Loughner declined from the army, but passed a background check to buy a gun?

[skulldudes]

but it worked in deathwish!

[Hoggen]

Originally Posted by nalkin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol pulling out a gun on someone robbing you is probably a good way to get you and/or whoever you are with killed. I'd rather just give him a 20 and walk away.

Yeah. But what if he just wants to rape your cute prison butt and make you watch him skull-f your friend? You're not thinking inside the bun, Nalkin!

[nalkin]

Originally Posted by Hoggen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah. But what if he just wants to rape your cute prison butt and make you watch him skull-f your friend? You're not thinking inside the bun, Nalkin!

Well to be honest I hadn't thought about that scenario...

[Crover_CT99]

Originally Posted by Asher [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Moving to Tucson a few years ago coming from Canada was a big change politically for me and it took awhile for me to get used to the fact that many people here love to carry weapons. I still remember feeling uneasy the first time I saw a biker with a gun on his belt a couple days after I moved here.

After many conversations with people, most of which are conservatives, I learned that even crazy people have the right to defend themselves against other crazy people.

I will never understand peoples fascination with guns but it is the way things are here. Gun control will never happen. They recently removed the permit that was required to conceal a weapon.

My old boss worked around the store with a gun on his belt. Several employees brought loaded weapons into work and keep them near their computer. It is a small IT company I don't know why everyone needed to be armed.

The response you will hear from people will probably be that if more people were armed at that event it probably wouldn't have gone as bad as it did.

Moving back to my freezing cold homeland has been getting more and more tempting.

Asher

I would assume this is far from the truth in most American cities, though. I have never seen someone carrying a gun in public, and I'm from Texas.

The truth, in my opinion, is that you can have peace of mind with or without a gun. Whatever works for you. All our opinions on the subject will have little effect on someone walking up to you at random and pulling the trigger.

[Azazel]

hey I live in uk and I dont really give a shit about your gun laws if you all want to own them thats fine by me but dont pretend that that this has nothing to do with the x20+ firearm related death rate.

[Nocte]

Originally Posted by boboo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Id like a pro-gun person to respond to that one

If I was a robber and there was a 50% chance of getting shot I would rob an easier target.

[skulldudes]

let's talk about knife crime in the uk :3

[Nocte]

Originally Posted by boboo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Id like a pro-gun person to respond to that one

If I was a robber and there was a 50% chance of getting shot by my intended target or any of the people around him, I would probably choose to not rob anyone in the area.

If I was a robber and I felt that everyone around me was carrying a firearm and there was a 50% chance of getting shot, I probably wouldn't want to be a robber anymore.

[purist]

Nocte's right. Arizona is a perfect example of how his theory works in the real world. We have probably the most lax gun possession laws in the country. You can carry a concealed weapon here without a permit. You can legally bring a concealed weapon into a bar or restaurant that sell alcohol.

So, Jared Loughner knew there was a good chance someone at that rally could be strapped and he could end up getting shot by his intended targets. So instead, he went "Naaaaaaaaaaaahhh!" and totally

a) chose not to do it in an area with gun laws like that; or

b) didn't want to shoot anyone anymore

[Azazel]

let's talk about knife crime in the uk :3

no one is stopping you what your point?