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In reply to the discussion: Man arrested after tackling shopper carrying gun [View all]sarisataka
(18,500 posts)21. "we be far more passive"
From 'anti-gun' person, or gun control advocates-
we have a right to protect ourselves against gun toting idiots.
he should have broken his damn arms....
he should have broken his damn arms....
2. I have often wondered about that, it should be assumed that they are potential terrorists
Maybe if a few of these jackasses get taken down maybe some of the others stop being such assholes.
Gun owners in general are cowards, one or two times should be enough to have them cowering under their bed.
Maybe if a few of these jackasses get taken down maybe some of the others stop being such assholes.
Gun owners in general are cowards, one or two times should be enough to have them cowering under their bed.
9. Takes mere seconds to un-sling and shoot.
I say shoot them on sight , just to be safe. No sane person would carry a rifle around a grocery store. Only the insane and the criminally motivated. So, again, I say shoot them on sight, let their bodies rot in the streets as a message to other hell-bent gunners.
Nothing but good could come of this.
I say shoot them on sight , just to be safe. No sane person would carry a rifle around a grocery store. Only the insane and the criminally motivated. So, again, I say shoot them on sight, let their bodies rot in the streets as a message to other hell-bent gunners.
Nothing but good could come of this.
10. Nonsense.
That gun can be readied and fired in only seconds. Best to just shoot them.
That gun can be readied and fired in only seconds. Best to just shoot them.
If this is "passive" I'll take an average gun owner any day of the week.
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There was no threat except in the febrile, paranoid imagination of the attacker.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#3
What a completely fucked-up thing to say. You should be ashamed of yourself
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#42
Why are nutty antis allowed to "protect" themselves from peaceable people who mean them no harm
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#57
The victim appeared to have acted responsibly as well as complied with all relevant laws.
branford
Jan 2015
#71
Last Saturday, in Melbourne, Florida, a man carried three guns into the mall, and
djean111
Jan 2015
#14
You know nothing about the victim in the OP except "he's one of THOSE people"
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#15
The other grabbers in this thread and the one in GD are excusing the attack if not
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#20
Wow. Racist white man tackles carry concealed black man......if it was the other way around?
Fred Sanders
Jan 2015
#49
Foster is *definitely* one of your sort, Jimmy. To quote another vocal antigun DUer:
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2015
#43
If the case against Mr. Foster proceeds, I wonder if the people who advocate this
petronius
Jan 2015
#23
Perhaps a week or two in County General Pop with the word that he jumped a 62 year old black man?
DonP
Jan 2015
#24