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jpak

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41. Your gun hero hid behind a post - and did not "confront" the shooter
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 05:34 PM
Dec 2012

If he had pulled his penis extender (gun) - some other gun nut hero may have shot him.

yup

Correction... Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #1
She had a gun in a gun free zone. The gun stopped the perp. He got shot, he wasn't talked shadowrider Dec 2012 #2
A trained police officer Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #5
or NYPD gejohnston Dec 2012 #7
The real world says different. GreenStormCloud Dec 2012 #10
The training that made the difference probably wasn't shooting training. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #11
Agreed! Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #13
And yet, we do not reserve armed self-defense to the sole provence of the police. PavePusher Dec 2012 #28
Who are you defending yourself against? Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #32
Only a very few (and generally very well-to-do) people own "military-grade assault rifles". PavePusher Dec 2012 #45
I am not making technological Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #46
There are plenty of rational reasons for it, you just don't like them. PavePusher Dec 2012 #47
No, we differ in opinion on what is rational Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #48
Please cite to evidence that supports your assertion. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #18
How much training does it take to recognize a bad person and shoot them? Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #20
In close quarters Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #33
And so far, this has not been a problem. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #34
if it were New York gejohnston Dec 2012 #3
Does the training involve Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #4
have to ask a Texan gejohnston Dec 2012 #6
The closest thing I have seen Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #14
if it is the case I'm thinking of gejohnston Dec 2012 #17
Joseph Zimudie was in a Walgreens across the parking lot. PavePusher Dec 2012 #25
His own words... Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #35
Wrong. Clames Dec 2012 #8
Well, there was that incident in NY not long ago shadowrider Dec 2012 #9
Yes, police screw up all time Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #15
If you can find an example of such a situation, please post it. n/t PavePusher Dec 2012 #23
Average armed Joes make things worse all the time Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #16
If you can find evidence of a Citizen in a lawful self-defense incident "making things worse"..... PavePusher Dec 2012 #27
Ask Trayvon Martin's parents that question jpak Dec 2012 #37
As I say below, her experience was probably the big factor. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #12
I'm tired of this idea that police officers are magical unicorns. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #19
Agreed. armueller2001 Dec 2012 #21
Exactly. There are no atheists in foxholes. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #22
I'm tired of "more guns are the answer" magical bullshit jpak Dec 2012 #26
Yet nearly every time one of these shootings happens, it stops because of someone with a gun. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #31
Law enforcement - not some douchebag vigilante yahoo jpak Dec 2012 #36
I do not believe that law enforcemenet officers are some kind of magical unicorn. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #38
and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that douchebag vigilantes jpak Dec 2012 #39
Like this douchebag vigilante? Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #40
Your gun hero hid behind a post - and did not "confront" the shooter jpak Dec 2012 #41
"hid behind a post".... PavePusher Dec 2012 #42
And did exactly what you just claimed they would not do. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #44
Stop with the reality stuff already. jpak Dec 2012 #24
Just stop jehop61 Dec 2012 #29
(Checks around...) Yep, still the RKBA forum. PavePusher Dec 2012 #43
She was off-duty working as security at the theater bigbrother05 Dec 2012 #30
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