Firedawg314
Regular Member
I first want to say, I am PRO firearms and open carry. My wife... she likes the idea, but like others don't want people who are foolish to use it just because they are mad.
I was watching the local news station here in ST. Louis (channel 5 KSDK)... there where two gun related reports (both where very sad and they do need everyone prayers). First, the message was that, "Shots fired at a hospital ER room... details later on..." and "a young highschool lady has died in her livingroom from gun fire... details later on..."
What would you think? Someone who has a CCW tripped? Someone dropped a gun and it went off?
I waited for the news report at 5pm. What happen at the ER, it was over in Illionis (which bands all types of carry, no CCW etc and they call it "the land of the free"), two police officers (armed) escorted an inmate to the ER for some injuries he received in jail. Well, the inmate thought it was his chance for freedom... was able to get his hands on the officers firearm, they fought and the inmate was able to fire the gun twice. No one was hit. But the report that the gun "accidently" fired twice....yeah right. Stories like this make it seems that guns just.... "fire off". Now, I do understand that an officer may have a round in the chamber while in holstered and most carry Glocks and the "safety" is in the trigger (double trigger). But people who do not know, or even never used a firearm, wouldn't know and once again, take the word of what's being reported. Some may mentally block out the fact they where officers and focus on the idea of "no weapons such as firearms to be carried".
As for the young girl, from the report she did past away. The reported stated that she was sitting on her pourch and someone fired several shots at her way. You can even see bullet holes through the front glass window. The aunt said she came in the house saying she was shot and shortly after she died.
Once the story comes out... its more understandable... but waiting for the story causes many to wonder... what its all about or even people form their own thoughts before they hear the story. I have talked to a few people about this when I visted the local McDondals, and some comments where made that "guns should be illegal to own". And I made the comment of, if people drive and crash into other people more offten, should we make cars illegal to own? Or that more people where to commit murder in their homes, should we make owning a home illegal? As I saw...seen that people will stick with their beliefs no matter what, just because what may have happen in their past.
I just want to say, thank you all for sticking up for your rights to carry arms.
I was watching the local news station here in ST. Louis (channel 5 KSDK)... there where two gun related reports (both where very sad and they do need everyone prayers). First, the message was that, "Shots fired at a hospital ER room... details later on..." and "a young highschool lady has died in her livingroom from gun fire... details later on..."
What would you think? Someone who has a CCW tripped? Someone dropped a gun and it went off?
I waited for the news report at 5pm. What happen at the ER, it was over in Illionis (which bands all types of carry, no CCW etc and they call it "the land of the free"), two police officers (armed) escorted an inmate to the ER for some injuries he received in jail. Well, the inmate thought it was his chance for freedom... was able to get his hands on the officers firearm, they fought and the inmate was able to fire the gun twice. No one was hit. But the report that the gun "accidently" fired twice....yeah right. Stories like this make it seems that guns just.... "fire off". Now, I do understand that an officer may have a round in the chamber while in holstered and most carry Glocks and the "safety" is in the trigger (double trigger). But people who do not know, or even never used a firearm, wouldn't know and once again, take the word of what's being reported. Some may mentally block out the fact they where officers and focus on the idea of "no weapons such as firearms to be carried".
As for the young girl, from the report she did past away. The reported stated that she was sitting on her pourch and someone fired several shots at her way. You can even see bullet holes through the front glass window. The aunt said she came in the house saying she was shot and shortly after she died.
Once the story comes out... its more understandable... but waiting for the story causes many to wonder... what its all about or even people form their own thoughts before they hear the story. I have talked to a few people about this when I visted the local McDondals, and some comments where made that "guns should be illegal to own". And I made the comment of, if people drive and crash into other people more offten, should we make cars illegal to own? Or that more people where to commit murder in their homes, should we make owning a home illegal? As I saw...seen that people will stick with their beliefs no matter what, just because what may have happen in their past.
I just want to say, thank you all for sticking up for your rights to carry arms.
