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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« on: April 18, 2012, 12:39:25 AM »

In an NRA paradise the mother would have whipped out her own gun and shot the kidnapper and her accomplice dead before they got away.  Alas, the pediatric center probably trampled the mother's second amendment rights and would not let her carry a gun with her inside, thus leaving her vulnerable to this tragic murder/abduction.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2012, 01:27:26 AM »

In an NRA paradise the mother would have whipped out her own gun and shot the kidnapper and her accomplice dead before they got away.  Alas, the pediatric center probably trampled the mother's second amendment rights and would not let her carry a gun with her inside, thus leaving her vulnerable to this tragic murder/abduction.

That's the standard response. Except this happened outside. Since the shooting happened before the abduction, it would have to have been a Minority Report-style mind-reading operation. The problem with the idea of guns as defensive weapons is that they aren't. They're inherently offensive and designed to kill. If anyone can get shot just because they think someone else is about to shoot them, then it's open season on anyone, anywhere. After all, maybe the couple thought the mother was about to shoot the couple?

If guns are banned inside, the mother could hardly carry a gun from her car to the door, could she?  Also, the mother reportedly lived at least long enough to scream "my baby" and try to reach into the getaway car, so in the NRA paradise, while the mother would still be dead, she'd be able to do in the malfeasants before she died of her wounds.   
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2012, 09:49:49 AM »

In an NRA paradise the mother would have whipped out her own gun and shot the kidnapper and her accomplice dead before they got away.  Alas, the pediatric center probably trampled the mother's second amendment rights and would not let her carry a gun with her inside, thus leaving her vulnerable to this tragic murder/abduction.

That's the standard response. Except this happened outside. Since the shooting happened before the abduction, it would have to have been a Minority Report-style mind-reading operation. The problem with the idea of guns as defensive weapons is that they aren't. They're inherently offensive and designed to kill. If anyone can get shot just because they think someone else is about to shoot them, then it's open season on anyone, anywhere. After all, maybe the couple thought the mother was about to shoot the couple?

If guns are banned inside, the mother could hardly carry a gun from her car to the door, could she?  Also, the mother reportedly lived at least long enough to scream "my baby" and try to reach into the getaway car, so in the NRA paradise, while the mother would still be dead, she'd be able to do in the malfeasants before she died of her wounds.   

No, because she had already reached her car and she could have pulled a gun from it. Also, we don't know that she wasn't armed. Maybe she did have a concealed weapon but was too wounded to pull it out, aim and fire. Or maybe she just didn't see the point. Or maybe she was afraid she'd accidentally hit her baby, and chose to forego vengeance to reduce danger to her baby.

Anyway, in the fake NRA paradise, three people are dead, while in the actual NRA paradise, only one person is dead. I hardly see one the former is less horrific than the latter.

But in the NRA paradise, Charlton Heston gets to deliver a eulogy for the dead mother!
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