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MedicalAdmin

(4,143 posts)
17. I haven't posted on here since my husband died.
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 06:47 PM
Dec 2012

A bit of history. He ended his life working at a medical clinic and lobbying against the insurance industry. Previous to that he was a SWAT member and prior to that he was teacher. I can see that had been a teacher there he too would have stood up for those kids, no matter what just like the brave hero teachers who died protecting those kids that they could.

Teachers, as I'm sure you don't know, can't just wander off from their kids. Beyond the fact that kids at that age can't be left alone under the best circumstances, but those teachers are legally in loco parentis and are, for the time those kids are in school, basically their parents legally in terms of protecting them from danger.

Which means they cannot leave them for any reason at any time until someone else assumes in loco parentis responsibility for them.

I would like you to name ONE time when a concealed or open carry person stopped or prevented one of these tragedies.

The difference my friend is training. A john rambo wannabe doesn't have the kind of training someone like my husband had. He knew about fields of fire. He understood negotiating techniques. He never took a shot he could make 100%. He was a professional. Not a cowboy wannabe.

This post saddens me in the level of ignorance demonstrated.

LeeAnn.

I'm scared to watch! tblue Dec 2012 #1
Excellent Post. Let's not forget that even in Semi-Auto mode they are still an assault weapon. Hoyt Dec 2012 #2
That's backwards. Once the string makes it full auto, it's no longer an assault weapon Recursion Dec 2012 #29
That is a machine gun and I hope someone has referred this video to the BATFE. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #3
Also, that particular AR was made after 1986, so..yeah. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #6
I'd have to argue regarding the "can't hit shit" . . . ET Awful Dec 2012 #9
Have you ever tried it with anything larger than a submachine gun? AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #18
Having spent 10 years in the Infantry and having had extensive MOUT training ET Awful Dec 2012 #22
If you've fired an M-16 on full auto AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #26
Once again, you're ignoring range. ET Awful Dec 2012 #28
wish you were right. daybranch Dec 2012 #25
That was a long time ago. AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #27
Beginning with the M16A2 (issues in the 90's for the first time), there is no full auto on the M16. ET Awful Dec 2012 #30
I agree. 4bucksagallon Dec 2012 #31
wish you were right. daybranch Dec 2012 #32
all guns are assault weapons - "In law, assault is a crime that involves causing a victim msongs Dec 2012 #4
I'm not sure if that will work or not. JoeyT Dec 2012 #5
I think you are missing the point on all counts. Schema Thing Dec 2012 #7
I'm in complete agreement with your words here... sanatanadharma Dec 2012 #12
It's bizarre how SO MANY people just don't comprehend how such weapons ... TahitiNut Dec 2012 #8
your caveat is a sad irony: if more of those guys talked, there would be fewer wars yurbud Dec 2012 #11
Interesting... MikeGreg Dec 2012 #13
I haven't posted on here since my husband died. MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #17
"Account status: Posting privileges revoked" TahitiNut Dec 2012 #21
We aren't talking about "combat conditions", we're talking about hitting as many targets as possible ET Awful Dec 2012 #23
The label "assault" is a reference to military use. TahitiNut Dec 2012 #34
Guns are not the problem MikeGreg Dec 2012 #10
For crying out loud. secondvariety Dec 2012 #16
I'm pretty sure guns had something to do with it. MedicalAdmin Dec 2012 #19
Guns. Are. The. Problem! RC Dec 2012 #20
Or good people like . . . Nancy Lanza? ET Awful Dec 2012 #24
It must be blissful going through life with a Bumper Sticker IQ. TahitiNut Dec 2012 #35
Any gun that can be converted to full auto by a rubber ban... sanatanadharma Dec 2012 #14
Guns Are The Main Problem Forrestted Dec 2012 #15
automatic frankroberts Dec 2012 #33
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