"Donald Trump commented on the Paris terror attacks by saying things would have ended
"very differently if the French people had guns and were allowed to carry."
http://www.breitbart.com/national-secur ... fferently/
xd ED wrote:I think some Parisians may need a bit more 'fortification' than small arms.
Gathering with your cell phone around someone playing an upbeat version of the 'socialist's national anthem' doesn't really seem like rising to the occasion of an attack on the nation.
jshuberg wrote:Whether it's a mugger with a knife, or a choreographed terrorist attack with trained and well armed jihadis, I would always prefer to have a gun. Perhaps in the latter scenario it wouldn't matter and I'd be killed regardless, but I would prefer the option of defending myself.
A gun gives you the possibility to fight to survive. Without it, you're defenseless and at the mercy of your attacker.
yuppiejr wrote:jshuberg wrote:Whether it's a mugger with a knife, or a choreographed terrorist attack with trained and well armed jihadis, I would always prefer to have a gun. Perhaps in the latter scenario it wouldn't matter and I'd be killed regardless, but I would prefer the option of defending myself.
A gun gives you the possibility to fight to survive. Without it, you're defenseless and at the mercy of your attacker.
Don't get me wrong, I agree - just suggesting that Trump's assertion that in this situation it would have made a significant difference is pretty far fetched.
jshuberg wrote: there's almost no scenario where having armed people on scene wouldn't help the situation, and minimize loss of life.
Lumpy wrote:jshuberg wrote: there's almost no scenario where having armed people on scene wouldn't help the situation, and minimize loss of life.
Not according to the antis on this one forum I participate in. Their claim is that the gun carriers- presumably having the collective intelligence of a flock of domestic turkeys- would end up friendly-firing on each other.
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