tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660851966302224357.post7954116160287013297..comments2023-11-05T06:20:41.506-06:00Comments on Eccentricity: SoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660851966302224357.post-18125016548336622712007-04-18T22:52:00.000-06:002007-04-18T22:52:00.000-06:00Oops. Should have been 'need not'.Oops. Should have been 'need <I>not</I>'.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772126106416366135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660851966302224357.post-47734729463233313002007-04-18T17:13:00.000-06:002007-04-18T17:13:00.000-06:00I don't think 'everybody' should be armed, but if ...I don't think 'everybody' should be armed, but if just one 'well-regulated', trained, licensed-to-carry, armed LAW-ABIDING citizen with a sense of responsibility had been at VT that day, this tradgedy need have been anywhere near as huge as it is.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772126106416366135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660851966302224357.post-16563312471158723472007-04-16T19:24:00.000-06:002007-04-16T19:24:00.000-06:00From a law enforcement stand point, you assume the...From a law enforcement stand point, you assume the civilian with a gun is the bad guy when you respond to a "shots fired" call. You shouldn't and you are taught not to, but you do. I worked plainclothes and responding I definitely had it broadcast that there were plainclothes officers responding. Detectives get shot at and shot by other officers.<BR/><BR/>If you add true civilians with guns to the mix, it's a nightmare.<BR/><BR/>Someone house or business, I can see it, but not at a school or college.<BR/><BR/>If you own a gun, you have to practice with it regularly to be safe. You have to be able to definitely identify the target and hit only the target.<BR/><BR/>I can think of a dozen different ways of taking out a bad guy with what's available in a classroom building, even more if I can get in a cleaning closet. People were killing each other a long time before the invention of gunpowder.<BR/><BR/>The problem is that arming people isn't going to provide them with the confidence to do something.<BR/><BR/>Bryan<BR/><BR/>Why Now?<BR/><BR/>[Blogger hates me today]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com