mornelithe said:
-CraZed- said:
RadiantDanceMachine said:
Having guns doesn't prevent drive-by shootings. For fuck's sake, you can't seriously be presenting such a flawed propaganda piece and expect not to be ridiculed for it. Either you're incompetent and fail to recognize what is trivially illogical, or you're baiting people such as myself into a political rant.
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No, but it prevents you from being a helpless victim. there isn't much you can do to prevent some random crazy (determined) person from attempting to harm you but preventing innocent people from being able to protect themselves ensures they have little to no chance of fighting back. Would allowing the marines in this building have prevented this senseless act of violence? Probably not, but had he chosen to get out of his car and walked insoide yeah they would have had a better chance at fighting back if armed.
That all aside you completely missed the point of the posting. These style of shootings frequently happen in places that are designated "gun-free" thus make attractive targets for murderers who know they can hurt as many people as they wish and there will be no one around to stop them until they have hurt/killed many innocent people.
I think it is you sir, who fails to recognize what is "illogical" here. Either eway you're outta here so I won't expect a reply.
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I'll just leave this here
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-believe-tsarnaev-brothers-killed-officer-for-his-gun/
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And? No one is claiming being armed makes you invincible.The idea is that in the event that someone is trying to do you harm you have a means to protect yourself. Like say in this instance...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/home-girl-12-shoots-intruder-article-1.1188229
or this one... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/georgia-mom-shoots-home-intruder-face-article-1.1234400
I could take up a whole page with these.
Your tit-for-tat reply does nothing to to further the argument for allowing innocent, law-abiding, free men/women from owning and/or carrying a firearm to protect themselves. We could probably link to many stories where people are killed (and not necessarily by a firearm) for their jewelry, their cell-phone or their sneakers... http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/24277622/2013/12/20/son-killed-over-air-jordans-now-mother-raising-awareness
The bottom line here is that the arguments against free people excercising their right to keep and bear arms is born out of unrational fear and disdain. And while you certainly cannot prevent all tragedy, you can make sure that innocent people are allowed to defend themselves and others.
