Might just be the point.
What’d you think of trunp’s ideas to curb school shootings
- Thread starter jerrydecoy
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Might just be the point.
Along with NRA memberships.
I confess, it was the "left's" Knee jerk reaction to the Sandy Hook shooting that made me actually consider my view on the matter & form my own opinion. Which is substantially closer to the NRA than it was before.
I'm with you.
The more the left vilifies the NRA, the more supportive of them I become.
I live in Reno and it is pretty easy to get a gun here. Every time I hear about them wanting to take something away I end up buying a few more of the style of guns they want to get rid of...and just did again Wednesday night night.
Second thought is that my wife is a school teacher, her and I are both CCW holders. I don't think my wife is John Wayne or anything but I would prefer it if she at least had a chance. My wife's uncle did all the trick archery shots for the original Robin Hood movie and I think my wife inherited some vision and breathing skills from him. The lady can clack my steel targets with the handguns and rarely misses on my handgun range. She kills my plates at 750 yards and 300yards with the rifle. I would just rather know she could at least maybe have a chance or opportunity instead of just being a sitting duck. Most of the teachers at her school do not feel the same way as well as the Principle. We don't break the rules and she does not carry anywhere near the school. She is often ostracized for her views and that's the part that kind of sucks.
The third thing I think about with all of this is the way people who don't know much about guns think about them. I'll put my wife with her doublestack 9mm CZ shadow 2 up against any kid who just bought an AR. She is accurate as hell, on the timer can empty out the mag with zero misses on 18 shots ranging from 30 to 50 feet on multiple targets in about 10 seconds. The AR is semi auto, so is her handgun. AR holds 30, hers holds 18. She can drop a mag and reload in under a second...most unpracticed AR shooters will take at least 5. She is extremely mobile and has taken courses in Parhump Nevada on how to handle this thing clearing houses and other hostage type situations and making decisions under stress...The lady is bad *** and I would feel safer if she could carry at school. If I could pick the weapon I would prefer her to carry at school, even if she was allowed to have a safe or something would be her CZ shadow. I own a lot of the guns that are considered Assault type including some very nice AR's and I would still put the CZ in my wife's hands because of how mobile she is with a pistol, the distance she is able to maintain accuracy, and the quickness she possesses in a draw she continually practices.
I realize not all teachers are my wife and I don't expect someone who makes as little as our teachers to have to stand in front of bullets but the fact of the matter is our teachers often do anyway. If my wife is going to stand in front of somebody's child to protect them, and I am pretty sure she would because it seems to be a teachers instinct sort of thing I would love it if she had a chance to protect herself not just absorb some shots and hope our heath insurance can fix her.
My last thought is this, people who want to inflict harm will. We were in Nice last year when a truck decided to run over people. We were a little further up the street from where all hell broke loose with friends of our family having gelato. we had been in the area 20 minutes earlier. You cant stop crazy. Most of us here weather we know it or not probably have the chemicals in our garages that we use to work on our toys and have the ability to blow our homes and our neighbors homes off the foundation. Look at Timothy McVeigh, that was a very easy to get a hold of fertilizer at the time, there are many others.
Maybe we need to teach everyone to ride a snowmobile, snowbike, dirtbike or something. I value my life so much and don't take one second for granted. I feel lucky and charmed to be living this existence...And I like being able to protect it.
Second thought is that my wife is a school teacher, her and I are both CCW holders. I don't think my wife is John Wayne or anything but I would prefer it if she at least had a chance. My wife's uncle did all the trick archery shots for the original Robin Hood movie and I think my wife inherited some vision and breathing skills from him. The lady can clack my steel targets with the handguns and rarely misses on my handgun range. She kills my plates at 750 yards and 300yards with the rifle. I would just rather know she could at least maybe have a chance or opportunity instead of just being a sitting duck. Most of the teachers at her school do not feel the same way as well as the Principle. We don't break the rules and she does not carry anywhere near the school. She is often ostracized for her views and that's the part that kind of sucks.
