Great article on the myth of the "good guy with a gun.

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Great article on the myth of the "good guy with a gun." Where were all these "good guys" when the Dallas shooter was killing cops?

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/texas-gun-culture-and-politics-made-dallas-shooting-inevitable-20160711

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Christopher B said…
I'd assume most of them had zero interest being at a BLM rally.
July 18, 2016 at 10:00 PM
Jason ON said…
Not true. Many reports have "armed escorts" "patrolling" the BLM march in Dallas.
July 19, 2016 at 12:51 PM
Christopher B said…
Jason ON only reports I seen was about armed Black Panthers. I don't really keep up the nonsense though, just see things on Twitter. I have all BLM posts muted now so I don't have to see it at all. But after what happened, I'd be heavily armed if I lived in Texas or any of the other cities that are acting silly.
July 19, 2016 at 2:06 PM
Jason ON said…
Demanding to be noticed, to be seen and to be given the same respect and dignity in society as others receive is "acting silly?"
July 19, 2016 at 2:55 PM
Christopher B said…
Jason ON Shooting innocent people who have nothing to do with other events isn't?
July 19, 2016 at 3:01 PM
Christopher B said…
Make that killing, not just shooting.
July 19, 2016 at 3:02 PM
Jason ON said…
I never said it wasn't. You called the BLM gatherings "acting silly." I don't believe a peaceful protest is ever silly.
July 19, 2016 at 8:18 PM
Christopher B said…
Jason ON where did I say "BLM gatherings" are silly? I said if I lived in the cities acting silly, cities as in going on shooting rampages of police.

PS; i don't agree with a lot of them. But I never called them silly.
July 19, 2016 at 9:14 PM
Jason ON said…
Sorry if I misunderstood what you wrote, but one sentence you're talking about muting BLM and then mentioning cities acting silly. It wasn't hard to connect the dots that you were still speaking of BLM with the "silly" comment.
July 19, 2016 at 10:02 PM
Christopher B said…
No worries. I just meant I mute the hashtags as they seem to take over my Twitter streams on some days.
July 19, 2016 at 10:09 PM
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