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In reply to the discussion: NRA: If only a teacher had had a gun ... Well, asswipes, one of the teachers had SEVERAL guns ... [View all]caseymoz
(5,763 posts). . . not for the actions of a crazy fuckwad. He makes a great point: I haven't heard of any of these shootings being thwarted by a law abiding gun owner with his or her legally carried and concealed equalizer, yet. In fact, the point the OP makes is that legal gun ownership seemed to have made things considerably worse. Considerably.
It seems that with all the crimes purportedly thwarted by guns every year, and so many people owning guns, thwarting one of these never seems to happen.
And I must ask, since knives are just as good, as pro-gunners say, why the killer didn't bring his Mom's butcher block instead? And why is it the guy who tries to rob the gun store with a knife is such a funny story?
BTW, I'll bring into question another myth: it seems that for protecting our freedom against a tyrannical government, the Egyptians, the Libyans, the Tunisians and soon the Syrians have shown it doesn't take a citizenry armed to the teeth to overthrow a tyranny. Egypt, Libya and Syria were some of the worst tyrannies in the world. In fact, in Libya having so many people armed now is actually impeding the process of putting a good government in place.
What? The Founders of our nation might be wrong about something? See slavery for the precedent.