Comments on: Our gun fantasies

By: » For all you would-be heroes who think you’ll save the day by carrying a gun… Decrepit Old Fool

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:05:11 +0000

[...] decrepit posts on this subject include the following: Other Proposed Solutions, Our Gun Fantasies, and An armed society is a polite [...]

By: A Hermit

A Hermit — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:25:51 +0000

Not to mention what happens when 3 or 4 people whip out their “CCW” and start bravely blazing away…how do you know which one to shoot at yourself?

As I recall there was a guy with a gun at the Gabby Giffords shooting in Arizona last year; he refrained from firing at anyone, and a good thing he did. The person he thought might be the gunman wasn’t…

By: Paul Sunstone

Paul Sunstone — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:45:39 +0000

People watch a couple Dirty Harry movies and think they’re certified to handle a shoot out. I’m seeing this sort of thing all over the net.

By: decrepadmin

decrepadmin — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 03:05:11 +0000

"Paper Heroes" - I like that. Guess it's all the paper targets they've brought down since equipping themselves. Maybe they were the precursors to "Internet Tough Guy".

By: » Other proposed solutions Decrepit Old Fool

» Other proposed solutions Decrepit Old Fool — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:42:35 +0000

[...] covered “The Armed Citizen” in the previous post, but there’s no shortage of lame-brain solutions out there for the theater-shooter [...]

By: Ray M

Ray M — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:38:28 +0000

It happens after every event if this sort. Paper heroes. There *is* no arguing with them, and heaven forbid you mention how it might just be a teensy problem that all of that armament was purchased legally. It’s insane.