Gun Control & RKBA

DonP

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26. Gun control fans aren't terribly bright

Fri Dec 18, 2015, 06:22 PM

Dec 2015

Beyond these obvious "set up to fail" examples they desperately need to feel good about their choices, they tend to hang on the idea that every gun owner is a "wannabe hero", that will piss their pants if anyone ever actually points a gun at them.

It never occurs to what passes for their brains, that a lot of the people that choose to carry have been shot at before ... and shot back in the military. They aren't all the classic "Bubbas" or "Bubbettes" our friends like to show when they post their "family album pictures in GD. They know what a bullet can do to them or to others and would prefer not to go through it all again, but they like the idea of at least having that choice.

Yes, they may piss their pants, they may get shot before they can get a shot off, or they may distract a "bad guy" just long enough for a few more people to escape. What they probably wont have to do is kneel or lie there while they put the gun to the back of their head and execute you, while you whimper for mercy when there is none.

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Good guy with a gun [View all] SecularMotion Dec 2015 OP

A more serious report from ABC...same results Human101948 Dec 2015 #1

Citing as evidence an example in which people were set up to fail? beevul Dec 2015 #3

You think that you will have better results in a situation like San Bernadino and other shootings? Human101948 Dec 2015 #4

Lets just cut to the chase shall we? beevul Dec 2015 #6

You will never be in that situation... Human101948 Dec 2015 #8

Thats a non-answer answer. beevul Dec 2015 #10

I will not carry a gun based on a scenario that will never happen... Human101948 Dec 2015 #11

And nobody suggested that you should. beevul Dec 2015 #15

That's like asking if I want oygen when I wake up and find myself on the moon... Human101948 Dec 2015 #19

Yes, I do.... S_B_Jackson Dec 2015 #31

Too bad you'll never get to test those skills... Human101948 Dec 2015 #32

I hope fervently never to need those skills at anything other than a friendly competition. S_B_Jackson Dec 2015 #34

I remember that old video. ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #20

Seriously? gejohnston Dec 2015 #2

It's a humor show... Human101948 Dec 2015 #5

Let me get this strait. beevul Dec 2015 #7

More realistic than your fantasy of saving the day with or without gloves... Human101948 Dec 2015 #9

Tell me more... beevul Dec 2015 #12

Keep fantasizing! Human101948 Dec 2015 #14

If thats the best you can do... beevul Dec 2015 #16

ooooh! That hurts! Human101948 Dec 2015 #18

If you had been paying attention ... Straw Man Dec 2015 #25

no it wasn't a realistic test gejohnston Dec 2015 #27

Like the ABC experiment? Straw Man Dec 2015 #13

Oven mitts? Human101948 Dec 2015 #17

Large, poorly fitting gloves. Straw Man Dec 2015 #22

Keep telling yourself.... Human101948 Dec 2015 #23

Who knows? Straw Man Dec 2015 #24

That was a riot! Thanks for the morning humor! ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #21

Gun control fans aren't terribly bright DonP Dec 2015 #26

Dreams of glory.... Human101948 Dec 2015 #28

I'm sure your telepsychology diploma tells you everything anyway DonP Dec 2015 #29

In old-time T.V., this was called syndicated re-run. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #30

You have to ask yourself, why was this segment produced? discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2015 #33