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In reply to the discussion: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree at Salt Lake grocery store [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)24. actually this is the vast majority
that is the problem I find with the "not so thrilled about gun rights" crowd. Lame arguments. Some, like this one, are based on stereotypes and scenarios that has yet to happen. The subtext is "CCW holders are too stupid to tell the good attacker from the kid at the soda fountain". Another is inane rants that calls empirical data from the FBI and ATF as "NRA talking points" while stringing together various logical fallacies and insults.
The worst, and more common in GD than here, is what amounts to hate speech.
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i'm guessing it should be "man carrying gun" unless the gun really did carry the man.
unblock
Jul 2012
#4
Glad he didn't follow advice of gun culture to shoot when pull your weapon. I give him credit, but
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#6
Conversely, I was thinking that the gun-guy could've saved the city alot of legal costs.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jul 2012
#12
There's the gun culture mentality fostered by NRA. Save a few bucks by killing him sounds
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#13
How is he wrong? Not everybody has your telepsychological skills, Hoyt.
friendly_iconoclast
Jul 2012
#19
Hmmm. And right now I am trying not to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
geckosfeet
Jul 2012
#35
So the situation ends about as good as it possibly could, and you still won't accept a gun helped?
Travis_0004
Jul 2012
#38
High Capacity assault knives that can stab 100's of times before resharpening are a real problem...
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jul 2012
#9
Obama would have done like in your signature, without need to resort to carrying a gun.
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#14
And luckily none of our hardened gun culturists were either, or guy would have been shot mulitiple
Hoyt
Jul 2012
#21
Get used to it. Anti's can say anything they want and with very few and isolated
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#32
Don't think they don't dream about any incident to push an anti-gun agenda n/t
shadowrider
Jul 2012
#34