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| Eugene Robinson: France attack might have been worse here, because guns |
| 2015-01-11 |
[HOTAIR] Just to keep it in perspective, I dont think we should imagine that the conditions and the threat are exactly the same in the United States as they are in France,he said. They are different. Good point, that. Not the same= Different. I think it was a Muppet that originally told me that, but it could have been my Mom. In fact, one thing that is different here is weapons are universally available and so, uh, it is actually a very good thing that-- that-- that the tensions are not exactly the same because we would expect to have a lot more of that sort of carnage here. We could expect maybe to see the turbans stretched out in pools of blood instead of their intended victims. If their victims happened to be unarmed then we might expect to see the local citizenry taking potshots at the Heroes of Islam as they were bravely making their getaways. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 F-150! Drink UP you bastards! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-01-11 13:26 |
| #10 Yay! Ice Bowl II shooters! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-11 12:43 |
| #9 An F-150 makes its own parking space... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-01-11 11:25 |
| #8 It's called intellectual gymnastics. |
| Posted by: badanov 2015-01-11 10:31 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #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 |