https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COpoYwQUkAAW_ZS.png
― mookieproof, Friday, 11 September 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
I think this is interesting:
A veteran who says he was carrying a concealed weapon on Oregon’s Umpqua Community College campus Thursday when 26-year-old Christopher Harper Mercer went on a murderous rampage, says he didn’t intervene because he knew police SWAT team members wouldn’t know him from the shooter.
In an interview with MSNBC, veteran John Parker said he knows lots of students who conceal carry at the school because, despite a school policy that discourages weapons on campus, Oregon state law does allow it.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/armed-vet-destroys-gun-nuts-argument-on-mass-shooters-by-explaining-why-he-didnt-attack-oregon-killer/
― sleeve, Saturday, 3 October 2015 01:30 (eight years ago) link
That exact scenario has gone through my head a lot of times when I hear the arguments for concealed carry -- how do the cops know who's the shooter and who's trying to stop him?
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Saturday, 3 October 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
this is good too:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-byrd/are-guns-americas-biggest_b_8062870.html
― sleeve, Saturday, 3 October 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/10/14/people-are-getting-shot-by-toddlers-on-a-weekly-basis-this-year/
― a llove spat over a llama-keeper (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 18 October 2015 05:11 (eight years ago) link
people seem to be shooting toddlers on a weekly basis too cf that horrible story in albuquerque.
― nomar, Friday, 23 October 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link
Despite a spike in sales, Hawaii boasts persistently low rates of violence involving firearms, offering lessons for the rest of the United States.
― new noise, Sunday, 15 November 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/janisianpage/photos/a.357587427661315.87486.357191544367570/913842435369142/?type=3
― Karl Malone, Friday, 11 December 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/12074602_913842435369142_8702280429031007540_n.jpg?oh=88ea513ca6d9d8e0dc6fc0dc58affccc&oe=57178562
these days we just send a few big guns, ozzy.
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 11 December 2015 05:37 (eight years ago) link
which only fortifies ozzy's case, really
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 11 December 2015 05:38 (eight years ago) link
"Why do we send drones to perpetual war? Why not just send that guy from the movie Rocketeer?"
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 11 December 2015 05:40 (eight years ago) link
that photo captures the exact moment when Ozzy said that
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 11 December 2015 05:55 (eight years ago) link
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/12/11/mich-woman-who-shot-at-shoplifters-gets-18-months-probation-vows-to-never-help-anybody-again/
“I tried to help,” she told WJBK after her sentencing on Wednesday, before wryly adding: “And I learned my lesson that I will never help anybody again.”
She has learned NOTHING.
― how's life, Friday, 11 December 2015 12:14 (eight years ago) link
Gun experts slammed her, saying she was lucky not to have killed an innocent bystander.
blowing away shoplifters evidently the right impulse but it's just not worth the risk
― denies the existence of dark matter (difficult listening hour), Friday, 11 December 2015 16:29 (eight years ago) link
this woman is a will forte character
― Sufjan Grafton, Friday, 11 December 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
“I made a decision in a split second,” she told judge Julie Nicholson on Wednesday, according to WJBK. “Maybe it was not the right one, but I was trying to help.”
jeez, maybe people shouldn't have the opportunity to make potentially deadly split-second decisions
― k3vin k., Friday, 11 December 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
ostensibly pro-gun control liberals who are suddenly concerned about banning ppl on no-flight lists from buying guns are insane.
― Mordy, Friday, 11 December 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
i really don't think they're *that* concerned about it, i think it's a weak attempt to troll or turn a somewhat right wing idea back against them.
― nomar, Friday, 11 December 2015 18:14 (eight years ago) link
it's total black comedy watching these two sides try to outmaneuver one another sometimes
― nomar, Friday, 11 December 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
i agree actually. no one should be able to buy guns. the fact that no-fly lists are probably unconstitutionally vague and broad is a point in its favor here xxp
― k3vin k., Friday, 11 December 2015 18:16 (eight years ago) link
I just had a guy throw a screaming fit when he saw that I was putting up a 30.07 sign (required sign in Texas forbidding people from open carrying) in one of my stores. Kind of hope they stage a protest so I can tow their cars.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:27 (eight years ago) link
gotta admit that I first thought "thirty ought....seven?" when I scanned yr post
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 23:56 (eight years ago) link
ditto
― μpright mammal (mh), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
That's how I read it in my head. The sign banning concealed carry is actually a '30.06 sign.' Not sure if it's random chance or one Texas legislator in 1994 thought he was funny.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:30 (eight years ago) link
Coincidence, it would appear
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/txstatutes/PE/7/30
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 December 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
Editor's Note: Most of us probably grew up having fairy tales read to us as we drifted off to sleep. But how many times have you thought back and realized just how, well, grim some of them are? Did any of them ever make your rest a little bit uneasy? Have you ever wondered what those same fairy tales might sound like if the hapless Red Riding Hoods, Hansels and Gretels had been taught about gun safety and how to use firearms? The author of this piece, Amelia Hamilton has —- and NRA Family is proud to announce that we’ve partnered with the author to present her twist on those classic tales. We hope you and your children enjoy this first installment!
