Comments on: On the “If everyone had a gun, we’d all be safer” claim

By: jim

jim — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:28:41 +0000

Yes, yes it was. Definitely classier than Plymouth City and AMC City.

Speaking of classy, when I was a kid there was a car dealership around here that sold Dodges. It was a cheesy building with a sort of mock stucco facade built in a squared off fashion. It was, of course, called Dodge City.

By: Warren (@waxis)

Warren (@waxis) — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:09:51 +0000

But Dodge City was so classy! The saloons! The hookers! The smears of tobacco spit everywhere!

By: jim

jim — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:55:22 +0000

That might be the argument, but if a person is going to gun down someone in broad daylight on a city street, I would expect that they have realized they’ve just purchased a one-way ticket, so to speak. I would think they pretty much expect to be apprehended and possibly killed in the process, so armed bystanders aren’t going to act as a deterrent. It’s the revenge that matters. And if they’re cautious and calculating enough to wait until the target is isolated and alone, then an armed citizenry wouldn’t help either.

All I can say is that I have no desire to live in a 21st century version of Dodge City.

By: Warren (@waxis)

Warren (@waxis) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 22:43:39 +0000

‘[S]omeone is likely to shoot this guy and possibly kill him. OK, you’ve been avenged, but you are still dead.’

…but the point, I believe, is that the possibility he’d be shot by the bystanders in the crowd will act as a deterrent, keeping him from shooting you in the first place.

By: Rachel Howells (@rachel_howells)

Rachel Howells (@rachel_howells) — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 05:16:13 +0000

The next time I have one of those infuriating encounters with gun culture mentality and its circular reasoning I am pointing to this article. It is says it perfectly.