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Thank you again for your responses. I'm understanding more about why you carry and E6chevron's analogy was helpful. Looking into a Google search of "wrongful shooting by police" brings up of course several stories of wrongful and semi-wrongful shootings by police. There is a common theme to them though. The people that were shot were armed.

To elaborate on E6chevron's analogy would you prefer the small spare tire your car comes with or a full size one made of steel? It's easier for police to identify violent people if they're the only ones that have them out. So, carrying a loaded gun is a lot like having the steel spare tire. It's way too much for what you need it for and it will more often set you back.

Thinking about that would having a gun make you feel safer knowing that you're more likely to get shot if both criminals and police might shoot you?
 
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>The_Liberal< said:
Thank you again for your responses. I'm understanding more about why you carry and E6chevron's analogy was helpful. Looking into a Google search of "wrongful shooting by police" brings up of course several stories of wrongful and semi-wrongful shootings by police. There is a common theme to them though. The people that were shot were armed.

To elaborate on E6chevron's analogy would you prefer the small spare tire your car comes with or a full size one made of steel? It's easier for police to identify violent people if they're the only ones that have them out. So, carrying a loaded gun is a lot like having the steel spare tire. It's way too much for what you need it for and it will more often set you back.

Thinking about that would having a gun make you feel safer knowing that you're more likely to get shot if both criminals and police might shoot you?
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Did you bring your own box of misdirection and twisted logic with you?

One, we do not LEO bash, nor allow extended or concentrated efforts to find fault with LEA/LEO.

Suggest you read and master Gun Facts (http://www.gunfacts.info/) and familiarize yourself with it if you are to be well received here.
 
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Grapeshot said:
Did you bring your own box of misdirection and twisted logic with you?
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Yes. Check out the stupidity already introduced into evidence.
In fact, could you remove it from that thread & put it in this one?

Suggest you read and master Gun Facts (http://www.gunfacts.info/) and familiarize yourself with it if you are to be well received here.
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Doug knows exactly what he's doing, what buttons he's pushing, and still doesn't care that he's breaking rules.
 
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>The_Liberal< said:
Thank you again for your responses. I'm understanding more about why you carry and E6chevron's analogy was helpful. Looking into a Google search of "wrongful shooting by police" brings up of course several stories of wrongful and semi-wrongful shootings by police. There is a common theme to them though. The people that were shot were armed.

To elaborate on E6chevron's analogy would you prefer the small spare tire your car comes with or a full size one made of steel? It's easier for police to identify violent people if they're the only ones that have them out. So, carrying a loaded gun is a lot like having the steel spare tire. It's way too much for what you need it for and it will more often set you back.

Thinking about that would having a gun make you feel safer knowing that you're more likely to get shot if both criminals and police might shoot you?
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This is a common nonsense full of logical fallacies that I hear from my well educated scientific colleagues. The want a sanitized society.
 
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MKEgal said:
Yes. Check out the stupidity already introduced into evidence.
In fact, could you remove it from that thread & put it in this one?


Doug knows exactly what he's doing, what buttons he's pushing, and still doesn't care that he's breaking rules.
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Hmmm - okay did some checking. Temporary solution - lock it.
 
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