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In reply to the discussion: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store [View all]shadowrider
(4,941 posts)163. He won't answer a yes or no question on what color the sky is
Don't expect one now.
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The relevance is obvious to most of us. Anecdotes selected for emotional impact don't MEAN anything
saras
Apr 2012
#5
Actually, that is not true. All it takes is one fact to disprove a theory.
Atypical Liberal
Apr 2012
#6
You are suggesting a "pretty girl" would have been as effective as the firearm...
Marengo
Apr 2012
#48
To whom are you referring as the perp? The guy with the knife or the guy with the gun?
shadowrider
Apr 2012
#115
The guy with a knife- who luckily didn't have a gun or victims would be dead (maybe the hero too).
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#117
Why don't you ask them if they are glad the perp didn't have guns like those you covet?
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#111
Actually I worked in a store once where a woman -- who slipped out of a psych unit pulled a butcher
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#43
I've never faced off with a knife wielding maniac. If I did, a gun would make a difference
Taitertots
Apr 2012
#53
I don't carry, but I'm not going to pretend they are not effective self-defense weapons
Taitertots
Apr 2012
#63
Well, I've been through a lot -- yet I still can go outside without a gun or imagining all kinds of
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#79
As a gun DID stop this attack, it seems "toting" was certainly the answer in this situation.
Marengo
Apr 2012
#49
It ignores the point and tries to negate it by showing bad people do bad things with guns
Atypical Liberal
Apr 2012
#7
Exactly. I forgot about the circular firing squads that happen every time there is a public DGU.
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#17
Welcome to DU I saw on another thread where you think Freepers have above average IQs.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#93
Glad it ended with not too many hurt. Glad the crazy guy didn't have some of the guns popular here.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#8
Are you Usain Bolt? If so, I will concede that running away would certainly work.
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#108
Coming from someone who imagines all kinds of threats, boogiemen, etc. -- requiring a gun.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#77
Since you supposedly don't carry, what are you going to do if you run into a "maniac?"
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#67
I saw that, and if one is a selfish right winger, it is probably true. I tend to take a broader
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#70
I did not say "superior" -- but clearly other options are better for society as a whole.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#78
I'm not naive enough to think that taking a gun out of a maniacs hands means they are not dangerous
Taitertots
Apr 2012
#82
A little old lady took Loughner out. I'm heading out to practice throwing cans of beans.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#83
Like you would have pulled out a gun and squeezed off a shot to take Loughner down
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#96
Like I said, you would not have gotten a shot off -- but dream on. Who knows, someday you might be
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#102
Someone with a gun has a chance, someone with beans watches as 19 innocent people get shot
Taitertots
Apr 2012
#103
Well, there were packers around that day and the only one that got a shot off was Loughner.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#104
Packers around where? Oh yeah, he was in the store well away from what was happening
rl6214
Apr 2012
#134
You won't get Hoyt to answer any question. I once asked him what color the sky is
shadowrider
Apr 2012
#107
You would have said Zimmerman was a law-abiding toter, until he shot unarmed teen
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#131
I have yet to see anyone thinking he is worthy of an NRA board appointment but
gejohnston
Apr 2012
#137
Well, I guess you know the rest of the 14 Million or so toters who the gun culture claims are fine
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#149
This is why we need not only gun control, but knife, fist and feet control as well.
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#18
Yes. I want to take away your independence of thought, too. Bad thoughts are the root of
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#24
I'm sure it's all the rage on Free Republic and Storm Front, along with Zimmerman.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#54