Did you think to duck behind the counter?
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What kind of 7-11 doesn't have a gun behind the counter?Comment -
I would have certainly done the same thing. I work security and nobody else's property is worth my life.
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Just a 9mm. And it is in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.Comment -
This guy explains it better than I did!
Guido Merkens at 1:39 PM February 24, 2012 Elsewhere on this site is a story about California gun enthusiasts fighting for the right to publicly carry loaded firearms. That story has over 950 comments, mostly by pro-firearm folks that vehemently defend there right to bear arms, in public, no matter what the cost.
Well, gun buffs -- here's your cost. Never mind the right to carry concealed the weapons...the truth is that your narrow-minded defense of firearms is responsible for this tragedy. No good comes out of guns. I would gladly be assaulted because I don't have a gun, if it meant taking away the suffering this incident caused the girl as well as every one else involved.
I am not against responsible gun owners; I am opposed to irresponsible ones. And if doing away with the good ones gets rid of the bad ones, I think that's a fair trade.Comment -
They should make them illegal and only those with permit be allowed to carry. Yearly psychological evaluations also to ensure that person is of responsible and sane mind to carry one...This guys explains it better than I did! Guido Merkens at 1:39 PM February 24, 2012 Elsewhere on this site is a story about California gun enthusiasts fighting for the right to publicly carry loaded firearms. That story has over 950 comments, mostly by pro-firearm folks that vehemently defend there right to bear arms, in public, no matter what the cost. Well, gun buffs -- here's your cost. Never mind the right to carry concealed the weapons...the truth is that your narrow-minded defense of firearms is responsible for this tragedy. No good comes out of guns. I would gladly be assaulted because I don't have a gun, if it meant taking away the suffering this incident caused the girl as well as every one else involved. I am not against responsible gun owners; I am opposed to irresponsible ones. And if doing away with the good ones gets rid of the bad ones, I think that's a fair trade.
Do this via a firearm amnesty. Im sure alot of poor folk would hand in their firearms if it meant putting food on the table for them and their children...Then again it is USA so all commonsense when it comes to this issue goes out the window...Comment -
Man you guys are out of touch when it comes to Americans. Have you ever been here?Comment -
I'm sorry I just don't buy the argument that I need to live there to understand why your policies are flawed.
It's like saying I have to live in Ethiopia to understand there is a hunger issue there.
I agree that I would probably have you grow up where you grew up (in your house specifically) to understand why you have these misguided opinions but as far as "Needing to be American to hold the belief that I require & am entitled to carry weapons.", well, that's just the same old rhetoric we hear every day & it's still a complete load of crap.Comment -
What a fukkin goon....Hey punchy lets place a wager at pinnacle?? Whatta ya say pal?? Land of the free lol more like land of the weak and scared...
I still remember that black dude who was hiding in his trunk shooting people.....Saw how ur guns protected u there
Scared as fukk, with or without firearms...
Live in a country where guns are illegal unless u have extensive background checks, tough gun storage laws, and annual psych evaluations for permit....I mean, its commonsense but i wouldnt expect u to understand that. U say ur not from hicksville yet u act like one...Comment -
That black?
Where the **** are you from cracker?Comment -
Scared....Tell me from example provided above that im wrong??? Face it, in that situation ur guns betrayed you into a false sense of security (or insecurity as is the case with people who think like u...)
U cant shoot what u cant see, can u now?? Funny how they dont tell u that in the brochures...
Punchy, have you ever had a independent thought process??? I swear your not capable of it hey...Comment -
Face punch has every right to bear arms in this country. That is HIS choice to do so.
It is in our constitution. Living in this country, you can chose NOT to bear arms also.
If law abiding people weren't allowed to have guns, only criminals would have them.
I guarantee if you were mugged at gun point and lived, you would be packing the next
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Kelly, have had gun/loaded weapons put to my head on more than one occasion (many many years ago. All heresay).
