Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Road Rage in North Carolina

Why do the pro gun advocates keep trying to portray themselves as being totally removed from scenes like this? Aren't gun owners human? Aren't they subject to the same stresses and frustrations as everybody else?

Of course they are. That's why so many of them misuse their guns.

...one driver cut off another driver and both cars starting speeding. Hand gestures were exchanged and one driver showed the other driver what looked like the barrel of a gun.

Investigators said that is when the other driver pulled out his own gun and fired shots into the air.
I realize it's kind of unfair, gun owners can't win with me. If these guys were already criminals, their guns originally came from legitimate sources. Gun owners are to blame. If they were legitimate gun owners up until this incident, they prove the 10% theory, or worse, they prove the 10% figure is too low.

Faced with these terribly unfair choices, my advice to gun owners is this. Keep yourselves safely within the 90% and stop being so defensive about the others.

What's your opinion?  Please leave a comment.

4 comments:

  1. Again, this is representative of the problem of gunloonery.

    You have some insecure, fearful and angry white male who needs a gun for "respect."

    Invariably, this guy will get into a contentious situation which should end with an angry gesture or word and a parting. Instead, a gun is introduced into the scenario and things go downhill fast.

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  2. You have some insecure, fearful and angry white male who needs a gun for "respect."

    Of course the folks most likely to carry illegally and use guns for "respect" are not "white males" but young, black males.

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  3. MikeB: “Keep yourselves safely within the 90% and stop being so defensive about the others.”

    That is exactly what I have been doing. And then you say something like this:

    “Why do the pro gun advocates keep trying to portray themselves as being totally removed from scenes like this?”

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  4. TS, you're right. I shouldn't paint with such a broad brush.

    I'm sure you're one of the good guys, for whatever that's worth. I said the same to Colin recently.

    But, even good guys make mistakes, get pissed-off, do stupid things from time to time. That's the connection.

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