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Jeff In Milwaukee

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23. Ummm...

Mon Jul 30, 2012, 12:42 PM

Jul 2012

You have a funny definition for "preventing" a mass shooting, as two people were already dead and seven were wounded.

The fact that Woodham was allegedly intending to shoot up another school is pretty much irrelevant. He might have been apprehended by law enforcement en route or he might have simply dropped his plans when he found the other school was locked down following the earlier incident.

Sorry. You can't say that the shooting was "thwarted" when the shooter was miles away from the target.

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Actually, the massacres that are prevented because a bystander had a gun Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #1

I'm sure that's a good point... Blanks Jul 2012 #3

And as a result, he was convicted of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree. baldguy Jul 2012 #50

The Technical Term For That, Sir, Is Bullshit The Magistrate Jul 2012 #4

You know why the Earth has never been invaded by aliens? Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #8

I thought it was because they couldn't detect any intelligent life forms. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #10

Just a bunch of armed Yahoos chewing 'baco and spittin' Coyotl Jul 2012 #67

Duzy! n/t kurtzapril4 Jul 2012 #19

I've got a rock that saves me from tiger attacks. harmonicon Jul 2012 #33

You're welcome rock Jul 2012 #37

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Very rarely n/t rock Jul 2012 #48

LOL! lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #49

I just burst out laughing LadyHawkAZ Jul 2012 #63

why aren't you up there right now?... lame54 Jul 2012 #51

I can't thank you enough. Blanks Jul 2012 #56

Well if you must, just don't drop anything k? chknltl Jul 2012 #57

Skip the shotgun and coffee; it's the Pringles that are scaring them off. gkhouston Jul 2012 #60

Crunchy cheetos here. geckosfeet Jul 2012 #64

And don't forget that Viet Nam never invaded Texas while the shrub was AWOL. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #69

Well, true enough, but you might remember that Reagan hinted that whathehell Aug 2012 #76

Yeah, and Grenada had "Cuban military-trained workers" at the airport. HopeHoops Aug 2012 #80

Exactly...wish I could rec your post joeybee12 Jul 2012 #9

I beg to differ ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #14

If you read those stories that the NRA point to.. paparush Jul 2012 #17

They have the element of surprise. alfredo Jul 2012 #40

Tyler Texas Courthouse shooting. AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #59

I remember that case... DaDeacon Aug 2012 #78

Your memory is faulty. AtheistCrusader Aug 2012 #79

No. If that ever happened the NRA would not let us forget ... Auggie Jul 2012 #5

LOL! Capt. Obvious Jul 2012 #6

so how about Garion_55 Jul 2012 #7

Bruce Willis does it all the time. alfredo Jul 2012 #43

Name one. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #16

OK. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #18

Ummm... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Jul 2012 #24

Preventing means stoping it from occuring nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #32

It would not really be in the service of CPL holders, if some of us started killing AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #61

I wish that Holmes would have been stopped after shooting only one or two people (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #70

I'm really tired of this meme. It's BS. Daemonaquila Jul 2012 #21

in your first example, the gunman was tackled not shot or threatened to be shot yurbud Jul 2012 #26

Pearl, Mississippi was stopped by someone with a gun yurbud Jul 2012 #27

In your third link, the shooter was pursued by armed bystander AFTER he was done yurbud Jul 2012 #29

He was stopped retroactively nxylas Jul 2012 #65

First example he was detained in a classic hot stop nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #31

Jeanne Assam who had a carry permit and was acting as a volunteer security guard at a church ... spin Jul 2012 #34

Sorry, but she was a former police officer nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #35

I agree that her experience was a positive factor ... spin Jul 2012 #38

INHO we need gun laws nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #42

I definitely agree that training is a prime factor ... spin Jul 2012 #46

Thanks. I think guns should be licensed and registered just like cars are, Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #47

Based on my experience Mopar151 Jul 2012 #53

The reason that we may have observed a difference ... spin Jul 2012 #55

Isn't that a critical difference? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #71

OK, lets look at Florida ... spin Aug 2012 #72

Thank you for proving my point regarding Florida and CCW nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #73

The Zimmerman case is strange ... spin Aug 2012 #74

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I can deal with a hurricane or a severe tropical storm ... spin Aug 2012 #77

Every time a CCW permittee shoots a gun-waving idiot at a convenience store... krispos42 Jul 2012 #52

Care to list all these instances? Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2012 #66

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If Sudafed is criminalized, only criminals will have Sudafed. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author bupkus Jul 2012 #28

...cold dead meth lab. yurbud Jul 2012 #44

"well--maybe next massacre" NJCher Jul 2012 #12

Ah he puts another quarter in the one armed bandit, he says "Well, maybe next time." alfredo Jul 2012 #41

Huge K and R nt Vanje Jul 2012 #13

LOVE that, especially the last frame. Zoeisright Jul 2012 #15

One shooting spree WAS stopped by bystanders, the Colin Ferguson subway shooting yurbud Jul 2012 #20

that is so good. barbtries Jul 2012 #22

bystanders even stopped a TERRORIST attack on a plane! yurbud Jul 2012 #25

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T.P. bongbong Jul 2012 #36

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Fifty Gun Massacres in Three Decades SoDesuKa Jul 2012 #58

''....fifty gun massacres in three decades...'' DeSwiss Jul 2012 #62

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