Is it time to talk about guns?

Yeah... Neither would the 4 or 5 people that got shot by mistake. Oops...

 

You're clearly not grasping the difference between responsible use of a firearm and wildly firing into a crowd.

 

Don't exactly remember the date or location, but a few months ago a good guy with a gun firing on a bad guy with a gun---was shot down by police.

 

"collateral damage"

 

There's an entire congregation and community in Texas that would disagree with the quote in your post.
Relying on the people who arrive to investigate and report on what happened instead of the people directly involved or in the immediate area is foolishness.

 

No. Like when the plane is in trouble because the pilot is incapacitated and 20% of the passengers have flight experience and there's no reason at all to continue to the crash site instead of the airport.

 

CDC Study: Use of Firearms for Self-Defense is ‘Important Crime Deterrent’

Studies that directly assessed the effect of actual defensive uses of guns (i.e., incidents in which a gun was ‘used’ by the crime victim in the sense of attacking or threatening an offender) have found consistently lower injury rates among gun-using crime victims compared with victims who used other self-protective strategies,” the CDC study, entitled “Priorities For Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence,” states.

The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council released the results of their research through the CDC last month. Researchers compiled data from previous studies in order to guide future research on gun violence, noting that “almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year.”

 

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CNSNews.com) – “Self-defense can be an important crime deterrent,”says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The $10 million study was commissioned by President Barack Obama as part of 23 executive orders he signed in January.

 

I finally got a carry holster for my EDC that I actually like, so much weird shit on the market these days,,, but I came across a standard issue leather holster for the 1911 at a yardsale that had its cover flap cut off.
Now all I need to do is rig up a nice thumbsnap over the hammer to make extra-sure it doesn't slip out.
Definitely feels better than having a 1911 riding loose in my pocket

Some here will be happy to know *I did not buy* the M1A scout rifle he had for $950 on the table

 

Your opinion

 

My quote is in post #1525 ,

CDC Study: Use of Firearms for Self-Defense is ‘Important Crime Deterrent’

Studies that directly assessed the effect of actual defensive uses of guns (i.e., incidents in which a gun was ‘used’ by the crime victim in the sense of attacking or threatening an offender) have found consistently lower injury rates among gun-using crime victims compared with victims who used other self-protective strategies,” the CDC study, entitled “Priorities For Research to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence,” states.

The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council released the results of their research through the CDC last month. Researchers compiled data from previous studies in order to guide future research on gun violence, noting that “almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million per year.”

 

Again, your opinion,

Agree to disagree

Again I’m done with this discussion.