The NRA should be extra proud of Ben Carson.
Really?Any republican running for president has to give "oral pleasure" to the NRA.
- murch
It is even worse, they are misinformed. I am just not saying who the "they" are here.People are so uninformed…....
- upinflames
What he said is:He said something along the line the victims should have charged the shooter since he could not have killed them all. That isn t a quote, but close to it. What a total ass! And Trump is defending him ;-(
- TopamaxSurvivor
Sure is - -I suppose you could say the same about millions of murdered in WWII, eh? Easy to say anything when you weren t there and have never been in a situation like that.
The is a woman who was having lunch with her parents in Luby s at Lileen, TX in 1991 who did not have her pistol with her that day. Her dad was the kind of guy to do something. He was shot and the SOB shot her mother as she cradled her dying husband.
- TopamaxSurvivor
The story was for reference of the event. I could not find the interview with the daughter.I suppose you could say the same about millions of murdered in WWII, eh? Easy to say anything when you weren t there and have never been in a situation like that.
The is a woman who was having lunch with her parents in Luby s at Lileen, TX in 1991 who did not have her pistol with her that day. Her dad was the kind of guy to do something. He was shot and the SOB shot her mother as she cradled her dying husband.
- TopamaxSurvivor
Sure is - -
you are right and I stated that you don t know what you would do.
If someone asked "WHAT WOULD YOU DO…. and held the microphone in front of you"....
Would you say you would fight back…. or say "I would stand and watch him shoot my friends and hope maybe his gun would jam before it was my turn"
WHat is the right answer?.... vs saying "i would fight back" is somehow the WRONG answer and they are (in your words "a total ass")
The idea that fighting back doesnt guarantee your survival (like the Luby s example) is still a better approach than to stand and just be executed.
Of course the story skipped the actuality for Ms Hupp.
Hupp and her parents were having lunch at the Luby s Cafeteria in Killeen in 1991 when a mass shooting took place. The gunman shot 44 people in all, killing 24 of them, including himself. The fatally wounded included both of Hupp s parents. Hupp later expressed regret about deciding to remove her gun from her purse and lock it in her car, lest she risk possibly running afoul of the state s concealed weapons laws; during the shootings, she reached for her weapon but then remembered that it was "a hundred feet away in my car."
- DrDirt
Really - - - given that the current president is jumping on the PR trip to propose new laws, and heaven forbid - - - to follow the Australian model of confiscation. like in 1996…Carson, Trump, et al should just pass without comment rather than criticize the victims. That may not be what they think they are doing but that is the way it comes across to the public at large. The media commentators do not help the situation trying to stir up sensationalism.
- TopamaxSurvivor
Still - - - what is the reality? Espeically when people are trying to get ANY attention they can to show up on the radar against trumpBarry will definitely take full advantage of the situation and will most likely be as disgusting as the other side.
"The idea that during a campaign, the press would choose NOT to ask the republicans about the latest shooting?"
Of course they will ask and and try to provoke as much controversy as possible. That doesn t mean one should accommodate them and insult the victims families immediately after the tragedy. Maybe wait a few weeks?
- TopamaxSurvivor
Agree - - but there are many anti gun zealots that are simply itching to start massive gun control and "not let a crisis go to waste"Bernie supports the 2nd Amendment. He could not be elected from Vermont if he didn t. With that said, I m not sure he has made any specific proposals.
IMO, one needs to be prepared to meet force with overwhelming force.
- TopamaxSurvivor