Guy exercises right to carry firearm (vid)

[thegodfather]

The disconnect is that you have bought somewhat, into the liberal propaganda that thinks armed civilians might make the situation worse. They certainly have the potential to, but statistically speaking, they are MUCH more likely to survive an encounter like that if they are armed. At least if the citizens are armed they have a CHANCE, if they are not armed they are at the haphazard mercy of the attacker, and they have NO CHANCE. I would think that this would be self evident. The problem with the left is that they purposely ignore instances where guns save lives as the exception to the rule, a rare occurence, and the liberal media does a damn fine job of filtering those stories out of mainstream media, you and I both know that to be true.

Guns do save lives, 1.5-2million times per year, thats far more people than guns kill, I'd call that a net advantage. The instances of gun violence are blown up to be media frenzy's, but they dont afford the same type of media hype to instances where a college student in Georgia kills 1 of 2 armed attackers, who openly discussed raping the women and killing all 10 people inside the apartment. The media says things like "It is a tragic situation when anyone dies, and the college kids are so lucky to be alive, and lucky that the armed men didnt take his gun from him."

No, the college kids are LUCKY that their friend was exercising his Constitutional right to keep and BEAR arms(on his person). They are alive today ONLY because of that simple fact. Had these 10 been masacred by these two animals, the Sarah Brady Campaign would have used it as an example to why we need stricter gun control.

So my major disconnect, is that I believe just about everyone in every state ought to be able to conceal&carry if they so choose and pass a very low litmus test. Barring mental illness, they should be issued the permit.

[bass]

The disconnect is that you have bought somewhat, into the liberal propaganda that thinks armed civilians might make the situation worse. They certainly have the potential to, but statistically speaking, they are MUCH more likely to survive an encounter like that if they are armed. At least if the citizens are armed they have a CHANCE, if they are not armed they are at the haphazard mercy of the attacker, and they have NO CHANCE. I would think that this would be self evident. The problem with the left is that they purposely ignore instances where guns save lives as the exception to the rule, a rare occurence, and the liberal media does a damn fine job of filtering those stories out of mainstream media, you and I both know that to be true.

Guns do save lives, 1.5-2million times per year, thats far more people than guns kill, I'd call that a net advantage. The instances of gun violence are blown up to be media frenzy's, but they dont afford the same type of media hype to instances where a college student in Georgia kills 1 of 2 armed attackers, who openly discussed raping the women and killing all 10 people inside the apartment. The media says things like "It is a tragic situation when anyone dies, and the college kids are so lucky to be alive, and lucky that the armed men didnt take his gun from him."

No, the college kids are LUCKY that their friend was exercising his Constitutional right to keep and BEAR arms(on his person). They are alive today ONLY because of that simple fact. Had these 10 been masacred by these two animals, the Sarah Brady Campaign would have used it as an example to why we need stricter gun control.

So my major disconnect, is that I believe just about everyone in every state ought to be able to conceal&carry if they so choose and pass a very low litmus test. Barring mental illness, they should be issued the permit.

I love you! you hit the nail on the head...

do you remember Florida? there were holdups on a daily basis, not just holdups, but killing the victims too. Florida did the right thing by allowing people to carry concealed weapons, once they did that, crimes went down. It works every time its tried.

What people tent to forget that its not the law abiding citizens that are dangerous, but the thugs who get their guns from the black market or steal them (which no law can stop) are the dangerous ones!