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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 07:48 PM
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National Review Online Writer's disgusting Statement on shootings
Edited on Tue Apr-17-07 07:49 PM by IChing
John Derbyshire

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
"Where was the spirit of self-defense here? Setting aside the ludicrous campus ban on licensed conceals, why didn't anyone rush the guy? It's not like this was Rambo, hosing the place down with automatic weapons. He had two handguns for goodness' sake—one of them reportedly a .22."

"At the very least, count the shots and jump him reloading or changing hands. Better yet, just jump him. Handguns aren't very accurate, even at close range. I shoot mine all the time at the range, and I still can't hit squat. I doubt this guy was any better than I am. And even if hit, a .22 needs to find something important to do real damage—your chances aren't bad."

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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 07:51 PM
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1. Make John Derbyshire part of the surge in Iraq, since he has a hard on for
shooting.:evilgrin:
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 07:51 PM
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2. Keith just named him worst person in the world
Edited on Tue Apr-17-07 07:53 PM by IChing
Amazing, Keith and I think the same. I submitted this right before he said it.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 07:52 PM
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3. Oh my
Edited on Tue Apr-17-07 07:52 PM by alcibiades_mystery
I almost never use this smiley, because I'm rarely shocked by anything, but...

:wow:

I think the subtext here is pretty clear, now that the little nerdy Asian shooter has been revealed, yes? "You mean to tell me no strapping non-Macaca Virginians could take this &%$#*@ out?" That's what he's saying, really.
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Blue Fire Donating Member (588 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 07:53 PM
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4. If you're the one getting shot at
a .22 probably looks just as big as a .45!
But I thought about the same thing. Why didn't anybody rush the guy when he wasn't ready to shoot? From what I understand, he wasn't exactly big.:shrug:
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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 09:14 PM
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8. Most people freeze under stress
If he had been trying to hijack a plane, he would have been torn to pieces.

People haven't learned yet.
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ms liberty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 07:53 PM
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5. According to the reports I heard today...
It wasn't "just a .22" it was a Walther .22 semi-automatic. And the other was a Glock 9mm semi-automatic. What a dipshit asswipe.
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 08:27 PM
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6. He looks like a clueless chickenhawk.
His writings confirm it.
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Ecumenist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 09:12 PM
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7. This idiot would no doubt be wetting his pants and crying
Edited on Tue Apr-17-07 09:13 PM by Ecumenist
for his ma if someone had his rusty dusty on the business end of a gun. It's real easy to say what some shoulda, woulda, coulda done when your candy-ass is sitting behind a keyboard.
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Melynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-17-07 09:27 PM
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9. Neo-cons are all for other people being heros
Somehow, they never put themselves in position of danger. Fancy that.
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