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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:35 am
Citizen, Judge Dread style, death penalty for texting in movie theater:
http://news.yahoo.com/man-fatally-shot-t...31950.html
Using a mobile device in a theater is certaily bad form, but not something one should die for. The shooter is reported to be a retired police officer. Shocking, right?.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Quote:but not something one should die for.
Sadly, in the US such decisions are in the hands of the gunholder.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 5:35 pm
(January 4, 2013 at 3:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Beware of complete twats with guns.
Makes them dangerous.
Precisely why citizens were given the right to bear arms.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:05 pm
(January 14, 2014 at 5:35 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: (January 4, 2013 at 3:39 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Beware of complete twats with guns.
Makes them dangerous.
Precisely why citizens were given the right to bear arms.
If the movie theater victim had been carrying, it wouldn't have made him any less dead.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:21 pm
(January 14, 2014 at 6:05 pm)cato123 Wrote: (January 14, 2014 at 5:35 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Precisely why citizens were given the right to bear arms.
If the movie theater victim had been carrying, it wouldn't have made him any less dead.
Well what makes you think tougher laws would have stopped him?
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:26 pm
(January 14, 2014 at 6:35 am)cato123 Wrote: Citizen, Judge Dread style, death penalty for texting in movie theater:
http://news.yahoo.com/man-fatally-shot-t...31950.html
Using a mobile device in a theater is certaily bad form, but not something one should die for. The shooter is reported to be a retired police officer. Shocking, right?.
Actually, it seems the tester threw his bag of popcorn at a the gunman. Who, In fear of his life, availed himself of his "stand your ground" rights.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:30 pm
(January 14, 2014 at 6:05 pm)cato123 Wrote: (January 14, 2014 at 5:35 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Precisely why citizens were given the right to bear arms.
If the movie theater victim had been carrying, it wouldn't have made him any less dead.
Maybe not but in that type of situation I'd place my bets on an armed victim having substantially better chances.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:34 pm
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(January 14, 2014 at 6:21 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Well what makes you think tougher laws would have stopped him?
I made no such claim regarding the law. I am pointing out the fact that carrying a gun does not guarantee one safety from 'twats with guns'.
(January 14, 2014 at 6:30 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: (January 14, 2014 at 6:05 pm)cato123 Wrote: If the movie theater victim had been carrying, it wouldn't have made him any less dead.
Maybe not but in that type of situation I'd place my bets on an armed victim having substantially better chances.
How? This isn't a western where both are expecting the conflict and the quickest draw wins. In most cases the person that's intent on using a gun to kill someone shoots before the other even has a chance to defend. I don't see how carrying a gun increases survival chances unless the initiator has terrible aim.
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:41 pm
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(January 14, 2014 at 6:34 pm)cato123 Wrote: How? This isn't a western where both are expecting the conflict and the quickest draw wins. In most cases the person that's intent on using a gun to kill someone shoots before the other even has a chance to defend. I don't see how carrying a gun increases survival chances unless the initiator has terrible aim.
Were there survivors? If so, who's to say one of the survivors couldn't have ended the shooting spree?
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RE: All Hail the Second Amendment
January 14, 2014 at 6:48 pm
(January 14, 2014 at 6:41 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Were there survivors? If so, who's to say one of the survivors couldn't have ended the shooting spree?
That would be a reasonable argument if this incident was a shooting spree.
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