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2015-01-11 Home Front: Culture Wars
Eugene Robinson: France attack might have been worse here, because guns
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Posted by Fred 2015-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 you can get better guns to kill people here?
better than full auto AKs?

Huh...
Posted by bigjim-CA 2015-01-11 01:11||   2015-01-11 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I was in Austin the day of the Texas Tower shootings in 1966. The Krazed Killer stopped targeting the innocent when he suddenly came under return fire. One of the locals had taken his hunting rifle down from his mantel and starting plugging away at the top of the tower. IIRC that was the first armed response to the Krazed Killer.
Sure an attack in the USA resembling the one in France might have turned out differently. Sure.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418  2015-01-11 03:28||   2015-01-11 03:28|| Front Page Top

#3 2 cops, no body armor, no SWAT dress up, service pistols and shot gun only, climbed the tower and killed Whitman. I hope they are still alive and serving as examples of how police ought to react, if not I hope they are enjoying heaven.

Whitmans brain is one of the collection at the University of Texas that went missing or was disposed of recently.
Posted by Shipman 2015-01-11 07:08||   2015-01-11 07:08|| Front Page Top

#4 One of the locals had taken his hunting rifle down from his mantel and starting plugging away at the top of the tower.

Suppressive fire will suffice until better marksmen arrive.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-11 07:12||   2015-01-11 07:12|| Front Page Top

#5 It was more than one local, they forced Whitman to take cover in a position which limited his line of sight.
Posted by Shipman 2015-01-11 07:14||   2015-01-11 07:14|| Front Page Top

#6  It was more than one local, they forced Whitman to take cover in a position which limited his line of sight. Posted by Shipman

A similar response might easily be seen in Georgia, provided enough F-150 parking spaces were readily available.
Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-11 07:21||   2015-01-11 07:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Mister Robinson has missed the point that we set aside hunting areas which are clearly marked by NO GUNS ALLOWED signs.
Posted by BrerRabbit 2015-01-11 08:26||   2015-01-11 08:26|| Front Page Top

#8 It's called intellectual gymnastics.
Posted by badanov 2015-01-11 10:31|| http://www.chriscovert.net  2015-01-11 10:31|| Front Page Top

#9 An F-150 makes its own parking space...
Posted by Steve White 2015-01-11 11:25||   2015-01-11 11:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Yay! Ice Bowl II shooters!
Posted by Shipman 2015-01-11 12:43||   2015-01-11 12:43|| Front Page Top

#11 F-150! Drink UP you bastards!
Posted by Frank G 2015-01-11 13:26||   2015-01-11 13:26|| Front Page Top

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