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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPink Pistols Saddened by Attack on Orlando Club
Gwendolyn Patton, First Speaker of the Pink Pistols, an international GLBT self-defense organization, warns people not to jump immediately to the assailants guns as the object of blame, but to concentrate instead on Mateens violent acts. The Pink Pistols gives condolences to all family and friends of those killed and injured at Pulse, began Patton. This is exactly the kind of heinous act that justifies our existence. At such a time of tragedy, let us not reach for the low-hanging fruit of blaming the killers guns. Let us stay focused on the fact that someone hated gay people so much they were ready to kill or injure so many. A human being did this. The human beings tools are unimportant when compared to the bleakness of that persons soul. I say again, GUNS did not do this. A human being did this, a dead human being. Our job now is not to demonize the mans tools, but to condemn his acts and work to prevent such acts in the future.
Pattons concerns are that knee-jerk gun-control efforts may make preventing future events harder rather than easier, as only the law-abiding potential victims will be affected by such laws. It is difficult, if not impossible, to foresee such an event, continues Patton, But if they cannot be prevented, then they must be stopped as fast as someone tries to start them.
Some bars and other establishments that serve alcohol are difficult to protect because many states forbid the carrying of weapons where alcohol is served, but that just as one might have a designated driver who stays sober, one might have a designated carrier with a concealed-carry permit who goes armed and does not drink. Its sad that we must consider such things, but when there are persons out there who mean us harm, we must find ways to protect ourselves within the law. Patton concludes.
Pattons concerns are that knee-jerk gun-control efforts may make preventing future events harder rather than easier, as only the law-abiding potential victims will be affected by such laws. It is difficult, if not impossible, to foresee such an event, continues Patton, But if they cannot be prevented, then they must be stopped as fast as someone tries to start them.
Some bars and other establishments that serve alcohol are difficult to protect because many states forbid the carrying of weapons where alcohol is served, but that just as one might have a designated driver who stays sober, one might have a designated carrier with a concealed-carry permit who goes armed and does not drink. Its sad that we must consider such things, but when there are persons out there who mean us harm, we must find ways to protect ourselves within the law. Patton concludes.
http://www.pinkpistols.org/2016/06/12/pink-pistols-saddened-by-attack-on-orlando-club/
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Pink Pistols Saddened by Attack on Orlando Club (Original Post)
Kang Colby
Jun 2016
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msongs
(67,394 posts)1. man uses fists to kill 50 people. many stabs 50 people to death win fork. no guns needed? nt
deathrind
(1,786 posts)2. Yes...
Pay no attention to how this ONE person was able to generate such carnage and treat each incident individually...as if there is no common denominator.
A "designated carrier"... that's the answer.