A bigot is a person who has a hateful attitude towards a group of people that he attributes negative traits to, typically based on bias or ignorance.
Which is exactly what you're doing towards the NRA and NRA members, of whom I and many other reasonable people are among.
What is "kill shot mentality"? I am not familiar with this term. You are aware that ALL cops in all departments are taught to shoot for center of mass and keep shooting until the subject is down, in the event shooting is required? And that this is frequently fatal? And that cops are specifically taught NOT to "shoot to wound" as this is an unrealistic effort likely to fail or result in a miss that might harm a bystander?
Why is a college campus an insane place to carry? Are there mass shootings there? This bowl-cut freak in Charleston originally planned to attack a college. A college campus is filled with adults, and with concealed carry the gun is not visible and most will never know. With bars, if the individual isn't drinking or otherwise impaired (at which point he should not be carrying anyway), why shouldn't he be able to protect himself?
Im a history fan and a gun enthusiast, can you explain precisely why there will never be a gun ban? I have no doubt Wal Mart has made money but it was politicians who did that-not wal mart.
The kook could have gotten a gun, built a bomb, or whatever else to accomplish his goal, lets stop trying to legislate based on the actions of an insane person.
The ammo was not banned-thanks to public outcry, but the attempt was made. I have several guns that will penetrate metal and bullet proof vests, most hunting rifles will. Our cops are already come up against it-when criminals break the law.
Law abiding citizens can already own machine guns. And they are almost never used in crime because they are owned by law abiding citizens.
Guns don't belong in learning environments. I work in several colleges and the maturity level is just not there. On large University campuses...you are talking about people who are 18-23 years old. Combine alcohol and recreational drugs...this could be a disaster. Why tempt fate?
Excellent point. The vast majority of mass murders occur in "gun free zones", such as most schools and college campi are.
Meh. I knew people, male and female, who carried at college when I was attending, even though it wasn't strictly legal.
None of them ever shot anyone by accident, or in a drunken rage.
Colorado has permitted it for a while now. No incidents to my knowledge.
Said it before: if the large majority of our young adults in University are using the experience to get brain-dead drunk, take stupefying amounts of drugs, and have sex with lots of people they barely know... then something is wrong with our University situation to START with.
Guns don't belong in learning environments. I work in several colleges and the maturity level is just not there. On large University campuses...you are talking about people who are 18-23 years old. Combine alcohol and recreational drugs...this could be a disaster. Why tempt fate? Someone mentioned rape on campuses in a earlier thread...a gun is not going to do a girl any good is she is drugged from a roofie or passed out drunk. College rapes are different from violent sociopath rape...usually there is a lot of alcohol and many mixed messages. The solution to this problem is much different than adding a gun to the mix. Bars and guns are not a good idea. All it takes is a 21 year old, a gun, 3 shots of Jack and a beer...then add a girl...good decisions are not made. Plus if they are bad shots...others can get killed as well. Why can't we all go and share a few drinks in a place of fun..without worrying about who is strapped. These are not extreme requests. Our most recent cop shooting was from a douche in a bar...
Banning guns will never happen in our life time...stop worrying about it. Banning guns would turn this Nation upside down and it will not work in the US. BTW, it is impossible to purchase a machine gun now...and access is scarce. They are legal under a specific code of transferability. One would need a few bucks to purchase one of those.
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Meh. I knew people, male and female, who carried at college when I was attending, even though it wasn't strictly legal.
None of them ever shot anyone by accident, or in a drunken rage.
Colorado has permitted it for a while now. No incidents to my knowledge.
Said it before: if the large majority of our young adults in University are using the experience to get brain-dead drunk, take stupefying amounts of drugs, and have sex with lots of people they barely know... then something is wrong with our University situation to START with.
You are blanket smearing young people here. I know plenty of young nurses, are they too immature for nursing? 23 year olds fought WW2, I think they can handle a gun. And there are older students as well. I think you are picturing the sorority house from Revenge of the Nerds, in general, colleges aren't like that these days.
As for drinking, its already illegal to drink and carry, and I know 40 years olds where you could say the same.
Its not impossible to purchase machine guns, they just have to have been manufactured before 1986.
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You are blanket smearing young people here. I know plenty of young nurses, are they too immature for nursing? 23 year olds fought WW2, I think they can handle a gun. And there are older students as well. I think you are picturing the sorority house from Revenge of the Nerds, in general, colleges aren't like that these days.
But in reality,there are really no such things as "gun free zones" since America is not a gun free zone. Its on the verge of being an oxymoron.
Look - if some asshole opens fire in a school or church or any other so called gun free zone and somebody is packing and blows him away - the person should get a medal and a parade for heavens sake. But I do not think its too much to ask that we ask people not to bring guns in certain places.
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Do we really need an incident to happen before we acknowledge a potential threat? College now is much different then when I attended a large university and lived in a dorm. I am not sure if you remember the Michigan Murders, a serial killer who terrorized Eastern Michigan University in the late 60's. I attended in the early 80's and we had a couple of girls murdered in the woods, similar to what happened then. Never once did anyone suggest that girls should carry guns to protect themselves....we attended awareness classes and self defense..such as using the buddy system when walking around campus and a curfew was imposed for awhile. It worked.
As far as rape...we are seeing a different kind of rape...these girls are either drugged or they drank too much and perhaps sent out the wrong message. Education is needed on how to prevent these situations from happening. You can't get drunk and make out and grind against another girl all night and expect the guy to think your a saint when sitting in their lap. LOL. This doesn't make date rape right, but it can be prevented.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_murders
Thank you... I firmly agree with you that some "behavior modification" is in order for some (many?) of our university young folks... for some reason when I suggest this I get blasted as a male chauvinist pig...
But I am of the opinion that responsible 21yo+ college students with CCW should not be barred from carrying on campus. It has been done in a number of places successfully.
Thank you... I firmly agree with you that some "behavior modification" is in order for some (many?) of our university young folks... for some reason when I suggest this I get blasted as a male chauvinist pig...
But I am of the opinion that responsible 21yo+ college students with CCW should not be barred from carrying on campus. It has been done in a number of places successfully.
Well, the frat-daddies who party are a different student population, generally, than those likely to hold concealed-carry permits. :roll:
Tell it to my pastor. He packs too.
Along with most of the Deacons and several ushers and probably a few more...
You don't go to church much, do you?
Letting someone murder a bunch of your fellow church members is far more disrespectful, IMO.
Do I really even have to SAY this after what happened in Charleston? and that isn't the first time it's happened.
You are blanket smearing young people here. I know plenty of young nurses, are they too immature for nursing? 23 year olds fought WW2, I think they can handle a gun. And there are older students as well. I think you are picturing the sorority house from Revenge of the Nerds, in general, colleges aren't like that these days.
As for drinking, its already illegal to drink and carry, and I know 40 years olds where you could say the same.
Its not impossible to purchase machine guns, they just have to have been manufactured before 1986.
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you don't read much of my posts do you?
I never stated you did - I stated you ( the USA)has a gun problem.I don't see why I need to explain why I have a knife, a sword or gun like I don't see why I need to explain to someone why I have a couch, a bed, a computer, a painting, or whatever else I happen to have around the house. How is it your business what I happen to own and why do I need to explain myself to you about it? Where I keep it is my concern and if something happens it's my problem, so really, back off and stop being such a pest about it.
In August Texas will join Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin in allowing concealed-carry on campus. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/us/texas-lawmakers-approve-bill-allowing-guns-on-campus.html?_r=0
You don't know that for sure...that is quite an assumption. Frat guys are the macho type as well. Gun owners come in all shapes and sizes.
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