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dkf

(37,305 posts)
1. I bet some people in the area are thinking maybe they should have a gun.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 09:33 PM
Feb 2013

Having only crazy ex-lapd officers with guns isn't any recommendation to disarming.

 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
2. His point, I think, is that his arsenal is not LAPD issued.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:02 PM
Feb 2013

He bought that stuff at the store or over the internet.

 

dkf

(37,305 posts)
3. I'm saying he is so disconnected from reality he doesn't know
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:07 PM
Feb 2013

He is making the case for the opposite.

I'm thinking that some will realize an AR-15 doesn't sound as bad an idea as it may have seemed. The guy looks pretty big too.

 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
4. Well anyone who is confused about the threat
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:48 PM
Feb 2013

has fallen into the guns-as-solution-to-guns foolishness.

If his access to guns terminated with his employment as a police officer, these crimes would not have occurred nor would this story be unfolding.

The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
10. Bows and arrows, knives, home made weapons (you can make guns at home and bombs)
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 12:13 AM
Feb 2013

I don't think McVeigh used a gun and got by pretty well killing some folks.

People have been murdering each other since before cain and abel.

He couldn't have gotten away if we didn't allow people other than cops to have cars that can go over 35mph.

And I see the cops, that some worship as the only people who should own guns other than military, shot up some people today as well.

I don't buy into the whole 'all us citizens are suspects and not to be trusted' crap that folks seem to enjoy (hence tsa, etc). It is a sad day when we trust someone because of who they work for and don't trust those who work elsewhere (ie, government job= you are responsible and can have a gun/drone/etc - cause we all know the government does not kill innocent people...).

The idea is to pit us against each other by making us afraid of one another so we give more money to the powerful to lessen our rights and protect us from each other.

What percent of legal gun owners have used their guns in crimes?

 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
11. "What percent of legal gun owners have used their guns in crimes?"
Fri Feb 8, 2013, 12:27 AM
Feb 2013

You're looking at the wrong thing. People are obviously frail and capricious.

It's about the guns and the ammo.

All guns and ammo come off the assembly line as good guns and ammo.

But somewhere in the chain of commerce and in the hands of frail human beings, they go bad.

Why do you want to play such a game of chance with them?

Adopt the Japanese model.

 

dizbukhapeter

(71 posts)
6. His firing wouldn't have inhibited his ability to get firearms anyways
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:54 PM
Feb 2013

Because he was fired for "misconduct" and was not charged with any felony.

 

Loudly

(2,436 posts)
7. In a society where you can go to a store and buy guns and ammo, you're correct.
Thu Feb 7, 2013, 11:57 PM
Feb 2013

Sensible people ought to be unanimous that such is a society we must not tolerate.

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