On one occasion the trigger was pulled only for the barrel to jam. And from this i can tell you i am now even more against guns. Only the gutless amongst us need to use a gun.
Kelly, after all of this if i were scared then id get a gun but secure enough in myself to realise that the chance of falling victin to gun related crime is less than 0.1% where im from...And im sure its around 1% where ur from as well.
You and your weak excuses are a joke pal. Now go polish ur symbolic rooster and get lost in the power trip it must give you, you confused insecure person
And dont tell me what i will and wont think and stop assuming everything...Another one incapable of independent thought processing...UnrealComment -
Kelly, Kelly! That's exactly what I want. Let the dumbass' have those guns, temporarily, until we send catch them and send them to Gitmo for a decade or two, then, their bud-criminals who have them, still, can think seriously of using them with severe consequences, or giving them up and getting a job.
They would be they only citizens owning guns and would a have huge target on their backs. Yes!
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We have diverging views. Agree to disagree. I can tell you are getting twisted all out of shape.
How come you didn't mention your miracle with the gun jamming whilst pointed at your head before the lame bow and arrow story. For a guy that seems to be assaulted and threatened on a regular basis I am shocked you do not want to defend yourself. Either way, I don't feel like arguing.
Nobody will take away American's guns. We just won't let them plain and simple. Not worth getting worked up over.
I can argue all day and night why I have the right to own a gun, but it is pointless, nobody is taking them.Comment -
I did mention that gun jamming story in another thread a while back...Homemade guns is what happens when their illegal, thus less reliable...So in actuality it was the illegalisation of guns that ultimately saved me that night....
As for defending myself, what makes u think that?? Do a search if u wanna learn a thing or two...Acoochy knows how to look after himself...
Agree to Disagree= Call Sign of the guys thats run out of ammo....
And well you couldnt argue day and night about this as youve shown yourself incapable of providing an answer with a degree of insight, little known comprehensability and substance...
Now run along and be a good non-questioning drain of propoganda...Comment -
Wow coochy, no wonder you had guns pointed at your head. A little cocky are we?
I'm not a gun totter and prefer to use what god gave me to defend myself also.
It is our American right to bear arms and it's our choice NOT to.Comment -
Kelly i dont understand you. U dont pack heat yet after witnessing firt hand the social harm it does ur still for it
Yeah, i know CHOICE but im sure alot of the victims of gun violence didnt have that CHOICE as to whether they lived or died.
Yeah yeah its the user, not the gun. Just another weak excuse/justification so u can continue killing/topping each other....
Enjoy ur constitution pal. Its been the undoing of the social fabric of ur country
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Just curious cooch. What socially superior Civilization do you call home?Comment -
Looks like there should be a permit needed/psychological for some of these posters who are exercising their first amendment rights in this thread..Comment -
Just defending our rights. I used to hunt and have rifles and don't want them taken away.
I personally don't approve of the carrying of firearms, but if I was mugged or lived in an
area with a high gun related death rate, I would or find non lethal alternatives for personal
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Most other countries have seriously sub-standard speech laws. Including Canada and the UK where you can be imprisoned for saying words that others deem hateful. The strength of our first amendment is directly related to the 2nd.Comment -
What does this story have to do with gun ownership? If the kid got in a car and ran someone over would you suggest we ban cars?
This is NOT likely to occur with someone who is a responsible gun owner.
It is ILLEGAL for a 9 year old to possess a firearm.
It is ILLEGAL for a person to carry a firearm on school grounds
It is ILLEGAL to not secure your weapons in your home.
It is ILLEGAL for a FELON (which is suggestive of the mother's history) to possess a firearm.Comment -
Well Extra, if the careless gun owner had no gun, the kid would've had no gun. That scenario goes on in many homes across this nation. They are simply too handy to have and simply too easy to kill with. Accident or no accident. Are we still buds?Comment -
Abe, let's face it. you know as much about guns as you do Greg Oden's big weinerComment -
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