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GreenStormCloud

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48. Driving in a car means you are more likely to be injured in a car accident.

Mon Jul 15, 2013, 03:58 PM

Jul 2013

Obviously, if we don't have a gun, then there can be no gun accident. Duh.

For us, the advantages of having guns outweights the disadvantages. Just like the advantages of using a car outweight the disadvantages.

My wife has three times used a gun for self-defense, and I have pulled my .45 on a burglar. Those are over the course of our lives. We are both 67. In each of those cases we didn't need to shoot. The burglar/rapist/mugger/mugger decided to go somewhere else, in a hurry. Since we are 67, you can see that defensive gun uses are extremely rare. For me, a once-in-a-lifetime event, three times for my wife.

We are a peaceful loving couple who calmly discusses our differences so we aren't about to shoot each other.

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Do you know that GZ wasn't "on patrol" for his nonexistent Neighborhood Watch, [View all] warrior1 Jul 2013 OP

I would like to know at what point he put a bullet in the chamber. grasswire Jul 2013 #1

Going by what many in the Gungeon say, CCW folks always have a round chambered. nt Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #3

Not always... Pelican Jul 2013 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Jul 2013 #18

If you don't have a round chambered rl6214 Jul 2013 #21

I'm sure it was already chambered naaman fletcher Jul 2013 #6

My favorite is when a person cocks the hammer back on a gun they've just been pointing at someone. X_Digger Jul 2013 #36

I would like to know at what point he put a bullet in the chamber. yeoman6987 Jul 2013 #30

I actually think that would have helped the defense more than the prosecution metalbot Jul 2013 #42

He chamber a round when he loaded the gun at home. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #43

If you think you need to carry a concealed weapon in order to go to Walmart Blackford Jul 2013 #2

This. Apophis Jul 2013 #7

Ever? wercal Jul 2013 #9

CCW isn't allowed at Target . xmas74 Jul 2013 #11

Each state has different laws wercal Jul 2013 #19

Here, in WV, if there is a sign on the door that says no weapons allowed it has to be honored 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #57

Gosh, I guess Zimmerman, the wannabe cop/wannabe lawyer either didn't know or... Spazito Jul 2013 #23

Yes it is rl6214 Jul 2013 #34

If it is discovered, then it wasn't concealed was it? GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #38

The sign at the local mall says no firearms except persons authourised doc03 Jul 2013 #55

The people involved below might be alive ... Pelican Jul 2013 #10

Target bans CCW at their stores eom Blackford Jul 2013 #13

Some of the folks listed above... Pelican Jul 2013 #20

And hundreds more would probably be dead if it wasn't n/t Blackford Jul 2013 #22

Yes yes... Pelican Jul 2013 #24

Don't give me that bullshit. Blackford Jul 2013 #25

And the 10s of millions of people who have no problem every day? Pelican Jul 2013 #28

They don;t have a problem YET Blackford Jul 2013 #29

Exactly ellie Jul 2013 #50

And George Zimmerman is STILL a 'responsible gun owner' Blackford Jul 2013 #52

Christ you're bad with logic. EOTE Jul 2013 #41

Genuine statistics show otherwise. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #44

There are many other types of injuries and deaths not included in that advocacy piece. EOTE Jul 2013 #45

Responses. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #46

What do you not understand about this? EOTE Jul 2013 #47

Driving in a car means you are more likely to be injured in a car accident. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #48

People drive cars to go places. Guns are solely used for killing things. EOTE Jul 2013 #49

No they don't EOM rl6214 Jul 2013 #35

I watched a guy kick a woman's car window out pintobean Jul 2013 #12

Target bans CCW at their stores eom Blackford Jul 2013 #14

The car wasn't in the store. eom pintobean Jul 2013 #15

Parking lot still Target property EOM. Blackford Jul 2013 #16

No they don't, get your facts straight rl6214 Jul 2013 #32

Those signs are hilarious. GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #39

You said it rl6214 Jul 2013 #40

And no guns were necessary - yeah! Seems like reality worked. IdaBriggs Jul 2013 #26

I also heard warrior1 Jul 2013 #4

I doubt it can be at this point; Sanford PD did SQUAT to investigate GZ Raine1967 Jul 2013 #31

This actually helps Zimmerman in future civil rights litigation wercal Jul 2013 #5

That's already been stated by the media rl6214 Jul 2013 #17

It's hard to blame Zimmerman for the outcome of the trial. DefenseLawyer Jul 2013 #27

Is there anything a prosecution can do in such a situation? JVS Jul 2013 #37

True. And what is the point? N/T GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #33

he targeted, stalked and murdered someone for no reason Skittles Jul 2013 #51

The jury has already decided. It wasn't murder. Self-defense. N/T GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #53

LOLOL Skittles Jul 2013 #54

Yep he just saw a black kid walking by and assumed he had doc03 Jul 2013 #56