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In reply to the discussion: Please Help Me Craft A Response To A Tea Bagger [View all]LeftinOH
(5,364 posts)11. You can run away from clubs and bats (and knives). You cannot
run away from, nor "rush" an assailant who is using a gun with a high-magazine capacity. if someone comes at you with a blunt object, you might have a chance to run away or to fight back; not so with guns.
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rational? pretty subjective and flat wrong. Terminal ballistics...oh never mind. educate yourself
galileoreloaded
Jan 2013
#17
Shouldn't he just arm and protect himself with the more leathal Bat or Hammer??
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#15
Not since 2005. "Other than handguns" guns accounted for more murders than blunt objects.
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#19
Why are you arguing with idiots who will never change their minds? Waste of time. nt.
OldDem2012
Jan 2013
#27
Responding to a teabagger is like flushing your carefully crafted answer down the toilet. nt
Speck Tater
Jan 2013
#31