3 Women Hospitalized After Triple Shooting at NW Dallas Hair Salon

[Mina]

did you not make the argument that more guns does not equal less crime because of the army base shooting, which was full of guns?

Places that have no guns have no shootings, by definition. Military bases have guns. That includes both those who are allowed to carry them around, and also those who simply aren't screened (most military bases, you just have the right sticker and drive on, with no controls to prevent someone packing heat).

you are now confusing preparedness for cowardice

I'm not. Preparedness is when you take steps rationally calculated to make you safer, such as when you buckle your seatbelt in the car, or wear a helmet when biking. Cowardice, by comparison, tends to make people irrational -- the same way that a coward can be so afraid of flying that he actually runs a larger risk by driving long distance. Guns are like that. For most people, in most situations, having a gun makes them statistically less safe, but for the cowardly, it gives them the same false sense of security that the person with a fear of flying gets during that cross-country drive.

 

[SmarterthanYou]

Places that have no guns have no shootings, by definition. Military bases have guns. That includes both those who are allowed to carry them around, and also those who simply aren't screened (most military bases, you just have the right sticker and drive on, with no controls to prevent someone packing heat).

worst logic ever

I'm not. Preparedness is when you take steps rationally calculated to make you safer, such as when you buckle your seatbelt in the car, or wear a helmet when biking. Cowardice, by comparison, tends to make people irrational -- the same way that a coward can be so afraid of flying that he actually runs a larger risk by driving long distance. Guns are like that. For most people, in most situations, having a gun makes them statistically less safe, but for the cowardly, it gives them the same false sense of security that the person with a fear of flying gets during that cross-country drive.

so all law enforcement agents are cowards. got it

 

[Mina]

worst logic ever

How so?

so all law enforcement agents are cowards. got it

No. As you know, that's a straw-man. I said nothing of the sort. I said "For most people, in most situations, having a gun makes them statistically less safe....." That, of course, preserves the possibility of some unusual people and situations where the opposite is true -- and that may include some police.

 

[Airstrip One]

More guns is the answer, we already got more guns than people, but appears that ain’t enough, more guns are needed, maybe the Gov’t can hand them out, be like Social Security numbers, every American gets a semi-automatic weapon when they are born

There's other countries out there, you know...

 

[Mr.Badguy]

You think this guy was worried about following the law?

He didn't have a fully automatic firearm did he?