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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)200. Not exactly true at the Pulse
There was an armed Security Guard at the door who did exchange fire with the gunman. I guess one good guy with a gun wasn't enough? So how many good guys with guns does it take?
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One of my wife's collaborators was murdered by a student less than a year ago.
Act_of_Reparation
Aug 2016
#209
Wouldn't forcing the professors to allow guns in their cllassroom be the epitome of a hostile work
Maraya1969
Aug 2016
#179
Does that include police officers too? Oh wait, I forget - when are we supposed to trust the cops?
jonno99
Aug 2016
#4
Exactly .... that is how I have raised my children and despite my old age (54) ....
etherealtruth
Aug 2016
#43
Ran Into An Article In Passing. Looked Like The GOP Was Considering Right To Sue.
TheMastersNemesis
Aug 2016
#94
There is a kind of innate mental illness that's clearly "tipped" when someone "needs" open carry...
villager
Aug 2016
#11
Huh? I do not want to be around someone who is carrying a gun openly or even concealed.
shadowrider
Aug 2016
#45
If I'm surrounded by guns everywhere I go in St. Louis, those ccw permit holders are violating the..
Humanist_Activist
Aug 2016
#113
"Tell me, how do you stop that?" < May I carry a weapon on my person in Idaho?
jtuck004
Aug 2016
#118
Don't be so dramatic! Here's a handy guide to help make split-second life/death decisions.
Snarkoleptic
Aug 2016
#222
I'm not afraid. The probability of being shot by a permitted or otherwise legal carrier is very low.
aikoaiko
Aug 2016
#61
Yep same for car crashes. If no one drove cars, not one would be hurt in car crashes.
aikoaiko
Aug 2016
#76
Put your money where your mouth is and give up your 18th century speech rights then.
beevul
Aug 2016
#147
Why would you think that only gun rights people will ask the high court to rule?
procon
Aug 2016
#154
Not until an actual contested ruling is accepted for consideration by scotus....
pipoman
Aug 2016
#174
First, how do you propose that an anti-gunner take to court, that which is legal?
beevul
Aug 2016
#164
As I said, not identical,but similar standards. I don't think any state requires liability insurance
aikoaiko
Aug 2016
#139
I suppose caring about others depends on your sense of kindness, benevolence, and ethics.
aikoaiko
Aug 2016
#146
No one is begging you for anything. I thought we were just conversing about a topic.
aikoaiko
Aug 2016
#153
Maybe you should talk to the kids...while a bit of fear can be a good thing, heart-pounding anxiety
jmg257
Aug 2016
#221
If I were to see one of those guys in my grocery store who's not wearing a police uniform...
Hekate
Aug 2016
#68
I live in gun crazy Texas, have a concealed carry permit but only carry concealed (I don't care for
Waldorf
Aug 2016
#171
Agree. Why should I have to trust that an open carry person won't suddenly start shooting?
Chemisse
Aug 2016
#136
I live in a rural town in NM - we have an open carry loon walking around...
alittlelark
Aug 2016
#145
If hes spent stints in prison, hes been caught doing something, which most likely makes him a PP.
beevul
Aug 2016
#177
If I'm in a store and there's a guy with a loaded AK47 on his back, I do not shop there.
Initech
Aug 2016
#158
Clinton needs to pack the SCOTUS with judges hostile to the 2nd Amendment
Grey Lemercier
Aug 2016
#159
A tax to designed restrict a Constitutionally protected right? It's been tried, and failed:
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2016
#172
put the right judges on the SCOTUS and it would pass constitutional muster
Grey Lemercier
Aug 2016
#215
Why focus on removing the 90% of legal owners - and have to fight the Constitution to do so?
jmg257
Aug 2016
#224
They are not paranoid they are agreesive anti social misfits They live to get in people's faces and
Monk06
Aug 2016
#180
I hear that second hand bullets are even worse than second hand smoke.
Binkie The Clown
Aug 2016
#182
Where I live, getting a gun is a tedious, drawn-out process including mental evaluation
DFW
Aug 2016
#185
They are cowards who cannot face the world without having the threat of violence handy at their side
baldguy
Aug 2016
#198
It's not rare for the victims. But since you're going to fixate on what is rare --
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2016
#220
The rarest of all is actually the threat of getting shot by someone who has no gun.
baldguy
Aug 2016
#236
Wow - people who are so paranoid of other people who are so paranoid of other people
jmg257
Aug 2016
#208
If I Had Children Would Not Allow Them To Play With Avid Gun Owner's Kids.
TheMastersNemesis
Aug 2016
#232