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slackmaster

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6. Fail. The Luby's massacre was one of the reasons that Texas liberalized its concealed carry laws.
Sun Dec 23, 2012, 12:22 PM
Dec 2012
That woman COULD have been carrying, if she had wanted to, couldn't she?

No.

The shootings happened in 1991. Texas passed its "shall-issue" law in 1995.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27s_massacre#Consequences
Good people don't need or want guns.... bowens43 Dec 2012 #1
+1 etherealtruth Dec 2012 #2
Good people don't need or want guns Flashmann Dec 2012 #3
I know good people who own guns. cali Dec 2012 #8
Good people don't need or want to deprive others of their Constitutional rights. NT Llewlladdwr Dec 2012 #14
I do need them out on the farm Recursion Dec 2012 #26
Yes, and *I* should be the one tledford Dec 2012 #4
if someone is shooting their gun and you have to get yours out from a purse or holster samsingh Dec 2012 #5
Well, the shooter has a lot of people to keep his eye on. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #10
and so he's killing people until someone takes him out samsingh Dec 2012 #12
Oh, I don't disagree w/you on that. I was just pointing out that it might be possible Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #13
well then limit the magazine side and take the shooter out at reload time. samsingh Dec 2012 #15
That's how the Gifford shooter was taken down. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #17
agreed samsingh Dec 2012 #20
Fail. The Luby's massacre was one of the reasons that Texas liberalized its concealed carry laws. slackmaster Dec 2012 #6
"That woman" was Suzanna Gratia Hupp, my former State Representative ..... oldhippie Dec 2012 #19
You're Not Keeping Very Nice Company. (nt) Paladin Dec 2012 #24
A lot of bad people delude themselves into thinking they are good Generic Brad Dec 2012 #7
Right. Shootings are always a surprise. When Gaby Gifford was shot, there was a man present JDPriestly Dec 2012 #9
Yeah, that's what I think. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #11
Define 'Good'. n/t jackbenimble Dec 2012 #16
LaPierre used that word, too, I believe. I guess they mean good guys don't mass kill? Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #18
Or when 'good' crosses the line over to bad. jackbenimble Dec 2012 #30
Do they have a solid definition of "good"? jwirr Dec 2012 #21
I don't know how you'd know BEFORE the incident who is good and who is bad. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #23
It is a fantasy, nothing more. alarimer Dec 2012 #22
That woman is living in a movie script nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #25
I Say - Repeal The 2nd Amendment Now - Outlaw All Firearms cantbeserious Dec 2012 #27
Or if someone saw her with a gun and thought she was the "bad guy" madmom Dec 2012 #28
Who gets to decide who is "good?" Skidmore Dec 2012 #29
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