On HBO, Gavin Newsom Defends Being a Sitting Duck at a Mass Shooting(HUH?)

Let's talk about the gun one because that, I mean, Democrats are afraid of the gun issue because Al Gore lost his own home state in 2000 of Tennessee when he came out sort of for some sort of gun control. California has it. Donald Trump says if Paris had guns-

I just simply, this sort of mythology, the guy with the gun that's going to come save the day, I mean, so right out of the movies, sort of this gun-slinging fantasy. The reality is, it's most likely to create more harm, more damage, more lost lives in those circumstances.

Really? So if you were in a restaurant and a crazy gunman came in, you wouldn't want to have a gun? You'd rather just be shot?

Well, I would hope that folks sitting next to me that haven't been trained, that don't necessarily, don't respond well under stressful circumstances, don't get up and then start pointing the trigger or pointing a gun and shooting-

The so-called reasonable man argument. Isn't it funny how the left invariable falls on one side of the argument ("I can't trust myself with firearms so no one should have firearms") and the right falls on the other side ("Yes, there's a chance that an inept man with a gun makes things worse but I'm willing to take that chance").

I believe that it goes to a basic understanding (misunderstanding) of human character. The left pretends to hold the individual in the highest regard but in truth they don't trues anyone - especially themselves. The right OTOH displays a cynical public face but in truth recognizes that human character runs the gamut.

It is manifested in the age-old axiom that "If a conservative doesn't want to own a gun he doesn't own one. If a leftist doesn't want to own a gun he makes sure that no one can own one."

I watched 2 french nationals who survived the bataclan massacre declare that we are safer with LESS guns. I wrote it off to their being in shock

Now it should be obvious to even the most stupid person that we cannot stop radical Muslims from getting guns. And not just handguns, but also assault rifles and grenades.

You would think the average liberal would have enough brains to realize that in a terrorist attack, it is much better to have a firearm on your person than not have one. But I guess maybe all the brains of liberals have fallen out of their skulls.

I asked her if she was hoping that the unopposed kook killing everyone was going to run out of ammo before he got to her.

I read somewhere that the terrorists reloaded FOUR times (so much for hi-cap mag bans). She may have a chance though if she lives in NY state where mags higher than seven round capacity are banned.

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