Little Red Riding Hood (Has a Gun)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 January 2016 04:36 (eight years ago) link
What if the Native Americans had guns?
― rap is dad (it's a boy!), Saturday, 16 January 2016 05:02 (eight years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_incident
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Saturday, 16 January 2016 06:53 (eight years ago) link
An armed society is a polite society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhBNSv2Rqn0
― astrophagy might not be immediately obvious (Sanpaku), Monday, 25 January 2016 08:57 (eight years ago) link
The best thing is, dude already had a gun. He could have just been like "$25 service fee? Well I'll save up my allowance and come back next week. I've got at least one other gun to hold me over in the meantime."
― how's life, Monday, 25 January 2016 19:02 (eight years ago) link
that NRA red riding hood thing is a ripoff of james thurber:
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/12/thurber-tonight-fables-for-our-time-hen.html
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 25 January 2016 19:08 (eight years ago) link
Facebook bans private gun sales posts - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/technology/facebook-gun-sales-ban.html
― if thou gaz long into the coombs, the coombs will also gaz into thee (WilliamC), Friday, 29 January 2016 23:31 (eight years ago) link
Tampa.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reports in a news release that ATF agents, along with FBI bomb technicians and Tampa police, executed a search warrant Monday at the home of 24-year-old Michael Ramos. Tampa police had passed along a tip about the explosives to ATF. The news release says Ramos had previously expressed anti-government sentiment and acknowledged being in possession of explosives. Besides the bombs, agents reported finding an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle, a .45 caliber pistol and large amounts of ammunition.
After his arrest, Ramos admitted to making a number of pipe bombs and identified websites he used as reference in making them. He told detectives he bought fuses from Phantom Fireworks, PVC pipe from Home Depot, and other bomb-making materials from Amazon.com. He also admitted to having tear gas, which he bought from keepshooting.com, and smoke grenades at his house. Ramos continued, saying he recently sold a Mossberg, pump action shotgun with a shortened barrel, which he purchased at a Walmart in Lakeland. Ramos told detectives in a written statement he manufactured eight black-powder-based pipe bombs for "preparedness/protective" reasons. He also wrote he never had intentions of harming anyone with the bombs.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a41746/anti-government-extremists-terrorism/
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxgEeTScnTw
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-silencers-idUSKCN0WA19E
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 13:59 (eight years ago) link
just curious, what is the argument for silencers, from the perspective of people who love guns and claim they want them for self-protection? is it so that if there are multiple attackers in your home, you can go from room to room (after detecting the intruders with your advanced recon eq and donning your nightvision goggles, of course) taking them down one by one without the others hearing and fleeing, so you can achieve a 100% kill rate?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:15 (eight years ago) link
is it so that you can go hunting with your pistol a little bit closer to the area you live without angering the neighbors with the noise?
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:16 (eight years ago) link
I've heard hunters claim it's good for not scaring away other animals, and the same argument from animal control people. But I think that's largely bullshit. I also heard (hilariously/darkly) someone anti-silencer say that in an active shooter scenario silencers would make it too difficult for anyone to take credit for taking out the bad guy.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:19 (eight years ago) link
The arguments I've heard from gun loving relatives for having them boils down to "freedom" and "slippery slope."
― Je55e, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:24 (eight years ago) link
First, they came for our silencers ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:26 (eight years ago) link
It reminds me of the argument for privacy rights: it's not about why they're (silencers, assault rifles, etc) needed, it's about the government not meddling in individuals' lives, even in the face of safety or security concerns.
I have relatives who buy guns COMPLETELY as an expression of the freedom to do so. They never even look at them (but they do talk about them) but they occasionally buy more.
― Je55e, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:30 (eight years ago) link
My brother recently bought another handgun (with a gift certificate I gave him....). I asked him why he would buy it and he said, with surprise and no irony, "Why wouldn't I buy it?" O_o
― Je55e, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link
...but I did not speak out, because I was not silent*.
*(I am a gun-hugging windbag).
― how's life, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 14:34 (eight years ago) link
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/gun-loving-florida-mom-shot-by-4-year-old-son-hours-after-bragging-he-gets-jacked-up-to-shoot
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 16:14 (eight years ago) link
If only she had a gun to defend herself from future attempted carjackings.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 16:17 (eight years ago) link
― Karl Malone, Wednesday, March 9, 2016 8:15 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
they don't really work all that well. the sound of a gun being fired is always pretty loud, even with the suppressor collecting all the gas that's vented. i think in a building interior there's still no mistaking a gun being fired. most of the benefit is protecting people's ears!
ironically in some countries guns are *required* to have suppressors, for sound-pollution reasons.
― goole, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 17:16 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZU5TGljAmw
― how's life, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
― goole, Wednesday, March 9, 2016 12:16 PM (47 minutes ago)
i get that it might be second-nature if you're from gun country but one thing i really wish is that lefties would't cede rhetorical ground by using industry-approved terms like "suppressor" or "long gun"
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 9 March 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
Dick enhancer
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link