America's Gun Violence

Godfather.

this guy has a great idea ! more business should think about doing this.
Godfather.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/26/packing-at-lunch-restaurant-robbery-triggers-discount-for-gun-owners/?intcmp=hplnws

Gern Blansten

Godfather. said:

this guy has a great idea ! more business should think about doing this.
Godfather.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/26/packing-at-lunch-restaurant-robbery-triggers-discount-for-gun-owners/?intcmp=hplnws

I've been to this place...pretty good stuff

That being said this is a bonehead idea. He talks about protecting his employees yet he seems to advocate customers opening fire at potential robbers at the cash register? Let's hope some innocent person doesn't get in the way of that gunfire.

Stickman12

Gern Blansten said:

Godfather. said:

this guy has a great idea ! more business should think about doing this.
Godfather.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/26/packing-at-lunch-restaurant-robbery-triggers-discount-for-gun-owners/?intcmp=hplnws

I've been to this place...pretty good stuff

That being said this is a bonehead idea. He talks about protecting his employees yet he seems to advocate customers opening fire at potential robbers at the cash register? Let's hope some innocent person doesn't get in the way of that gunfire.

"I just want the criminals to wonder whether customers have a gun," Bouvier said. "I don’t want a shootout but I also don't want people coming in here thinking I have a given them leverage over my employees and customers."

I think he was advocating a deterrent for criminals so that his customers and employees dont become victims

callen

Stickman12 said:

Gern Blansten said:

Godfather. said:

this guy has a great idea ! more business should think about doing this.
Godfather.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/10/26/packing-at-lunch-restaurant-robbery-triggers-discount-for-gun-owners/?intcmp=hplnws

I've been to this place...pretty good stuff

That being said this is a bonehead idea. He talks about protecting his employees yet he seems to advocate customers opening fire at potential robbers at the cash register? Let's hope some innocent person doesn't get in the way of that gunfire.

"I just want the criminals to wonder whether customers have a gun," Bouvier said. "I don’t want a shootout but I also don't want people coming in here thinking I have a given them leverage over my employees and customers."

I think he was advocating a deterrent for criminals so that his customers and employees dont become victims

They'll still rob just have an itchy trigger finger. And to have some ignorant in experienced paranoid schmuck attempt to be Rambo?!?!?

More guns equals more deaths. Gun owners increase their chances of dying by gun due to having one.

Gern Blansten

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-boy-2-dies-after-shooting-himself-gun-police-n452826?cid=sm_fb

jnimhaoileoin

Gern Blansten said:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-boy-2-dies-after-shooting-himself-gun-police-n452826?cid=sm_fb

That father should be charged with negligence at the very least, if not involuntary manslaughter. It may sound harsh and I'm sure he's distraught but we keep thinking people will learn from incidents like this and clearly they don't!

Thirty Bills Unpaid

Gern Blansten said:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-boy-2-dies-after-shooting-himself-gun-police-n452826?cid=sm_fb

Having a gun increases the chances of having a death by a gun.

Leave a loaded handgun by your bed with toddlers in the house. Wow. Wonder how many times this guy argued against gun legislation? Wonder how many times this guy insisted that 'he shouldn't be punished for other bad gun owners' irresponsibility'?

Just brutal.

tempo_n_groove

He must of had the hammer cocked in place?

Gern Blansten

tempo_n_groove said:

He must of had the hammer cocked in place?

of course...if the gubmint came to take his weapon he needed to be ready

callen

Three months ago one of my brothers friends received his green card. Works for Fortune 500 company. As soon as he got it he went to local gun store and purchased several guns. Was happy he now had the right.

Last Thursday he learned he was being laid off. Used one of the guns to shoot himself.

Accidental shootings, stolen guns, suicides.

God BlessAmerica and God Bless our rights to own guns. Yee haw.

rgambs

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Gern Blansten said:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/georgia-boy-2-dies-after-shooting-himself-gun-police-n452826?cid=sm_fb

Having a gun increases the chances of having a death by a gun.