The third thing I think about with all of this is the way people who don't know much about guns think about them. I'll put my wife with her doublestack 9mm CZ shadow 2 up against any kid who just bought an AR. She is accurate as hell, on the timer can empty out the mag with zero misses on 18 shots ranging from 30 to 50 feet on multiple targets in about 10 seconds. The AR is semi auto, so is her handgun. AR holds 30, hers holds 18. She can drop a mag and reload in under a second...most unpracticed AR shooters will take at least 5. She is extremely mobile and has taken courses in Parhump Nevada on how to handle this thing clearing houses and other hostage type situations and making decisions under stress...The lady is bad *** and I would feel safer if she could carry at school. If I could pick the weapon I would prefer her to carry at school, even if she was allowed to have a safe or something would be her CZ shadow. I own a lot of the guns that are considered Assault type including some very nice AR's and I would still put the CZ in my wife's hands because of how mobile she is with a pistol, the distance she is able to maintain accuracy, and the quickness she possesses in a draw she continually practices.
I realize not all teachers are my wife and I don't expect someone who makes as little as our teachers to have to stand in front of bullets but the fact of the matter is our teachers often do anyway. If my wife is going to stand in front of somebody's child to protect them, and I am pretty sure she would because it seems to be a teachers instinct sort of thing I would love it if she had a chance to protect herself not just absorb some shots and hope our heath insurance can fix her.
My last thought is this, people who want to inflict harm will. We were in Nice last year when a truck decided to run over people. We were a little further up the street from where all hell broke loose with friends of our family having gelato. we had been in the area 20 minutes earlier. You cant stop crazy. Most of us here weather we know it or not probably have the chemicals in our garages that we use to work on our toys and have the ability to blow our homes and our neighbors homes off the foundation. Look at Timothy McVeigh, that was a very easy to get a hold of fertilizer at the time, there are many others.
Maybe we need to teach everyone to ride a snowmobile, snowbike, dirtbike or something. I value my life so much and don't take one second for granted. I feel lucky and charmed to be living this existence...And I like being able to protect it.
If you're born a citizen of the United States, you're born with it. It doesn't mean your issued a weapon at birth, or 12 or 60, but if you want to wield a weapon, yes, it is your right. I sure ain't gonna give my 4 year old anything beyond a foam sword yet though. He can do enough damage with those for now.
BRING BACK LOONY TOONS!!!!!!!
That's the problem. Loony Toons is off the air. I loved Loony Toons. It got me out of bed on Saturday mornings at the crack of dawn. No other cartoon remotely compares. If you ask me WB is missing out on a goldmine from my generation by not releasing the entire collection on disc & via netflix/hulu/whatever. I would much rather have my kids watch hours of old Loony Toons instead of Lego Ninjago or My Little Pony.
But on the topic - I think the absurdity of the violence in Loony Toons actually helped people be able to see things a little more realistically. How many times did Bugs Bunny have an arms race from knives to nuclear in 30 seconds with Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd? Always someone with a bigger gun.
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That's the problem. Loony Toons is off the air. I loved Loony Toons. It got me out of bed on Saturday mornings at the crack of dawn. No other cartoon remotely compares. If you ask me WB is missing out on a goldmine from my generation by not releasing the entire collection on disc & via netflix/hulu/whatever. I would much rather have my kids watch hours of old Loony Toons instead of Lego Ninjago or My Little Pony.
But on the topic - I think the absurdity of the violence in Loony Toons actually helped people be able to see things a little more realistically. How many times did Bugs Bunny have an arms race from knives to nuclear in 30 seconds with Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd? Always someone with a bigger gun.
Trump... trunp... turnip?
Anybody else notice the name of this thread seems to have a typo?
Anybody else notice the name of this thread seems to have a typo?
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jerrydecoy
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Hard to believe it’s gone this far without anyone noticing!!!
I had not noticed! Old eyes and small font on iPad, I guess.
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Jaynelson
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Little different...
Car's primary purpose = transportation. Gun's primary purpose = killing stuff.
I fired approximately 1400 rounds last summer and I didn't kill a dang thing....
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Jaynelson
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Same here with a way lower #....but isn’t a gun a weapon by definition? How would you classify it?
Would totally agree that its a weapon. Along with a bow and arrow, a sling shot, a rock, a vehicle, a boomerang, etc., etc...
Its all in its master on how they are used. We can debate any one of these till the cows come home. It all boils down to the person behind the trigger, steering wheel and so fourth.
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