tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post1713728680767551156..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: The New Arms RaceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-966335981992371122015-01-20T14:04:02.758+01:002015-01-20T14:04:02.758+01:00That's a good point. I'll have to think ab...That's a good point. I'll have to think about that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-91176694139789859912015-01-18T18:39:51.199+01:002015-01-18T18:39:51.199+01:00Arizona still issues permits, and he did not have ...Arizona still issues permits, and he did not have one. I would also be he never constitutionally carried before that shooting. He only owned a gun for a month. He doesn't seem like a strong gun rights/self-defense kind of guy.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667036856347626234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-19198770056796842332015-01-18T16:53:24.666+01:002015-01-18T16:53:24.666+01:00You might be able to make that argument if homicid...You might be able to make that argument if homicides were down with no change or an increase in aggravated assault. However, both have been declining, at least as recently as the 2013 FBI reports. Perhaps the 2014 report will validate your assertion, but I'm thinking that it wont.ssgmarkcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480230040370709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-47715204866572024672015-01-18T14:34:52.780+01:002015-01-18T14:34:52.780+01:00Well, because the first creates greater gun access...Well, because the first creates greater gun accessibility to criminals. The second is mainly due to improved emergency care.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-30175942462290771602015-01-17T15:09:55.469+01:002015-01-17T15:09:55.469+01:00Well, Loughner was enjoying Constitutional Carry. ...<i>Well, Loughner was enjoying Constitutional Carry. Does that count?</i><br /><br />I suppose that anyone who believes that he would have been deterred by laws prohibiting his carrying a firearm would think so. <i>Sensible</i> people? Not so much.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-81531253567007235882015-01-17T15:06:29.054+01:002015-01-17T15:06:29.054+01:00Well, Loughner was enjoying Constitutional Carry. ...Well, Loughner was enjoying Constitutional Carry. Does that count?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-11083402501239721942015-01-15T07:29:03.660+01:002015-01-15T07:29:03.660+01:00Mike, my assertion is just as valid as the author ...Mike, my assertion is just as valid as the author of the article. The author wants to bring up an increase in mass shootings and suggest that it's caused by the expansion of Second Amendment rights.<br /> I brought up that homicides also greatly declined during that period. If you believe that the author's claim is valid, how is my claim not? ssgmarkcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480230040370709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-22672380883377301602015-01-15T04:06:17.737+01:002015-01-15T04:06:17.737+01:00"Of course not"
Then stop saying it."Of course not"<br />Then stop saying it.Sandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-62436611965596495602015-01-14T18:09:45.382+01:002015-01-14T18:09:45.382+01:00Which mass shooters were permit holders? I can...Which mass shooters were permit holders? I can't think of any off the top of my head.TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667036856347626234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-41281171363012423752015-01-14T14:49:22.787+01:002015-01-14T14:49:22.787+01:00Some. Yes. And we'll never know how many irres...<i>Some. Yes. And we'll never know how many irresponsible permit holders let their guns flow into the criminal world and in that way contribute to mass shootings.</i><br /><br />But we apparently <i>do</i> know that they would <i>not</i> "let their guns flow into the criminal world," if concealed carry permits were more difficult to obtain?<br /><br />Besides, about that "flow into the criminal world and in that way contribute to mass shootings," don't you like to harp on how many mass shootings are perpetrated by people with no criminal history that would disqualify them from gun ownership?<br /><br />What, in other words, does "flow into the criminal world" have to do with mass shootings?Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-75485993220996641512015-01-14T13:16:53.589+01:002015-01-14T13:16:53.589+01:00Some. Yes. And we'll never know how many irres...Some. Yes. And we'll never know how many irresponsible permit holders let their guns flow into the criminal world and in that way contribute to mass shootings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-40285966213972066152015-01-14T13:15:17.767+01:002015-01-14T13:15:17.767+01:00It sure sounded like you were saying that. It sure sounded like you were saying that. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-30963072098846328182015-01-14T10:04:54.882+01:002015-01-14T10:04:54.882+01:00Of course not Sandra, not all. Though if the expan...Of course not Sandra, not all. Though if the expansion of Second Amendment rights is going to be blamed for the increase in mass shootings, then it seems only fair to give it the credit for the decrease in homicides.ssgmarkcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480230040370709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-80131891178652923442015-01-13T22:41:20.636+01:002015-01-13T22:41:20.636+01:00You really want to say that decline is ALL due to ...You really want to say that decline is ALL due to more guns SS?Sandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-81424155449905347372015-01-13T18:24:59.325+01:002015-01-13T18:24:59.325+01:00BLAH BLAH BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-27596924049135413792015-01-13T17:53:28.620+01:002015-01-13T17:53:28.620+01:00In 21st-century America, the "right to bear a...<i>In 21st-century America, the "right to bear arms" has been extended in every direction, while there has also been a "sharp rise" in mass killings.</i><br /><br />Really? And these mass killings are being done by concealed carry people?TShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04667036856347626234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-21388561135985422542015-01-13T15:08:49.995+01:002015-01-13T15:08:49.995+01:00"To put all this in perspective, less than tw..."To put all this in perspective, less than two decades ago, fewer than a million concealed weapons were being legally carried in the U.S.; now, more than one million people are permitted to carry such weapons in Florida alone. In 21st-century America, the "right to bear arms" has been extended in every direction, while there has also been a "sharp rise" in mass killings."<br /><br /> And firearm homicides in the last two decades have gone from 18,253 in 1993 to 8,454 in 2013. More guns means.....ssgmarkcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480230040370709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-90599327330527482015-01-13T14:51:11.807+01:002015-01-13T14:51:11.807+01:00To put all this in perspective, less than two deca...<i>To put all this in perspective, less than two decades ago, fewer than a million concealed weapons were being legally carried in the U.S.; now, more than one million people are permitted to carry such weapons in Florida alone.</i><br /><br />Funny--where have I been hearing that more and more Americans are <i>rejecting</i> guns?Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.com