We keep being told over and over again how safe the people are who carry firearms all around us in public, and even sometimes despite the express wishes of those in charge of the locations, on private property.
We are told over and over: they know what they are doing with their 'inanimate object'. We are told over and over that we should just lie back, shut up, and 'trust their judgment'.
No.
Before I believe anyone's expression of competence, I expect them to be able to answer, correctly, the questions I can answer, and that Laci can answer.
So here are the questions(more may be added at a later time).
1. You can identify a dangerous person by just looking at them. True or False?
2. You have to see a weapon to justify being in fear of your life and/or safety.
True or False?
3. Drug use is a valid basis for shooting someone. True or False?
4. A person with a concealed carry permit who is carrying a firearm can identify who is a dangerous threat that justifies shooting them, because the other person has a temporarily enhanced strength or any other quality that presents a greater danger to the gun carrier, than when they are not under the influence of that drug. (This entails both correctly identifying who is under the influence of an illegal drug, AND identifying correctly what that drug is that is in their system, and what the quantity of that drug is, by simply LOOKING AT THEM, not lab work.) True or False?
5. It is preferable, according to leading experts on the subject of self-defense, such as Massad Ayoob, and law enforcement officers, to give your money and 'toys' (cell phone, ipod, etc.) to a robber rather than shoot them. True or False?
6. An armed person is held to a higher standard than an unarmed person, but not as high as the standard of a member of law enforcement. True or False?
7. Law enforcement can be sued if they fail to conform to the general duty to protect, or to conform to the standards for law enforcement professionals, when they engage in lethal force with a firearm. True or False?
8. There is both a general duty in many jurisdictions, to retreat, if possible, when confronted by a threat, and a duty to use less than lethal force if it is possible, safely, to do so, if you are an armed civilian; this is supported by self defense firearm experts. True or False?
9. Firearms are a separate category from civil rights discrimination relating to identity issues (such as disability, gender, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, or religion). True or False
10. Most crime does not involve any kind of weapon; and most violent crime is at an all time low compared to the last half century. True or False?
Bonus question - someone who is physically or medically impaired cannot properly follow or conform their conduct to the 4 rules of gun safety. True or False?
Just for giggles question - name the four rules of gun safety (without looking them up).
If you cannot correctly answer these ten questions, you should immediately turn your gun over to local law enforcement to hold for you until you retake a firearms certification course -- and get it right.
And the rest of us SHOULD NOT have to tolerate your damn dangerous fetish.
