Posted on 06/13/2014 9:21:53 AM PDT by China Clipper
Edited on 06/13/2014 9:24:49 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON -- So much for the argument that having more people armed in public places will result in fewer gun deaths.
One of the three killed recently by a Las Vegas couple, Jerad and Amanda Miller, was an armed civilian, Joseph Wilcox. Two police officers who were also killed, Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck, were ambushed while having lunch. Seated in a booth, they had no chance to defend themselves, according to witnesses.
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Two cops were also shot. Following the article's line of reasoning, armed police aren't effective either.
Kathleen Parker should STFU !
A brave man confronted a shooter ... he didn't stop to ask, "Are you alone?"
At one time, kathleen had a salient thought. But that was a long, long, long time ago.
Yet, over one case of failure she extrapolates that being armed is of no value.
Yep, and so much for our failed experiment with armed police.
Do these idiots think before making laughably stupid arguments?
-One person surprises a gunman using pepper spray. Liberal gun grabber: See? you don’t need a gun to stop a mass shooting!
Anybody with a sense of logic: would the probability go up or down of stopping the mass shooting with a gun or with pepper spray? DUH!
-Some people with guns get killed because they never see the gunman coming, 2 of them are police officers, and therefore the element of surprise is with the perpetrator, not with the police officers. Liberal gun grabber: so much for guns reducing the number of people killed!
Anybody with a lick of sense: would they be any less dead if they didn’t have guns? Woulnd’t one person with a concealed have had at least a chance to stop the shootings?
Kathleen Parker: Idiot.
“WASHINGTON — So much for the argument that having more people armed in public places will result in fewer gun deaths.”
There are no details at the site but two cops, also, presumably armed, were killed. The title draws the conclusion that it’s useless to be armed because an armed civilian was also killed. I point out this. “Chris Kyle, the author of the best-selling “American Sniper,” and Chad Littlefield, also a veteran, were gunned down Saturday afternoon on the grounds of the expansive Rough Creek Lodge and Resort in Glen Rose, Texas, southwest of Fort Worth, law enforcement officials said.”
If somebody just walks up and shoots you it doesn’t matter if you’re armed, as Kyle was (he was at the range) and that you’re a recent former Seal. Nobody can protect themselves from an assault like that. It’s the gun equivalent of “the knockout game.” If you just walk up and punch somebody with no warning chances are they’ll go down no matter how good a fighter they are.
I have my CCW and I’ll carry when and where I legally can.
Quite true, but something that is unfortunately often forgotten by those who seem to think guns are magic talismans that protect against all evil.
The big problem, of course, is that the only way having a gun prevents you from being shot is if you shoot the other guy first. Which will get you into really serious trouble unless you can prove you were justified in doing so.
In practical terms, most of the time this means an attacker will get one free shot. Which is fairly often the only shot needed.
Logic and reasoning isn’t one of the liberals’ strong points.
I guarantee the CCW slowed them down, if only for a few instants. These two were out to kill many.
One data point is CERTAINLY enough to draw such conclusions with such certainty...
...isn’t it?
/s
It’s not an argument. It’s a fact. Open carry states, and non-muslim countries with mandatory conscription policies have vastly lower rates of crime.
Robberies at gun stores during working hours are nearly zero. Robberies of liquor stores in states that ban gun ownership is stratospheric.
These guys LOOK for gun free zones, theaters with gun free policies, restaurants and malls with gun free policies.
Just another true believer with unshakable faith that government, especially American government, is a force for good.
Doesn't WALMART prohibit CCW in their stores ?
Ambush means attacked by surprise with no chance to defend yourself, armed or not...................
Can anyone manage a coherent thought or argument these days?
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