We do get a lot of trolls. By that I mean people whose views are substantially at odds with the conservative values of the FR family. One of those values is the belief that bad guys win only when the good guys don’t put up a real fight. In the real situation here, there was no Glock in the purse, as far as anyone knows. So it was a no-win situation for the mom. With someone that cold, it was purely random whether compliance would have prevented the shooting. Your affirmative statement that she should feel guilt about that is flat wrong. She did not pull the trigger. As conservatives, we reject the false guilt that drives the victim mentality. Sometimes, no matter how you play your hand, bad things happen anyway, and it makes no sense to waste time blaming the wrong person. That is, IMHO, what has earned you suspicion as a troll. Time will bear out whether that suspicion is justified.
“We do get a lot of trolls. By that I mean people whose views are substantially at odds with the conservative values of the FR family. One of those values is the belief that bad guys win only when the good guys don’t put up a real fight. In the real situation here, there was no Glock in the purse, as far as anyone knows. So it was a no-win situation for the mom. With someone that cold, it was purely random whether compliance would have prevented the shooting. Your affirmative statement that she should feel guilt about that is flat wrong. She did not pull the trigger. As conservatives, we reject the false guilt that drives the victim mentality. Sometimes, no matter how you play your hand, bad things happen anyway, and it makes no sense to waste time blaming the wrong person. That is, IMHO, what has earned you suspicion as a troll. Time will bear out whether that suspicion is justified.”
Thanks for your reasoned response. To clarify, I did not state that she SHOULD feel guilty, but that she would feel it. For the record in my youth I was robbed 3 times, twice with a knife and once with a gun. None of those guys got ANYTHING because I was young, proud and stupid. These days if a guy pulls a gun on me and I had one of my grandkids with me they would get my wallet, even though I CCW regularly and have plenty of training and practice to use it effectively. I have no interest in starting a gunfight near my gkids if it can be avoided. If they are in danger I will defend them with my life but not for anything I can easily replace. The gkids safety come first over my pride. If anyone doesnt like it that’s too bad.