Leave a loaded handgun by your bed with toddlers in the house. Wow. Wonder how many times this guy argued against gun legislation? Wonder how many times this guy insisted that 'he shouldn't be punished for other bad gun owners' irresponsibility'?

Just brutal.

Bingo! Brutal and ridiculous.

rgambs

callen said:

Three months ago one of my brothers friends received his green card. Works for Fortune 500 company. As soon as he got it he went to local gun store and purchased several guns. Was happy he now had the right.

Last Thursday he learned he was being laid off. Used one of the guns to shoot himself.

Accidental shootings, stolen guns, suicides.

God BlessAmerica and God Bless our rights to own guns. Yee haw.

So sad, and very emblematic of the problem with gun culture.

tempo_n_groove

rgambs said:

callen said:

Three months ago one of my brothers friends received his green card. Works for Fortune 500 company. As soon as he got it he went to local gun store and purchased several guns. Was happy he now had the right.

Last Thursday he learned he was being laid off. Used one of the guns to shoot himself.

Accidental shootings, stolen guns, suicides.

God BlessAmerica and God Bless our rights to own guns. Yee haw.

So sad, and very emblematic of the problem with gun culture.

Permanent solution for a temporary problem.

I don't understand, I really don't.

gimmesometruth27

callen said:

Three months ago one of my brothers friends received his green card. Works for Fortune 500 company. As soon as he got it he went to local gun store and purchased several guns. Was happy he now had the right.

Last Thursday he learned he was being laid off. Used one of the guns to shoot himself.

Accidental shootings, stolen guns, suicides.

God BlessAmerica and God Bless our rights to own guns. Yee haw.

man that is sad. sorry to hear that.

also sorry that he felt that was the only alternative.

this is why they say if you have a gun in your home you are more likely to injure yourself or a family member with it.

gimmesometruth27

tempo_n_groove said:

rgambs said:

callen said:

Three months ago one of my brothers friends received his green card. Works for Fortune 500 company. As soon as he got it he went to local gun store and purchased several guns. Was happy he now had the right.

Last Thursday he learned he was being laid off. Used one of the guns to shoot himself.

Accidental shootings, stolen guns, suicides.

God BlessAmerica and God Bless our rights to own guns. Yee haw.

So sad, and very emblematic of the problem with gun culture.

Permanent solution for a temporary problem.

I don't understand, I really don't.

i don't know if you have ever been in a situation where you are that depressed or not, but trust me. in the midst of one of those lows, sometimes it seems like the only way.

tempo_n_groove

gimmesometruth27 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

rgambs said:

callen said:

Three months ago one of my brothers friends received his green card. Works for Fortune 500 company. As soon as he got it he went to local gun store and purchased several guns. Was happy he now had the right.

Last Thursday he learned he was being laid off. Used one of the guns to shoot himself.

Accidental shootings, stolen guns, suicides.

God BlessAmerica and God Bless our rights to own guns. Yee haw.

So sad, and very emblematic of the problem with gun culture.

Permanent solution for a temporary problem.

I don't understand, I really don't.

i don't know if you have ever been in a situation where you are that depressed or not, but trust me. in the midst of one of those lows, sometimes it seems like the only way.

I'm sure you have too and you're still here.

This was never a choice for me. That's why I don't understand...

Gern Blansten

https://news.vice.com/article/video-shows-bloody-shootout-between-biker-gangs-in-texas?utm_source=vicenewsfb

good thing they had guns

dudeman

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

Thirty Bills Unpaid

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

It wouldn't be the worst thing, but nobody is demanding that as far as I can tell.

Gern Blansten

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

no I would feel better if our culture didn't make us feel like we all needed guns

I would also feel better if the NRA represented gun owners instead of gun manufacturers

HughFreakingDillon

Gern Blansten said:

tempo_n_groove said:

He must of had the hammer cocked in place?

of course...if the gubmint came to take his weapon he needed to be ready

GUBMINT. LOL. I had to say that out loud to understand it. Fuck that was funny.

dudeman

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

It wouldn't be the worst thing, but nobody is demanding that as far as I can tell.

