scanner mentioned a suspect car heading toward christiansburg

12/8/2011 2:26:21 PM

^^^so you're cool with assault rifles? just not handguns, gotcha

12/8/2011 2:26:21 PM

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"hand cannons"

Most handguns are, comparatively speaking, pea-shooters.

But don't let that stop you.

12/8/2011 2:26:24 PM

so you're saying a majority of handguns wouldn't kill me if i was shot in the head with one?

12/8/2011 2:26:44 PM

Quote :

"don't feed the troll"

12/8/2011 2:27:52 PM

a majority of nailguns would kill you

i hope every carpenter dies

including Jesus

12/8/2011 2:28:20 PM

I DISAGREE WITH YOU

YOU ARE A TROLL

12/8/2011 2:28:22 PM

Listening to the radio feed now.

BTW if I sell my Glock and only keep my shotgun am I still an evil person?

12/8/2011 2:28:37 PM

Cars- more deadly than guns

12/8/2011 2:29:18 PM

THE COP HAD A GUN

HOW DID HE LET THIS HAPPEN????

12/8/2011 2:29:57 PM

if the cop had a gun he shouldve been aborted as a fetus, right?

why do you keep contradicting yourself?

12/8/2011 2:30:24 PM

I'm glad you guys can keep sight of what's important at a time like this

12/8/2011 2:33:28 PM

If you ban handguns, all of the handguns in possession of thugs, murderers, and other criminals will instantly vaporize.

And they will never be able to acquire any guns ever again.

The end.

12/8/2011 2:33:51 PM

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"if the cop had a gun he shouldve been aborted as a fetus, right? why do you keep contradicting yourself?"

We can only trust the government overseers with guns, and no one else. Truly, none of us are to be trusted with such things.

12/8/2011 2:34:08 PM

damn i saw this on the chit chat thread list earlier and though it was just a bumped thread

12/8/2011 2:35:45 PM

If you hand out handguns to every citizen for free, there will never be another gun related crime because every person in America will simultaneously shoot the bad guys dead!!!

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 2:37 PM. Reason : r]

12/8/2011 2:37:25 PM

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"I'm glad you guys can keep sight of what's important at a time like this"

what are we supposed to do? and while containing the situation and stopping this guy is the most important task, for the cops, it also highlights another important issue, which is the failure in truly protecting the people by providing only the illusion of security instead of allowing the people to defend themselves. The government is not a security force for the people, even the supreme court has said that. Self defense is up to the individual, except in this case, the government has arbitrarily made a law stating the people aren't worthy/capable of self defense on college campuses and must succumb to the will of criminals.

12/8/2011 2:38:02 PM

YES, WHAT THIS SITUATION NEEDED WAS A COUPLE COWBOYS WITH CONCEALED HANDGUNS

THAT WOULD HAVE SOLVED IT IMMEDIATELY

12/8/2011 2:38:45 PM

stop yelling

12/8/2011 2:39:11 PM

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"SPORK TOTING FAGGOTS"

Quote :

"don't feed start ignoring the troll"

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 2:40 PM. Reason : obvious troll is trying WAY too hard]

12/8/2011 2:39:11 PM

I'LL YELL IF I GOD DAMN WANT TO YELL

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 2:40 PM. Reason : what are you gonna do, shoot me?]

12/8/2011 2:39:54 PM

fuck billytalent

12/8/2011 2:40:26 PM

How often do civilians carrying handguns successfully stop these types of crimes without causing further damage?

12/8/2011 2:41:37 PM

wife of a guy i worked with about 10 years ago was once about to get raped by some burglars but shot both of them with a handgun she had in her bedside table

but i guess bitch deserved to get raped, right settledown

12/8/2011 2:42:02 PM

There's no solution that will result in zero crime.

The thing is that in 2011, after hundreds of years of gun ownership in the US, and millions of guns floating around, a ban will only take weapons out of the hands of people that are no threat to murder other people.

I'd be interested to see stats on the percentage of firearm murders committed with legally acquired guns vs. black market guns.

12/8/2011 2:42:10 PM

A gun is an inanimate object which must become animate through its user. It can be used for good or evil dependant on its user. Stand alone, it is neither good or evil, and can only be oneor the other once someone puts it to use in a particular task.

12/8/2011 2:42:29 PM

^^^^every day

12/8/2011 2:44:06 PM

ssuuurrreee

12/8/2011 2:47:28 PM

hahahaha, fucking right

12/8/2011 2:50:00 PM

I personally think the right to bear arms is extremely important to uphold. For the exact reason of someone entering your home to cause harm.

