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In reply to the discussion: Gun violence targeted by doctors as a social disease [View all]Callisto32
(2,997 posts)33. It means some other people (think "active shooters") view people as targets,
and disarming everyone else via stupid "gun free zone" rules that only works on the folks NOT there to shoot the place up (kinda like how locks really only keep your friends out) and so when an active shooter type shows up, all the NOT there to shoot the place up folks become the targets.
Since gun free zones are often the places where people congregate in large-ish groups, they tend to be "target rich environments."
I thought that was perfectly clear.
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Legal gun owners do not "think they need to be able to threaten or kill anyone, anytime"
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#3
You don't like my sig line, fine. You're not the first to say that and I doubt you'll be the last.
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#5
Then I must be doing something wrong. For as many years as I've owned guns and carried
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#14
It means some other people (think "active shooters") view people as targets,
Callisto32
Aug 2012
#33
Well,,, I do think that I understand what your sig line means. And I find it offensive.
geckosfeet
Aug 2012
#42
Like most people do? Then he'll be living in a gun-free zone other than Chicago.
AnotherMcIntosh
Aug 2012
#13
I wonder how many of those Drs have guns in their own homes? Every Dr I know is a gun owner.
Tuesday Afternoon
Aug 2012
#16
Don't you know Drs. have education and are responsible? Not like the every day riff raff. n/t
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#24
Interesting analogy, but it would help if the contributors knew something about firearms.
aikoaiko
Aug 2012
#23
To add, modern day firearms don't go off "accidentally". Someone HAS to pull the trigger. n/t
shadowrider
Aug 2012
#25