Concealed carrier stops assault, robbery with handgun

[Deus Naturae]

http://www.wdaz.com/news/crime/3644326-passer-gun-stops-assault-robbery-downtown-fargo-monday

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[Paul Kemp]

Congrats

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

And thus gun control is officially pointless!   Write down the date and time of the historic moment pro-gunners won!

[krazen1211]

Great news!

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Competing with anecdotes is pointless.  We'll never know in most individual situations what would have happened if the gun weren't present when it is used for a good result or if it wasn't present when it is used for a bad result. (The exception being that accidental deaths or injuries obviously wouldn't have happened if there was no gun present.)  But a simple look at the statistics for the US shows that in states with lax gun laws, more people die per capita from guns, more die per capita from suicide (from all methods), and more die from domestic violence (from all methods).  If the sole basis of whether strict or lax gun laws are better is whether people are safer overall, then the evidence clearly is in favor of strict gun laws.  The only logical arguments I can see in favor of lax gun laws is a desire to keep hunting from being adversely affected (which is an argument that only affects hunting rifles) and that they somehow contribute to our liberty (which is an argument that only affects military arms).  In neither case do those arguments favor having widespread availability of handguns.

[Deus Naturae]

And thus gun control is officially pointless!   Write down the date and time of the historic moment pro-gunners won!

That makes as much sense as using random accidents in involving guns as an argument for gun control.

[King]

Oh ya? Ya.

[DrScholl]

That's more the exception and not the standard.

[Vosem]

And thus gun control is officially pointless!   Write down the date and time of the historic moment pro-gunners won!

This already took place, long ago.

[Associate Justice PiT]

And thus gun control is officially pointless!   Write down the date and time of the historic moment pro-gunners won!

That makes as much sense as using random accidents in involving guns as an argument for gun control.

     It really does, but that won't stop them from politicizing the next tragedy to come along.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Gun for everyone!

[Simfan34]

Reported for myopic and heartless post.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Gun for everyone!

Welcome to the bright side Tony!!

[Deus Naturae]

Gun for everyone!

[badgate]

Stroke of luck.

[Maistre]

Great news!

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Great news!

[The_Doctor]

Gun control hasn't been significantly enacted since the 1993 Brady law, if I recall. The 1994 midterms buried the hopes for significant control legislation (in retrospect) to the present day. There isn't probably enough support from the coastal areas to outweigh the rest of the country on gun control.

Or more accurately, urban areas are still underrepresented and rural and suburban areas probably outvote them in Congress.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

And thus gun control is officially pointless!   Write down the date and time of the historic moment pro-gunners won!

That makes as much sense as using random accidents in involving guns as an argument for gun control.

Yeah, random accidents like school shootings, mass murders, children accidentally shooting themselves after finding guns, people being shot for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, mentally unstable people shooting their families, cops shooting unarmed people, etc.

None of those things would be remedied by gun control, you're totally right.

[Mr. Reactionary]

And thus gun control is officially pointless!   Write down the date and time of the historic moment pro-gunners won!

That makes as much sense as using random accidents in involving guns as an argument for gun control.

Exactly.