tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799839071071205839.post2507520116755685487..comments2024-03-03T06:26:34.437-08:00Comments on The GunDivas: Some Thoughts from Mrs MomGunDivahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02965363044411500380noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799839071071205839.post-52149335199951516322012-12-22T15:04:15.366-08:002012-12-22T15:04:15.366-08:00@Tara, you say that "most people couldn't...@Tara, you say that "most people couldn't do that 26 times with a knife....". The reality is that one person DID "do that" in Japan in 2001 and killed 8 young children, and injured 13 in a school. "if he desires to commit mass murder, he will find a way" indeed. Soobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187049593628263766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799839071071205839.post-18437851634123920872012-12-22T06:34:39.853-08:002012-12-22T06:34:39.853-08:00Daddy Hawk- I am aware of both of those platforms ...Daddy Hawk- I am aware of both of those platforms and also that they are not and will not be available to the general public.<br /><br />Tara- Timothy McVeigh did not need a firearm to accomplish mass murder. <br /><br />Evil lies with in the heart of man. If he desires to commit mass murder, he will find a way even if there are no firearms. Mrs. Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269132012512166439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799839071071205839.post-17583826670559994842012-12-21T13:53:20.406-08:002012-12-21T13:53:20.406-08:00"Cain slew Abel with a rock." -- yes, bu..."Cain slew Abel with a rock." -- yes, but I don't think anyone can walk into a school or any other building with a rock and 'brain' 26people without facing daunting resistance. I think the odds of someone successfully killing 26 people in a school, or an office building, or a factory, or a theater, with a rock are darn near nil. I believe "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." But that phrase begs the point -- Guns make it EASY to kill a lot of people quickly, before they can run, hide, fight. Far easier to kill with a gun (of any designation, uneducated semantics of auto vs. semi-auto or any usage of the term 'assault rifle" aside) than it is with other readily available weapons -- knife, rock, club, as opposed to not readily available weapons like bombs or grenades -- where the odds are you're going to have to catch, or get darn close to, your intended victim and subdue them, risking the possibility of personal harm. Guns allow not only speed of killing, but an impersonal space between the killer and the victim, adding to the physical and psychological effortlessness and ease of killing with firearms - as opposed to having to grapple and struggle and breathe with your victim, feeling their strength working against you, sharing sweat, and fear, and air and blood with them - making it personal. I'm guessing most people couldn't do that 26 times in a row, one right after the other with a knife or a club or a rock. Killing is easier with a gun. That has been their point since their invention, the huge tactical advantage. But they also, because of the same tactical advantage, make the massacre of innocent people more of an option. This is NOT what happened with the football player killing his wife with a gun, which made Bob Costas's ill-informed rant against guns a ridiculous stream of pablum -- he completely missed the point, and therefore made no point. The football player, being abusive, and obviously so inclined, could have killed his wife, a woman who CHOSE to be in an abusive, dangerous situation, at any time with any weapon. He simply chose a gun, but it really could have been a rock. She may have been helpless (victim mentality), but she was not innocent (unknowing) of the volitility of her situation. The people in the Aurora theater, and the adults and children in the Sandy Hook school were innocent, along with a seemingly endless list of others -- like Columbine. The current hue and cry for a ban on guns is a logical reaction to address the 'readily available' truth of guns in America and the repeated massacres of innocent people going about their daily lives. A logical reaction that needs to be addressed with reason and profound thoughtfulness, and facts, not handy phrases and the easily memorized shibboleths of gun-toting crowd, which includes me. Fact: though the .223 round is indeed small, there is nothing small about the exit wound. The round 'delivers devastating terminal performance.' If you've shot it, you know it. And I believe the round was initially developed for the M16, not for the civilian hunting market.tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854091426760450513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799839071071205839.post-12937461816233121452012-12-21T11:31:40.851-08:002012-12-21T11:31:40.851-08:00Mrs. Mom, I agree with your points, especially run...Mrs. Mom, I agree with your points, especially run, hide and fight. Though I temper that with situational caveats that I may choose to run towards the danger if I see a child or other innocent in harms way that I might have a chance of helping. <br /><br />Two minor quibbles though. One, the Glock 18 is a select fire machine pistol. Though rare, it exists. Two, Sig makes rifles, bolt action and semi auto. I'm sure they offer select fire options for LE and military as well. Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799839071071205839.post-34978072986043911072012-12-20T08:24:02.618-08:002012-12-20T08:24:02.618-08:00Thanks! I can hear you saying it in my head.Thanks! I can hear you saying it in my head.Double Taphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03734623743823977470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799839071071205839.post-75043267130189595102012-12-19T18:05:23.027-08:002012-12-19T18:05:23.027-08:00Thank you for cross-posting. This is excellent.Thank you for cross-posting. This is excellent.GunDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02965363044411500380noreply@blogger.com