Yeah, I know that no one here was demanding it, just asking for opinions.

dudeman

Gern Blansten said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

no I would feel better if our culture didn't make us feel like we all needed guns

I would also feel better if the NRA represented gun owners instead of gun manufacturers

I agree with the first part of your post. It's quite the hole we have dug for ourselves. The changes needed won't come from new legislation either. It has to start at the individual level. People have to want to stop killing each other.

mickeyrat

dudeman said:

Gern Blansten said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

no I would feel better if our culture didn't make us feel like we all needed guns

I would also feel better if the NRA represented gun owners instead of gun manufacturers

I agree with the first part of your post. It's quite the hole we have dug for ourselves. The changes needed won't come from new legislation either. It has to start at the individual level. People have to want to stop killing each other.

True but it would greatly help if the process to procure one wasn't so easy and unaccountable (private sales)

Thirty Bills Unpaid

dudeman said:

Gern Blansten said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

no I would feel better if our culture didn't make us feel like we all needed guns

I would also feel better if the NRA represented gun owners instead of gun manufacturers

I agree with the first part of your post. It's quite the hole we have dug for ourselves. The changes needed won't come from new legislation either. It has to start at the individual level. People have to want to stop killing each other.

I agree with the second part of his post as well.

gimmesometruth27

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

i would love to see the government try it.

all these "patriots" would be locked up in their houses with their little pistols while the us army or national guard shows up with their tanks and rocket launchers. would be quite the entertainment. would also prove the point that these guns are not to protect yourself from a tyranical government, because these people are no match for what the government has.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

gimmesometruth27 said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

i would love to see the government try it.

all these "patriots" would be locked up in their houses with their little pistols while the us army or national guard shows up with their tanks and rocket launchers. would be quite the entertainment. would also prove the point that these guns are not to protect yourself from a tyranical government, because these people are no match for what the government has.

I'm starting to think the problem is Red Dawn.

Our generation saw Red Dawn and became enamored with the idea of defending themselves as a guerilla warrior.

The next generation has seen the remake and now the cycle continues.

eddiec

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

i would love to see the government try it.

all these "patriots" would be locked up in their houses with their little pistols while the us army or national guard shows up with their tanks and rocket launchers. would be quite the entertainment. would also prove the point that these guns are not to protect yourself from a tyranical government, because these people are no match for what the government has.

I'm starting to think the problem is Red Dawn.

Our generation saw Red Dawn and became enamored with the idea of defending themselves as a guerilla warrior.

The next generation has seen the remake and now the cycle continues.

Wolverines!!
It does speak some truth though. One of my good friends had a few hunting rifles that he inherited. When we were 12 we used to go over Red Dawn tactics and which gun we would choose if we were attacked.

Thirty Bills Unpaid

eddiec said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

i would love to see the government try it.

all these "patriots" would be locked up in their houses with their little pistols while the us army or national guard shows up with their tanks and rocket launchers. would be quite the entertainment. would also prove the point that these guns are not to protect yourself from a tyranical government, because these people are no match for what the government has.

I'm starting to think the problem is Red Dawn.

Our generation saw Red Dawn and became enamored with the idea of defending themselves as a guerilla warrior.

The next generation has seen the remake and now the cycle continues.

Wolverines!!
It does speak some truth though. One of my good friends had a few hunting rifles that he inherited. When we were 12 we used to go over Red Dawn tactics and which gun we would choose if we were attacked.

Damn.

I thought I was just being a smart ass!

Instead... I ended up 'Being There' Peter Sellars style: speaking wisdom unintentionally.

dudeman

gimmesometruth27 said:

dudeman said:

Would you all feel better if there was a national gun confiscation program so no one would have guns?

i would love to see the government try it.

all these "patriots" would be locked up in their houses with their little pistols while the us army or national guard shows up with their tanks and rocket launchers. would be quite the entertainment. would also prove the point that these guns are not to protect yourself from a tyranical government, because these people are no match for what the government has.

Man I hope you are joking! Do you really want to be "entertained" by watching the government slaughter civilians?