly, but it is the quickest way to stop the threat. Waldorf Jan 2016 #17
Center mass is what racist right wing gun trainers teach. It's BS. Hoyt Jan 2016 #57
I guess every police agency in this Country has their firearms training done by racist right wing Waldorf Jan 2016 #65
Do you consider yourself a policeman wannabe, like Zman? Hoyt Jan 2016 #66
No. If I wanted to be a Police offider than I would have been one. I chose a different career. Waldorf Jan 2016 #67
Shooting someone intent on taking a wallet is not protecting oneself or family, IMO. Hoyt Jan 2016 #68
Not to mention the times where a child shoots themselves or a sibling Major Nikon Jan 2016 #46
WA is not open carry, is it? n/t BuelahWitch Jan 2016 #9
We are open carry now, unfortunately freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #15
I'm sorry. :( BuelahWitch Jan 2016 #19
Why is some asshole carrying a gun into a theater? John Wilkes Booth wannabe. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #11
It's something he can stroke in the theater and not get arrested like Pee Wee Herman. nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2016 #23
There ya go! Only logical explanation really. n/t freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #25
More like Pee Wee Vermin. snort Jan 2016 #40
Because the ammosexuals believe precious should be carried everywhere, all the time Major Nikon Jan 2016 #47
Because guess which movie it was Mufaddal Jan 2016 #59
He is afraid some idiot with a gun might go in there and shoot someone. ohnoyoudidnt Jan 2016 #62
And people think I'm a nutcase SheilaT Jan 2016 #12
By "all guns," do you mean all the guns, or just some of the guns? ZombieHorde Jan 2016 #16
Oh, I mean all guns. SheilaT Jan 2016 #31
I often like extremist nut cases. ZombieHorde Jan 2016 #38
So am I. smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #58
Including my hunting rifle? Odin2005 Jan 2016 #52
Hunting rifles can be kept locked up somewhere until hunting season. SheilaT Jan 2016 #64
Yet another good guy with a gun protecting us all from.... what? n/t Binkie The Clown Jan 2016 #14
Theatregoers?... nt uriel1972 Jan 2016 #18
What more proof do we need that open carry or concealed carry Binkie The Clown Jan 2016 #22
critical condition - KT2000 Jan 2016 #20
This is the sort of thing that will start becoming even more common now tblue37 Jan 2016 #21
Update-suspect in custody, turned himself in. Said it was accidental freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #24
Sarah Palin blames Mendocino Jan 2016 #27
I'm sure she would find a way! Just can't get away from the Benghazi curse. n/t freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #28
The term... deathrind Jan 2016 #29
"Friendly fire" sure has a nice ring to it though, doesn't it? n/t freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #34
Another fine example... deathrind Jan 2016 #37
Rather than accidental, the word is negligent. SwankyXomb Jan 2016 #61
Notice how this incident is lightyears away from the imagined "Good Guy with a Gun" scenario. Jerry442 Jan 2016 #30
So true! CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #33
No one even ran after him, it was such a slow response, relative to what they imagine freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #35
Run after a man with a gun who just shot someone? Fumesucker Jan 2016 #36
Neither is trying to act like a hero with a gun, is it? freeplessinseattle Jan 2016 #39
Accidentally my ass. Drunk asshole with a gun is a murder CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #32
the daily heartwarming responsible ammosexual story KG Jan 2016 #41
Rule #1 in self defense, stay alert. ileus Jan 2016 #42
Sure, because it's entirely possible to stay alert all the time Major Nikon Jan 2016 #48
Looks like we know he was a bad guy with a gun even before he shot the woman. aikoaiko Jan 2016 #43
Is he behind bars? What are the charges? B Calm Jan 2016 #44
If you are drunk with a loaded firearm malaise Jan 2016 #45
Which basically means, if you own a gun and are going to drink, MH1 Jan 2016 #63
Wannabe good guy with a gun tragically discovers he's a dumb ass with a gun. tanyev Jan 2016 #50
Who issued the "stand down" order that allowed him to escape? underpants Jan 2016 #51
I tend to be on the side of gun rights, but... Odin2005 Jan 2016 #53
This is why gun owners should have to buy insurance alarimer Jan 2016 #55
why has this dipshit not been named yet? JanMichael Jan 2016 #56
so, how did the gun go off? maxsolomon Jan 2016 #60
Locking In_The_Wind Jan 2016 #69
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