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"I am sure this weapon, once found, will be traced back to some registered owner that either misplaced, lost, or was just irresponsible in storing their firearm in a secure and safe place. "
I love how they attribute the gun getting into criminals hands to the gun owners fault.
Because clearly storing your gun in your house or car and having it stolen is irresponsible.
I don't see you posting this comment at the bottom of the column. If there's a problem lemme know.
near MLK Jr. Way
Identification, sympathy and possibly idolatry with the 'criminals' and complete projection of blame. This way of thinking should be criminal.The criminals are getting the weapons as a by-product of you law abiding citizens having and disposing of them in the first place!!!!!—‘Aman RA' Seattle
I agree. And this control should be in a manner commensurate with the social level of the gang.we need more gang control.
"I am sure this weapon, once found, will be traced back to some registered owner that either misplaced, lost, or was just irresponsible in storing their firearm in a secure and safe place. "
I love how they attribute the gun getting into criminals hands to the gun owners fault.
Because clearly storing your gun in your house or car and having it stolen is irresponsible.
"I am sure this weapon, once found, will be traced back to some registered owner that either misplaced, lost, or was just irresponsible in storing their firearm in a secure and safe place. "
I do worry about selling face to face. Just because someone has a CPL and a WA driver's license it does not mean he is a good guy. They can be someone acquiring guns for the criminal trade. Probably good money in that?
Oh please. Yes, someone with a CHL and no felony record is going to be possibly a black market arms dealer? In fact, I'd bet odds that there has never been such a transaction that have ever occurred here specifically. Even without a bill of sale, etc, it would take the authorities about ten minutes to determine who sold/bought on a forum anyway.
People that don't want to wait for two hours for a gun/item at a dealer - IF they stock what you want, at a higher price, are not criminals lurking in the shadows trying to make a shady deal.
If you think that, take your gun/item you want to sell and take it to a dealer for a 75% value offer.
The people I've met FTF from the forum here are all law abiding people, not mysterious gun traffickers. Most, like me, talk your ear off for an hour. Criminals trying to acquire a gun so they can try to resell it to some thug have a tendency not to want to chat and share life stories.
As for the other item, I believe that a responsible gun owner - without legislation forcing them to do so - should have their firearms secured in a safe or a very well hidden location when they are not home. We all need to help keep guns out of criminals hands, but being paranoid about selling to a private/FTF/CHL holder is just misguided.
The poor guy in Seattle is a horrible tragedy but his only chance would have been a CHL person in range to stop the shooter (cops are never around, we know that).
No, I doubt that. The threat had stopped. We are not Batman, nor police officers (at least I am not).
Personally, if I just witnessed a murder I would probably pursue if armed to gain as much info as possible to help the police find the perp. If that could be accomplished covertly without putting bystanders/innocents in more danger. So many variables, can't say. If you pursued on foot with a gun drawn the big threat would be being mistaken for the shooter. So I'd keep distance and hope to get a description, license plate, anything. Do gooder syndrome I guess.
Could you legally shoot a person if it was in defense of another persons life?
Could you legally shoot a person if it was in defense of another persons life? I.E. you saw somebody stabbing another person? Or do we have to sit by and just try to pull him off the other person at the possibility of coming into contact with blade/blood.
Homicide is also justifiable when committed either:
(1) In the lawful defense of the slayer, or his or her husband, wife, parent, child, brother, or sister, or of any other person in his or her presence or company, when there is reasonable ground to apprehend a design on the part of the person slain to commit a felony or to do some great personal injury to the slayer or to any such person, and there is imminent danger of such design being accomplished; or
(2) In the actual resistance of an attempt to commit a felony upon the slayer, in his or her presence, or upon or in a dwelling, or other place of abode, in which he or she is.