However, I will say that 1 year ago my friend who is in the military and is a shooting instructor keeps a handgun/guns handy way too often. I have asked him to secure them better, they were way to easy for a person to find and use incorrectly. His gf put his handgun in her purse (even though he has trained her on gun safety and how to shoot). She was at a restaurant and was pulling out her wallet from her purse and she got her keys snagged near the trigger (no safety on, dumb), it entered her lower torso ripping through intestines and causing bad infections. She has to undergo many emergency surgeries and died once on the table. It was bad. Luckily it didn't hurt anyone else. As much as I feel for the both of them (he hasn't forgiven himself for it), and she has permanent injuries... but I still felt like if they had more responsibility then that would not have happened. He has trained a lot of people in gun safety and shooting for the military and citizens. I wanted so badly to ask him if this changed how he would store his guns and whether he would lock them up from now on, but he was in no position to talk about that subject. I had previously decided (based on his knowledge and training) that he probably knows what he is doing, so oh well, but he didn't account for this and this is why I am concerned for people carrying handguns around. No matter how trained you are an accident can happen and possibly injure someone else. I am not saying you shouldn't be able to carry, there just needs to be very stiff protocols orrr something





[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 3:01 PM. Reason : &]

12/8/2011 2:55:33 PM

quick: somebody bring up homicide rates in the UK due to handguns

12/8/2011 2:55:44 PM

if i take off my troll hat for a second...

what i really believe is that you can't expect civilians with minimal gun safety training to use their weapons appropriately in a stressful situation

in my opinion the bar for concealed carry should be much higher

12/8/2011 2:58:43 PM

are there any news stations covering this right now?

12/8/2011 3:01:21 PM

^^ i can understand that. there are people who have received their CHP that are dangerously under-trained (like that woman in Myrtle Beach who fired "warning shots" into the air on Black Friday)


[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 3:03 PM. Reason : \/ yep]

12/8/2011 3:02:32 PM

and cops, too!

12/8/2011 3:02:49 PM

they're detaining anyone wearing a hoodie

jesus

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 3:03 PM. Reason : d]

12/8/2011 3:03:02 PM

Quote :

"How often do civilians carrying handguns successfully stop these types of crimes without causing further damage?"

Several studies have estimated approximately 2-million defensive gun use events each year. The vast majority of these occur without any shots being fired -- usually the mere presence of the gun stopped the would-be attacker.

12/8/2011 3:06:35 PM

several studies

hahahaha

12/8/2011 3:07:09 PM

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"in my opinion the bar for concealed carry should be much higher"

agree 100%

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 3:09 PM. Reason : .]

12/8/2011 3:09:08 PM

so we've gone from "guns are for faggots" to "i hope anyone with a gun kills themselves" to "fuck everyone with a handgun", to "CCP requirements should be stricter".

12/8/2011 3:12:16 PM

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"in my opinion the bar for concealed carry should be much higher"

In my opinion, we wouldn't need a permit to exercise a right.

On the other hand, I realize that this isn't quite how things currently work, at least here in NC.

[Edited on December 8, 2011 at 3:14 PM. Reason : ]

12/8/2011 3:12:57 PM

i think the bar for voting should be much higher

12/8/2011 3:13:55 PM

Quote :

"i think the bar for voting should be much higher"

Breeding, too.

12/8/2011 3:14:26 PM

wdprice3 is the most trollable user on tww

his beliefs are simplistic and deeply held

12/8/2011 3:15:13 PM

yeh, I keep with the KISS model.

12/8/2011 3:15:51 PM

Curious how often a CCP holder commits a crime with a gun? The requirements for CCP are not terribly strict, but they also aren't just sign a paper and you can carry. I am going to get mine soon, but I don't see how the CCP being more stringent would be a big difference. Not that you should not continue to train, but I have not heard about a rash of CCP holders causing crimes.

12/8/2011 3:16:05 PM

CCP holders are one of the most law abiding groups out there.

Sure, some commit small, non-violent crimes, some get their permits revoked, but if I recall the stats correctly, not a single CCP holder in NC has been charged with a violent crime.

12/8/2011 3:17:42 PM

okay, rambo

12/8/2011 3:18:36 PM

Shut the fuck up settledown. Your trolling isn't cute, clever or original.

12/8/2011 3:20:48 PM

I think the bar for free speech should be higher

12/8/2011 3:21:17 PM