The Truth About Guns

Townhall.com ^ | August 4, 2012 | John C. Goodman

[stuartcr]

Yes, but that doesn’t mean no one was actually carrying, right? After all, they are concealed weapons. I don’t remember any mention of the authorities checking or verifying that no one in the theater did or did not have a concealed weapon on them.

[ops33]

You may be right. But if I was trapped in the theatre with someone shooting I would give anything if one of the patrons was armed.

[chaosagent]

... I can see having one around in the car or truck....but this idea of carrying one on my person twelve hours a day? I just can’t see that.

And how would you have felt in the movie theater with your wife and kids, knowing your gun is in the car.

Probably like the doctor who watched her parents killed in the Luby’s in Killeen, TX, knowing she left hers in the car.

[TomMix]

When I wrote: The Colorado movie theater had postings prohibiting legal guns. 6 of the last 7 mass shootings in the US were in gun free zones.

I was trying to make the point that Gun Free Postings are dangerous. Mass killers are attracted to places that are posted gun free. That's where they go to shoot up people.

When's the last time you read of a mass shooting at a gun range or a gun show or a gun store?

I'm being serious here. The display of "Gun Free Area" posters attracts mass shooters.

[William Tell]

pepsionice said: "....but this idea of carrying one on my person twelve hours a day? I just can’t see that."

There are now, I believe, millions of concealed carry permits throughout the U.S. Every once in a while you read about an unfortunate incident due to a problem carrying the firearm. Imagine how many fatal car accidents those same millions of people experience that get no media notice.

[Dan(9698)]

You know folks what I don’t understand is Arizona is one of the easiest places to carry a gun yet no one in that theater had one!!!

Maybe someone in Arizona could have stopped it, but by the time they drove to Aurora Colorado, it would have been too late.

Maybe they were on the way.

[ontap]

Hey Dan, I made this post at 8:51AM. Your post 3:18 PM. Do you really think you were the first to see it was a mistake.

[ontap]

Carrying an illegal gun if you are not a felon is a misdemeanor in most states. Caught without one in this situation can be a death sentence. I carry concealed and do not have CWP. In this situation if I were to use it no DA in Texas would dare try to charge me....I don't know about New York or other bastions of safety but what ever I would be convicted of is better than dying.

[Dan(9698)]

I should have read further down before posting.

Sorry about that.

[BlueDragon]

I must need some more coffee sorry for

mt

stupid post!!

Gotta love the typo.

In the old days around here, if someone had caught that early, they could have had fun with it. Who knows? It may have entered the local lexicon.

...And there I was. Alone, on mt.stupid. Beeber battery worn out. No more stune. I hate it when that happens...

[Yosemitest]

It ain't about "needs", it's about "rights" !

Concealed-carry should be mandatory, and the only law we need about guns is the Second Amendment.
Any other law about guns is an infringement on our rights.