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JohnnyRingo

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7. I pointed this out to a friend who carries.

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2019, 12:46 PM

Sep 2019

He replied that he carries a pistol for his own personal protection, not because he's the guardian of the universe. That's what police are for.

He told me not to expect him to protect me if something horrible goes down, that it's every man for himself.

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There wasn't a good guy with a gun who could stop the shooters in Texas. [View all] mac56 Sep 2019 OP

the guys with guns were shitting bricks and running, like everyone else Skittles Sep 2019 #1

The good guys with guns pintobean Sep 2019 #2

Exactly... AncientGeezer Sep 2019 #3

the police killed him Larrybanal Sep 2019 #5

whoosh pintobean Sep 2019 #6

Yeah, I think they count as good guys in this situation and did save lives. elocs Sep 2019 #14

The OP said ***STOP*** not kill the shooter after the shooter started killing people. The goal of... uponit7771 Sep 2019 #21

So, the good guys need to shoot first? pintobean Sep 2019 #25

Yep, if the bad guys show they're there to kill uponit7771 Sep 2019 #28

Good duy with gun presumably, Tx state patrol.first killed librechik Sep 2019 #4

I pointed this out to a friend who carries. JohnnyRingo Sep 2019 #7

That fits with the training I received. Hangingon Sep 2019 #16

I told him if something happens... JohnnyRingo Sep 2019 #18

That makes zero sense DVRacer Sep 2019 #8

So how come mac56 Sep 2019 #10

He opened fire while driving DVRacer Sep 2019 #13

Yes, yes, yes. That's precisely what I'm advocating. mac56 Sep 2019 #15

Doesn't change the fact that a good guy with a gun did not ***STOP*** this bad guy with a gun before uponit7771 Sep 2019 #22

Good guy with a gun is just another rw murdering lie for profit. lark Sep 2019 #9

One word repy to that stupid "good guy with a gun' crap Maeve Sep 2019 #11

Yes, guys right there with guns unable to stop carnage. Liberal In Texas Sep 2019 #17

Yup! 9 dead, 27 wounded in 32 seconds and that was with good guys with guns being there in .. Botany Sep 2019 #20

+1, and no one ***STOPPED*** the Dayton shooter before he killed people. uponit7771 Sep 2019 #23

Not surprising. What percentage of the Texas population do you think has CCW permits? hardluck Sep 2019 #12

As of July 2017 dalton99a Sep 2019 #24

Thanks for posting! I have wondered about %s of carrying population...take care. NT SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #27

There would be... if this existed: lambchopp59 Sep 2019 #19

In the UK and Australia most cops dont even have guns. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2019 #26