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11. How is it "apparent" he would have left at that point?

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 06:19 PM

Jan 2013

I'm not sure where you're pulling that from.

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Armed 'Good Guys' And The Realities Of Facing A Gunman [View all] jpak Jan 2013 OP

Yep. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #1

. Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #3

Don't be so Delicate bongbong Jan 2013 #18

Gee, it looks like my one and only ignoree must have responded. Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #21

Your language choices, re "Talibanners", are those used by Republicans and Freepers. TeamPooka Jan 2013 #44

Someone uses a stupid term like "gun humpers," I will use an equally Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #48

Sometimes it works out well. Silentnomore Jan 2013 #2

No he did not jpak Jan 2013 #4

We may never know, actually. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #28

Sometimes? Not good enough. Not reason enough. October Jan 2013 #5

I guess the Trolley Square shooting (SLC) doesn't count, Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #7

there's like maybe 3 examples of you can use but thousands of shootings and deaths etc TeamPooka Jan 2013 #43

Yea, and a frail elderly lady stopped Loughner without a gun. Hoyt Jan 2013 #8

And without beans. Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #9

scares ya, doesn't it.. frylock Jan 2013 #17

Why on earth would that scare me? Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #22

it scares you because it destroys a couple of gun humper arguments.. frylock Jan 2013 #25

Mostly this just shows the inanity of "black and white" arguments. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #29

Now, now...there's no call for bringing logic and common sense into an emotional debate. n/t Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #32

Sorry. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #34

So you ARE that insecure. Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #33

you got nothing, slappy.. frylock Jan 2013 #35

So gratifying... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #37

not nearly as gratifying as being lectured by a n00b frylock Jan 2013 #42

One doesn't need... Coyote_Tan Jan 2013 #46

Do you have anything to, you know, actually contribute? lapislzi Jan 2013 #39

Sure thing. Make sure you point out one of these "adults" if you see one in this thread. Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #49

And sometimes it works out like, well, Trayvon Martin. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #16

You do realize that in the link you provide, the "good guy" didn't fire a single shot? Whovian Jan 2013 #20

The PBS story on the same incident mentioned that any disruption Eleanors38 Jan 2013 #30

better read the article you posted lame54 Jan 2013 #27

I feel for the guy, but apparently gunner would have left at that point. Instead, our would be hero Hoyt Jan 2013 #6

How is it "apparent" he would have left at that point? Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #11

I have every confidence I will respond, coldly and properly to many scenarios SQUEE Jan 2013 #38

New I'd encountered you before. My can of beans works well -- has kept criminals at bay without Hoyt Jan 2013 #40

I have been here a while, also I don't "carry" in public.. SQUEE Jan 2013 #45

It's stupid to give the perp a warning FarCenter Jan 2013 #10

Pretty simple, eh? mokawanis Jan 2013 #13

No, it's complicated, but blabbering to the perp makes it more so. FarCenter Jan 2013 #14

"When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk" -Tuco Fumesucker Jan 2013 #23

"When you need to shoot, SHOOT. Don't talk." kenny blankenship Jan 2013 #12

Most folks don't have any idea War Horse Jan 2013 #15

Of course, most police officers don't have any idea what a "live situation" is like, either. Common Sense Party Jan 2013 #24

The whole "good guy" thing is a huge lie bongbong Jan 2013 #19

No one can PROVE it rjj621 Jan 2013 #36

Ah, more NRA Talking Points bongbong Jan 2013 #47

How exactly rjj621 Jan 2013 #50

Yawn bongbong Jan 2013 #51

curious clarice Jan 2013 #26

So the behavior/actions of one individual guardian Jan 2013 #31

Seems to be a fairly accepted practice rjj621 Jan 2013 #41