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Gun Control & RKBA

Eleanors38

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5. This is a personal decision for individuals. Noting Detroit's police chief...

Reply to virginia mountainman (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 04:58 PM

Dec 2015

Recommended in August that law-abiding citizens should arm themselves because he thinks doing so has helped reduce crime. I don't know. But police response times in that city can approach times for concrete to set up.

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NY Sheriff: All Licensed Handgun Owners Should Carry Them [View all] virginia mountainman Dec 2015 OP

Love it. pablo_marmol Dec 2015 #1

Seems completely nuts to me. trusty elf Dec 2015 #2

Have you taken Active Shooter training? Straw Man Dec 2015 #10

The police in Cincinnati are saying the same thing. SamKnause Dec 2015 #3

Lots of rural areas north of NYC. Certianly around Ulster jmg257 Dec 2015 #4

People often forget that there are a lot of conservative and rural New York residents branford Dec 2015 #6

This is a personal decision for individuals. Noting Detroit's police chief... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #5

Most cops NEVER fire a gun in their whole lifetime, citizens even less.... Logical Dec 2015 #7

Said no intelligent psychologist EVER. NT pablo_marmol Dec 2015 #8

Most gun-owners never shoot at another. "Paranoids" are a concocted enemy... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #11

I have no idea what you meant. nt Logical Dec 2015 #13

BTW, this sheriff is a Democrat ... Straw Man Dec 2015 #9

Beep-beep. NARRATIVE VIOLATION! Beep-beep. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #12