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In reply to the discussion: Customer shoots bank robber in Warren [View all]Kang Colby
(1,941 posts)198. That's crap.
I used the CDC's reasonable estimate not works of fiction by the anti gun rights lobby.
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With proper gun/weapon control in this country, the bank robber would be much less likely to be
-none
Sep 2015
#208
I would love to hear your -practical- plan to remove the current 300 legal million firearms
branford
Sep 2015
#212
+1. Not long ago a cowboy shot a store clerk trying to save his own ass during a robbery that
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#37
You seemed to have missed the part where the ARMED robber pointed his gun at the customer.
GGJohn
Sep 2015
#38
Do you even realize how much of a fool you're making yourself look like with the stupid laughy thing
HERVEPA
Sep 2015
#227
Do you even realize how much of a fool you're making yourself look like by that post?
GGJohn
Sep 2015
#229
You strap a gun on to go to Chuck E Cheese, thinking you probably won't shoot an innocent kid,
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#106
"Probably?" You're awfully cavalier about risking the lives of innocent people,
branford
Sep 2015
#41
Yeah I have know gun fanciers who consider it a defensive use to flash their gun at a Black
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#107
I emailed the Armed With Reason folks on this study. Here is their response:
maxsolomon
Sep 2015
#192
I found it a thorough analysis of the flaws in the methodology of the cited studies
maxsolomon
Sep 2015
#205
If something doesn't agree with your preconceived notions, that doesn't mean it's BS.
branford
Sep 2015
#253
so a "customer" shoots robber in arms and leg while cops shoot to execute. interesting nt
msongs
Sep 2015
#3
He missed. He was trying to shoot center mass and pee at the same time. That is really hard on your
jtuck004
Sep 2015
#6
"It's only money. Let them take it." What do you suggest when money does not suffice?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2015
#14
I, for one, see no reason to give armed bank robbers the benefit of any doubt.
branford
Sep 2015
#42
I think the lesser gamble is to give them exactly what they want and move them along. Pulling a gun
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#43
Again, you can assess your own personal risk and response if confronted by such a scenario.
branford
Sep 2015
#44
Old quick draw customer got him or customer drew attention to himself by pulling out his gun?
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#22
A shootout involves at least two shooters, and you also know the bank was "FILLED" with customers?
snooper2
Sep 2015
#70
Maybe I would have handled it differently if I was a customer at that moment
bluestateguy
Sep 2015
#34
Armed customers breaking up bank robberies is a bad, bad idea and an NRA wet dream.
marble falls
Sep 2015
#49
In one of the next robberies all the customers will be shot by the robbers, thanks NRA!
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Sep 2015
#56
Good point. My belief is that the more fools that carry guns, the more robbers will
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#77
Or perhaps the more robbers will decide armed daylight robberies in crowded banks
hughee99
Sep 2015
#80
Agreed "gunz in people's pants aren't going to stop crime." You have to take it out once in a while.
Eleanors38
Sep 2015
#258
Banks train employees to just give the money up and let the robber get out.
leftyladyfrommo
Sep 2015
#71
You point a gun at anyone there is a pretty good chance you are gonna get shot!
pocoloco
Sep 2015
#76
Exactly. But there are too many cowboys looking for a chance to play policeman or be a hero.
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#78
This is what I would expect in reasonable society. The teller gives the money quickly and moves the
Ed Suspicious
Sep 2015
#207
I hear you. zimmerman was well trained too, especially on what lies to tell police.
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#97
If someone is carrying a legal concealed firearm, you're not supposed to know they're armed.
branford
Sep 2015
#102
Missed the part, AGAIN, where the ARMED robber pointed his gun at the customer?
GGJohn
Sep 2015
#143
I'll admit someone with one gun in the situation you describe has more of a reason to tote than
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#118
Well, most of us would not view banking as cozying up to guns. Not getting your point. n/t
Yo_Mama
Sep 2015
#133
Not mad, I don't get mad. Just staying away from ignorants like you seems to do the trick.
oneshooter
Sep 2015
#154
Not me, you missed the joke. But you've never been perceptive. Another reason for you
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#167
There are many millions of people lawfully carrying firearms for self defense,
branford
Sep 2015
#94
So that makes it OK for gun toting cowboys to blast away to protect their own rear?
Hoyt
Sep 2015
#173
If someone points a firearm at me, you're damned right I'm going to defend myself,
GGJohn
Sep 2015
#176
This is good example of self-defense, only one of hundreds of thousands each year.
Eleanors38
Sep 2015
#110
Actually, there are estimates in the millions. I'm using the CDC's conservative estimate...
Eleanors38
Sep 2015
#115
A little specious since this "project" is supported by CDC and Nat'l Research Council,
Eleanors38
Sep 2015
#203
Fleeing while pointing a gun at (from your stand point) the wrong person...
Eleanors38
Sep 2015
#181
In Texas if you successfully defend yourself using a firearm, knife, car, or whatever means
oneshooter
Sep 2015
#244