MSNBC posts CCW story on front page

[SSG]

It's funny...who cares if the effect on everyone carrying a gun deters crime, or whether society is better off as whole by CCW...again who cares...we aren't all in this together..this isn't a group activity...

Individuals have the right to defend themselves, and since I am not a crime fighter nor care if my CCW is a deterrent to crime in general...the ventilated punk lying on the ground that tried to jack me will know prior to assuming room temperature that his his choice to be an armed robber that day, was a bad one.

 

[MarkSBG]

My favorite quote from the survey:

Hel no! Attorney fires on gun-weilding 18 y/o would be robber and, after robber flees, shoots him twice again? Lunatics with guns. Scary.

Did you actually read the article or just make assumptions based on your own little phobia? He makes it sound like the guy ran and the CCW followed him shooting wildly...

 

[MountainBear]

"The industry constantly has to look for a way to make a guy who already owns 15 guns buy a new one."

Yeah, because most of us need an excuse to buy a new gun...

 

[MarkSBG]

No kidding!

I sent the article to my wife and here is her response (emphasis added):

Interesting article. So here are some thoughts that crossed my mind

"And they watched in dismay as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 2008 that the Second Amendment grants residents of Washington, D.C., the right to own and keep loaded handguns in their homes. " Humm, seems reasonable that those in Washigton DC would want to KEEP THEMSELVES PROTECTED from the crazies running around DC. Common sense.

"The industry constantly has to look for a way to make a guy who already owns 15 guns buy a new one." Uhh, I don't think you need to persuade a gun owner to want to buy new guns. Do you need to persuade a sewer to want to buy new fabric or a woman to want to buy more clothes? No, it in our nature to want more things.

Her words, not mine!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

I was following this on newsvine and it didn't even take a half a page before some bonehead started talking about making it so you can shoot people breaking into your car...

Technically if you're inside that car, you can in many states, and this is a good thing!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

My favorite quote from the survey:
Did you actually read the article or just make assumptions based on your own little phobia? He makes it sound like the guy ran and the CCW followed him shooting wildly...

Hoplophobia, personified!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeah, because most of us need an excuse to buy a new gun...

The voices in my head tell me when to buy another gun

 

[MarkSBG]

Hoplophobia, personified!

Awesome, but I had to look it up...

Hoplophobia from the Greek hoplon, or weapon, is defined as the "fear of firearms"[1][2][3] and as the "fear of armed citizens".[4]

I need a bumper sticker asking "Are YOU a hoplophobe?"

 

[MountainBear]

The voices in my head tell me when to buy another gun

It's okay to listen to those voices...

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Awesome, but I had to look it up...

Hoplophobia from the Greek hoplon, or weapon, is defined as the "fear of firearms"[1][2][3] and as the "fear of armed citizens".[4]

I need a bumper sticker asking "Are YOU a hoplophobe?"

I would buy one!

 

[Blitzkrieg]

It's okay to listen to those voices...

I keep telling my wife that. Good thing she's also into those bad old evil things

 

[YFZsandrider]

I thought the statement at the end by the gun activist leader was hilarious!

"Kristen Rand, legislative director for the Violence Policy Center, a gun-control group, said the movement “has to do with selling more guns.” While it was pushed by groups like the NRA, it also “dovetailed with the gun industry’s desperate need to find a new market.”

“Their efforts at reaching out to minorities and women have failed,” said Rand, whose group advocates banning all handguns and some rifles but believes sporting rifles and shotguns should remain legal. “The industry constantly has to look for a way to make a guy who already owns 15 guns buy a new one.” "

Hahaha!!!! Do they really believe that?!