Gun Control & RKBA

Orrex

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3. I'm not a gun guy, so someone explain it to me:

Mon May 2, 2016, 09:57 AM

May 2016

How does a gun discharge? I was under the impression that guns are innocent and harmless machines that only inflict harm when fired by bad people (who aren't prevented from doing so by good people with guns).

Can it be that a gun is capable of discharging on its own? Wouldn't that mean that guns do kill people?

Or is this yet another in an extremely long list of gun-crazed assholes who shouldn't have access to anything more dangerous than Nerf ball? Someone tell me why this criminally negligent fool should be permitted to carry an implement of murder?

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Man whose gun discharged at swim lesson faces misdemeanor [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

I want everyone who's gun "accidently" discharges or gets into the hand of a child arrested.... marble falls May 2016 #1

How is it "good news" that a gun went off at all? vkkv May 2016 #5

Uhhh, that this is one of those rare occassions some bystander wasn't shot? To me that was GOOD news marble falls May 2016 #9

Plaxico and some other info discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2016 #11

Plaxico... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #13

Equal justice. Straw Man May 2016 #37

what federal crime? gejohnston May 2016 #38

Proper holster... ileus May 2016 #2

Perhaps he was carrying.... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #17

I'm not a gun guy, so someone explain it to me: Orrex May 2016 #3

Exactly. vkkv May 2016 #6

"Band HAND GUNS NOW!!" What are you doing to achieve your goal, aside from keyboard use? friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #12

Band HAND GUNS NOW!! CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #14

They do, but the smart ones will notice that the gun prohibitionists aren't nearly as active... friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #16

They tend to..... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #19

So who are the nutjobs that are killing people with handguns? vkkv May 2016 #25

Mostly CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #26

There are a LOT of bad guys but THE ONLY bad guys killing people WITH HANDGUNS vkkv May 2016 #27

Are you shouting at the guy standing behind me??? CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #28

You still didn't get it. Are you dense? vkkv May 2016 #29

It must be the rain today... CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #30

RSO cert - Got one, thank you anyway. vkkv May 2016 #31

Excellent. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #32

I vote. I've written letters to Congressmen... you? vkkv May 2016 #18

Do you go to legislative and municipal hearings? Donate to organizations that represent you views? friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #22

I count three things.. and none of the gun owners at the range I go to do any vkkv May 2016 #24

There are ca. 80 million gun owners in the US- *that* is the group I mean friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #39

it doesn't. gejohnston May 2016 #8

According to the local news linked report, the gun went off while in his back pants pocket.. vkkv May 2016 #21

A gun in a pocket without a proper holster ManiacJoe May 2016 #40

A gun discharges when the trigger is pulled. ileus May 2016 #35

I don't consider myself a violent person packman May 2016 #4

You don't consider yourself a violent person... theatre goon May 2016 #7

Some of the gun control tribe are bloodthirsty- posts like that can be seen regularly friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #10

"I hope all gun people get killed...." CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #15

There's a long thread dedicated to preserving utterances like that: friendly_iconoclast May 2016 #20

The gun owner was trying for a Darwin Award.. but failed at that, too.. nt vkkv May 2016 #23

So close to helping the gene pool underpants May 2016 #34

He was just practicing starting a race underpants May 2016 #33

LOL...that's funny. Kang Colby May 2016 #36