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In reply to the discussion: New Concealed Carry poll [View all]Bazinga
(331 posts)132. I'll admit I'm no black belt in google-fu,
but the search "concealed carry, 'drive by'" yielded zero instances of drive-by's committed by ccw permittees.
One thing about facing a mugger. If you have a gun, you still have the option of complying! However, if you have been denied the right to bear arms for your own self-defense, all you can do is comply and trust yourself to the good graces of a violent felon.
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Except that in Texas it's okay to use that concealed gun to shoot a purse snatcher in the back nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2013
#80
question. why ask this question at all? is there some new fear about individuals and CC?
galileoreloaded
Jun 2013
#8
In the end, there are more of us here who are against this plague of guns than for them
DainBramaged
Jun 2013
#14
The old "dodge and shoot" technique recommended in gungeon back before gun nuts started going, well,
Hoyt
Jun 2013
#36
not if they look anything like the guy in the blue shirt in response #233 by BainsBane!
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#249
You should have written it down clearer -- didn't say I "could" do that, I said I "did it"
Hoyt
Jun 2013
#81
Do you believe that someone who is willing to commit homicide will be deterred...
Pelican
Jun 2013
#63
Stand your ground has been evoked by white men who have killed people of color
BainsBane
Jun 2013
#194
Most gun control comes from the desire of the ruling white elites to not have armed black folk
ceonupe
Jun 2013
#160
"...Presumably the gunners would conceal their guns to go into neighborhoods like mine
Jenoch
Jun 2013
#152
I'm less concerned with the overtly bad than with the morally misguided who believe they are good.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
Jun 2013
#64
To call that claim hyperbolic would be such an understatement, I don't have an adjective for it.
Nimajneb Nilknarf
Jun 2013
#71
When someone threatens my life, it doesn't matter how much is in my wallet.
GreenStormCloud
Jun 2013
#99
Why does Houston (w/'shall-issue' CCW) have 1/2 the murder rate of 'no-issue' Chicago?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#107
That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
GreenStormCloud
Jun 2013
#101
LOL, only you and your imagination could hand-wave the facts away so creatively. *snort*
X_Digger
Jun 2013
#112
So in your fevered imagination, it's CHL holders in TX crossing the MX border to kill women?!? LOL!!
X_Digger
Jun 2013
#122
I'm laughing at your fevered imagination- that CHL holders kill undocumented women in the US..
X_Digger
Jun 2013
#129
The Chicago homicide rate for 2013 is significantly down at 34% at the end of May.
tammywammy
Jun 2013
#218
Well, good for them- their murder rate is now only about 1.5x that of Houston's.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#240
It's possible- after all, the murder rate in St. Paul fell after 'shall-issue' went into effect.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#260
Possibly their extremely high suicide rate, i.e., they're taking it out on themselves
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#257
LOL, you people always tend to add the suicide numbers in. To be misleading I assume. n-t
Logical
Jun 2013
#147
"I have seen no evidence provided by anyone." Here you are-the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports:
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#223
I did not. I demonstrated that your assertions that "CCW increases homicide" is wrong.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#239
'Shall-issue' passed in Minnesota, and the murder rate did not increase.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#259
You mean you did not have evidence at hand when you made your original claim?
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#261
You needn't bother- I've already done it, and provided links to same
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#282
You can stop pretending to look for that non-existant evidence now.
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#279
It seems to me that "calling out the troops" from Castle Bansalot didn't help.
oneshooter
Jun 2013
#143
Lol, you expecting an imminent self-delete, too? Glad I wasn't the only one. n/t
X_Digger
Jun 2013
#155
In "Concealed carry" vs "No concealed carry", CC is winning, so there's that.
Decoy of Fenris
Jun 2013
#165
Sorry, didn't see a "Lesser concealed" option. Or anyone voting for it.
Decoy of Fenris
Jun 2013
#173
I'd agree to that. Our common ground is far more common than you think, Bains.
Decoy of Fenris
Jun 2013
#181
Why don't you just delete again? It'll spare you lots of heartache. :) n/t
Decoy of Fenris
Jun 2013
#175
If I can't carry my claymore openly, why should you get to hide your gun? n/t
Scootaloo
Jun 2013
#189
I really don't know why they have such a burning desire to "prove" that they are good Dems.
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#208
Ah, now we gave it: Calling in MIRT to expunge those with whom you disagree.
Eleanors38
Jun 2013
#271
The calls went out, the trolls heeded the calls, no poll to small to sway
DainBramaged
Jun 2013
#291
"...some care about training and testing and background checks as a prerequisite."
Jenoch
Jun 2013
#266
because I believe much of the divide on guns is between urban and rural/suburban
BainsBane
Jun 2013
#269
Reminds me of the Caucasian-Canadian that purported to speak for African-Americans...
friendly_iconoclast
Jun 2013
#293