Gun Control & RKBA
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I got a kick out of this headline (reporting about the Detroit woman who was killed while dancing with a police officer):
Police: Officer's gun that killed Adaisha Miller had trigger that could be reached through holster
Really? This was some special gun with a unique trigger that could be reached through the holster? How about a more accurate headline that reports on the (lack of) functionality of his holster? I know it wouldn't fit the anti-gun agenda of the "Free Press," but at least it would sound believable.
veganlush
(2,049 posts)there's something wrong with people who worship guns like that. Guns are for sissies.
sarisataka
(20,448 posts)or do you think they should not worship guns or that they should not be armed?
and if there weren't any guns unicorns would be shitting gold coins and we could all engage in a group hug.......Sissies? WTH
mvccd1000
(1,534 posts)...I thought the bottom line was that this police officer was negligent, both by selecting a holster that did not provide adequate protection for his firearm, and then by either being drunk himself, or allowing someone else who was somewhat incapacitated to come in contact with his poor excuse for a holster.
I merely found it amusing that the freep still found a way to blame the gun, rather than the cop or the holster.
No surprise that some posters here would chime in with their agreement of the paper's position.
PS - among all the labels you may like to paste on the Detroit PD, I'm not sure "sissies" would be one that would stick.
tblue
(16,350 posts)I agree they are for people too fearful to be without one.
And I guess police should have them. But I wish possession of handguns was outlawed so police wouldn't have to use them.
Amazing the love affairs that exist for an inanimate object that threatens, maims, and murders. It's ugly.
sarisataka
(20,448 posts)would be an animate object.
Meiko
(1,076 posts)Inanimate objects don't threaten,maim or murder, people do. If I hear this argument one more time I am going to vomit.
beevul
(12,194 posts)But will you be the first to tell us all, that theres no hatred of firearms equally as irrational as any "love affair" you might characterize?
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)Chain saws, cars, kitchen knives, bricks, rock etc. Even eye lash curlers according to the TSA
Clames
(2,038 posts)But I wish possession of handguns was outlawed so police wouldn't have to use them.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Trunk Monkey
(950 posts)I wish possession of handguns was outlawed so police wouldn't have to use them.
I'm fairly certain shooting at a cop is illegal now yet it happens every day.
What makes you think outlawing possesion of a handgun would A.) stop criminals from getting them and B.) stop criminals from carrying them?
hack89
(39,179 posts)that will make life really easy for the police.
permatex
(1,299 posts)Oneka
(653 posts)But I wish possession of handguns was outlawed so police wouldn't have to use them.
We all know how well that works, in "handgun free, paradise",, Chicago..... thingy
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)You guys might be pissed at the world, but I think life would be better for a lot more folks.
But, we'll keep procrastinating biting the bullet, and they'll be 100 million more of the dang things to deal with.
how would you keep guns out of criminals hands? You really think they would obey a gun ban, you know, being criminals and all.
Life sure wouldn't be better for those that can no longer defend themselves.
How would you collect the firearms already in circulation? Would you be willing to help with confiscation, going door to door, not that it's ever going to happen in this country.
How will you stop smuggling? We can't even stop drugs from coming across the border. How are you going to stop someone with a lathe and drill press from making their own gun?
How well did you think this out?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Permatex, that's just another stonewall talking point. Might as well quit fighting HIV, cancer, Alzheimers, corporate greed, bigotry, etc., because we'll never cure/stop it all.
permatex
(1,299 posts)Quit your lying about what I say.
Are you going to answer the questions posed to you or not?
I and others here would love to hear how you would enforce a ban on guns.
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Callisto32
(2,997 posts)Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)oneshooter
(8,614 posts)From a one time drive by poster.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)my good eye
Oneka
(653 posts)believe that "mock" and "ridicule" are teh win , for posters like this one.
NewMoonTherian
(883 posts)The guy was a cop. Your post doesn't seem to have anything to do with the OP.
On the other hand, there is something wrong with people who revile guns so much that they have to butcher a headline to make it seem the gun was defective, when that isn't the case at all.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)if someone tried to take it away I would try to stop them.
If someone routinely spread false truths about cars (they're more likely to kill you than to get you anywhere) I would counter those lies.
I wouldn't say I "worship" cars though.
rl6214
(8,142 posts)Did I say that loud enough for you?
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Did you read the OP or did you just feel like saying something stupid?
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)...is it truely bliss?
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)No one "worships guns." Please save your hand-wringing hyperbole for someone who buys it.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)like they have in the movies.
shadowrider
(4,941 posts)PavePusher
(15,374 posts)you'll get Hoyt all lathered up and hell-bent for...
Yeah.