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Your gun doesn’t make me safer [View all] SecularMotion Oct 2012 OP
Your public policy doesn't make md safer. nt rrneck Oct 2012 #1
I'm not keen to make YOU safer ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #2
Appreciate your honesty. - "I'm only interested in the safety of me and mine." Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #42
I have a social conscience ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #44
Really? How does your statement reflect that you have a social conscience. Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #49
Apparently ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #50
Funny, if in extremis we are to have social consciousness... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #79
He is honest glacierbay Oct 2012 #51
I agree 100% Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #59
Finally, we agree! DWC Oct 2012 #60
A law enforcement officer is there to protect everyone, including himself Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #63
A law enforcement officer is not required to "protect" you or anybody else oneshooter Oct 2012 #66
Absolutely correct glacierbay Oct 2012 #68
I expect a CHL holder to be purely selfish Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #69
"I expect a CHL holder to be purely selfish" And why is that? n/t oneshooter Oct 2012 #70
I think, and I could be wrong, glacierbay Oct 2012 #71
Because that's what they are telling me, including you. Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #72
Please tell us what a CHL holder should do so that you will not consider them to be "purely selfish" oneshooter Oct 2012 #75
Get over his irrational fear and leave his gun at home. Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #86
What"irrational fear" are you talking about? oneshooter Oct 2012 #93
This is a case where the word 'selfish' Jenoch Oct 2012 #85
You might call it honorable Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #87
If the tool does not have the potential to harm innocents (and others) ManiacJoe Oct 2012 #89
And when you unholster it all the rules change. Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #90
The dangerousness of the gun is what makes it useful as a tool. ManiacJoe Oct 2012 #91
"Firing a gun is extremely dangerous, EVEN when fired in the air." holdencaufield Oct 2012 #92
A seatbelt is designed DWC Oct 2012 #73
Again, you are correct about the first two. That is their specific design. Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #74
For that same sake, you can start anytime you want when you start understanding that firearms... Clames Oct 2012 #76
You are absolutely correct DWC Oct 2012 #77
Each item you listed is appropriate to the threat, esp. the gun.nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #78
What kind of environment are you referring to? glacierbay Oct 2012 #61
Each to his own. Stay safe. Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #64
Thank you glacierbay Oct 2012 #65
"Benefit of society" is often termed "macho" in these threads, no? nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #80
Sorry, but I have no idea what you mean. nt Starboard Tack Oct 2012 #83
In many discussions about the advisability of carrying firearms, gun-controllers... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #84
You are Protecting Neither fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #95
You of course have no basis for your beliefs.nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #99
Gosh...OK fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #100
To be more precise: Loudly Oct 2012 #3
Who is "your"? Remmah2 Oct 2012 #4
"Your" as in mine and everyone's. Generalized access to convenient lethality. Loudly Oct 2012 #5
A civil right is not a "pandering political indulgence " either. Remmah2 Oct 2012 #7
You're attributing something to the BOR which is not there. Loudly Oct 2012 #13
Just because you use pretty words trying to make your point glacierbay Oct 2012 #14
Hey SharesUnited glacierbay Oct 2012 #9
The 2nd gives us access to Missycim Oct 2012 #6
Correction: Loudly Oct 2012 #8
People have had "access" to firearms and ammunition since long before the country was founded slackmaster Oct 2012 #10
Saying that as often as you do Shares glacierbay Oct 2012 #11
It depends on the cases which present themselves. Loudly Oct 2012 #15
Roe V Wade ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #16
You don't mean repealed, do you? You mean reversed. Loudly Oct 2012 #18
"Hopefully the number of people being shot and killed and crippled..." holdencaufield Oct 2012 #20
That's very unfair. Loudly Oct 2012 #24
Not unfair at all. holdencaufield Oct 2012 #25
Post removed Post removed Oct 2012 #34
For some, the ends justify *any* means- and sharesunited/Loudly has made it explicit. friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #48
You do realize there are fewer people being killed and crippled 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #31
No, I didn't. Source please. Loudly Oct 2012 #35
Ok: 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #36
Can you provide a source that our loosening gun control laws 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #37
Well played,4th l.o.r. friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #47
This information has been given to you many times, Shares. n/t PavePusher Oct 2012 #41
You mean like Auschwitz & Birkenau DWC Oct 2012 #40
To late, unless you believe its alright to override Missycim Oct 2012 #33
Do you activly support the Brady Campaign or the VPC? oneshooter Oct 2012 #53
Awesome Reasonable_Argument Oct 2012 #29
Be careful with that drinking game. 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #32
Do you activly support the Brady Campaign or the VPC? oneshooter Oct 2012 #67
Uh, yeah, that's right. Get your own... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #12
My gun makes ME safer, and my family, as well. Common Sense Party Oct 2012 #17
That's right, mate, montanto Oct 2012 #19
That's why it's up to you to get your CHP or Open Carry. ileus Oct 2012 #21
No and it's not intended to rl6214 Oct 2012 #22
That's correct Mr. Madden. I am not responsible for your safety, nor are you for mine. slackmaster Oct 2012 #23
Anyone seenand analyzed the "statistics"? Hangingon Oct 2012 #26
When violent crime is stopped, it is almost always stopped by the use or threat of force. Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #27
Oh look, a giant pack of stupidity and mendacity. AtheistCrusader Oct 2012 #28
You not having a gun doesn't make me any safer 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #30
My gun isn't SUPPOSED to make YOU safer. It's supposed to make ME safer. NT Trunk Monkey Oct 2012 #38
I am a private citizen DWC Oct 2012 #39
The article has these lies: GreenStormCloud Oct 2012 #43
The Use of My Gun is Intended to make Me Safer. What you do with or without your gun Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2012 #45
My gun doesn't make you anything at all. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2012 #46
Do you activly support the Brady Campaign or the VPC? oneshooter Oct 2012 #52
The first paragraph Berserker Oct 2012 #54
Maybe mass murders get more style points than falling crime rates? Nt Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #81
If it bleeds, it leads. 'nuff said. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2012 #82
Aurora was a special case because of the body armor and the overall high level of premeditation. trouble.smith Oct 2012 #55
He didn't have body armor on. Just a tac vest. n/t Ashgrey77 Oct 2012 #57
is that the official police report? trouble.smith Oct 2012 #58
What are the stats for private citizens jbgood1977 Oct 2012 #56
especially when Francis Marion Oct 2012 #62
Your gun laws don't make me safer either. Remmah2 Oct 2012 #88
BRAVO fightthegoodfightnow Oct 2012 #94
Not unless you're giving me a paycheck, it sure isn't.... n/t PavePusher Oct 2012 #96
If you create a post it would make sense that you should participate in the discussion. ... spin Oct 2012 #97
Another day 10/9/12 my personal safety device didn't keep you safe. ileus Oct 2012 #98
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