It is my position that "gun free zones" have never prevented violence because the people who break the law by committing violence with guns are not going to be prevented from doing so by a sticker on a door. The only exception would be secured areas that require passing thru a metal detector prior to admission.
What is ridiculous...is expecting a criminal (who in most cases is already breaking the law by possessing a gun) to obey a "no guns allowed" sign on a door.
So you trust the same cops who keep shooting unarmed black people over minor traffic infractions? How about the cops in LA who fired over 40 rounds into the back of a truck carrying two unarmed women because they thought Christopher Dorner was in it? Or what about the NYPD officers who hit 3 bystanders in Times Square last year? I've got a news flash for you: cops are human, they are affected by adrenaline just like you and me, and a lot of them only qualify with their sidearms once or twice a year and are mediocre shots at best. Merely pinning a badge to their shirt and having them shoot holes in a paper target once a year doesn't automatically give them superior skills to a trained civilian.
I call it irrelevant to the point we are debating.
The only problem with your assumptions is they're based on the idea that all gun violence is premeditated.
Your logic is flawed. See above.
I'm not coming up with the scenario. A crowded, dark, smoky theater with a mad gunman on a rampage. That is an exact scenario that occurred.
You have stated in previous posts that you own a gun and have a carry permit. Does that mean that you also fantasize about "stopping crime with your macho penis equalizer?" I guess I am having a hard time understanding your bigotry against an entire class of people that you yourself are actually a member of.
I don't understand how you are calling it bigotry. Simply put, those who cry loudest about gun rights are complaining the most about the responsibility that goes with that right.
I'm calling it bigotry because he takes an entire class of people (gun owners with carry permits) and assumes that they "fantasize about stopping crime with a macho penis equalizer." The fact that he happens to be a member of that group only adds to the irony. And my experience is that the ones who cry the loudest about gun rights are the ones who want to take them away. I have no problem with the responsibility, but I get a little annoyed when people who have never held a gun in their life want to pass laws that infringe upon my rights.
Holmes used smoke bombs to cause confusion. It worked.
