[real saxophonist]

'Culture of guns'. Whatever. Anthony Navarro is good to go. I've trained with him.

The author probably couldn't have come up with a better contrast than the despicable Tom Mauser.

BTW, my permit is number 1870-something.

[real saxophonist]

Sorry, I had to cut down the title. Full title:

A Calling to Arm: More and more people creating a culture of guns, self-defense and the military mentality

[moovova]

“Now the county has issued 17,800.”

According to the lib-left meme...everyone in Weld county should be dead now.

Heck, there should actually be white caps on the waves of blood that should now be flowing in the streets...

[Bob]

Wasn’t it an amazing coincidence that Mauser’s son brought up the loopholes in the Brady bill just before he was killed at Columbine? I find it strange that he doesn’t mention what loopholes he was talking about.

[jiggyboy]

“almost as many as the county issued in those first 19 years”

19 years? Of her tenure in her job? In the existence of the county? I’d think her tenure is much less than 19 and the county’s existence has been far longer. Typo? 9? 190?

[wrench]

“Mauser said. “I didn’t really get engaged in the conversation. But then (Daniel) was killed by a gun that was purchased through a loophole in the Brady Bill.” “

No, your son was not killed by a gun. He was killed by evil that had taken over the killer’s mind. What are you doing to combat evil?

[Caipirabob]

Guns... YAY! BANG ON YOU, LEFTIES...

[jiggyboy]

“Mauser became an outspoken advocate for gun control”

Schism in the old German family?

[Gaffer]

...But then (Daniel) was killed by a gun that was purchased through a loophole in the Brady Bill...

This is the biggest piece of profligate crap I think I've heard in quite a while.

A loophole in the Brady Bill? The entire bill is an abridgement to the Second Amendment; it is a LOOPHOLE against the Second Amendment.

[Republican1795.]

Not “a culture of guns” as much as a culture of freedom. People are often brainwashed into viewing the Second Amendment as just the gun rights amendment when in reality it is the freedom amendment. The amendment that defends all the others. The amendment should be clarified as it is often misrepresented by the left. A well regulated [ well armed / self regulated / well working ] milita [ citizen defense force ] being necessary to the security of a FREE state, the right of the people [ citizens ] to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Which means that it is prohibited under the Constitution to infringe upon this unalienable right.

[ctdonath2]

Scott Adams (Dilbert) summarizes it as:

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So it seems to me that gun control can’t be solved because Democrats are using guns to kill each other – and want it to stop – whereas Republicans are using guns to defend against Democrats. Psychologically, those are different risk profiles. And you can’t reconcile those interests, except on the margins. For example, both sides might agree that rocket launchers are a step too far. But Democrats are unlikely to talk Republicans out of gun ownership because it comes off as “Put down your gun so I can shoot you.”

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

It recently occurred to me that being armed can be compared to having a barbed wire top on your fence. What is the purpose of the wire? Obviously, “to snare and injure people who try to climb the fence.” Really? How many people actually get snared and injured on all those barbed-wire topped fences?

Pretty much the same as carrying a weapon legally. What is the purpose? “To shoot people,” obviously. Really? All those millions of legally owned weapons - and a few thousand shootings annually - most all of them with illegally possessed weapons.

In both cases the actual purpose is to intimidate people from trying something they have no business doing.

[Graybeard58]

Even when he’s off duty, Turner admits he still carries a handgun.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It’s a job requirement where my son is a policeman.

[ExGeeEye]

...obtaining the legal right to carry the weapons with them almost anywhere they go...

I sincerely hope that more and more people are realizing that this happens at birth and does not, in the slightest degree, require paying an agent of the state for a piece of paper.

[MNnice]

I got my concealed carry permit 18 months ago. I carry a S&W .357 wherever I go now. I think of it as an insurance policy. You never want to have to use it but it’s there if you need it.

[markoman]

“When you open carry, you scare the hell out of people”

Marko

[Wonder Warthog]

"Through that education, Navarro hopes he might be able to change a culture from the inside out, to help others see the importance of reserve and responsibility.

Anthony Navarro is a lying scumbag. The "gun culture" has ALWAYS taught the "importance of reserve and responsibility".

This article is just another piece of antigun propaganda masquerading as "rational gun control discussion".

[GRRRRR]

I have my CCW through Weld County, CO.

Sheriff Cook was actually in the house when I got my fingers printed.

He told me his objective before leaving office was to legally approve as many CCW as he could.

Good things.

[Mjreagan]

Good. We need a culture of vigilant, informed, armed citizens who are actively invested in society’s preservation and future.

[Red in Blue PA]

. If someone pulls a gun on him during his commute, he’s not going to take out his gun too.

Uh, so what is the point of carrying a gun then?

[Red in Blue PA]

What law enforcement needs then is prosecutors who seek maximum penalties for crimes committed with guns and judges willing to throw the book at those criminals, Garner said.

^^^^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^

Instead, we have a president who pardons them.