My wife was in Walmart today during a shootout

[Lesh]

Big enough to defeat an Invasion by an Empire in 1814 ( with assistance from State Militias regional Militias and Pirates / Slaves …

Exactly. Using the MILITIA

 

[GLASNOST]

Tell us why you would choose to allow yourself, your wife, and/or your kids to be shot, rather than you run the risk of shooting a bystander while protecting them.

You people are ill. Sell your Joan Wayne film collection or just destroy them.

 

[westwall]

Exactly. Using the MILITIA

The part you people ignore is it wasn't the army that won the War of 1812, in fact our one victory of the land war was after the peace agreement had been signed.

The Navy won that war for us.

 

[Failzero]

Exactly. Using the MILITIA

The Militia was relied upon still up until 1914 and it was briefly revived for a few months early on after Pearl Harbor as the Military had to Ramp up quickly .

 

[Failzero]

The part you people ignore is it wasn't the army that won the War of 1812, in fact our one victory of the land war was after the peace agreement had been signed.

The Navy won that war for us.

Militia was an integral part of America’s defense up until just prior to WW1 US Involvement

 

[TimFitz]

To arrest those who commit crimes. But remember this, the police have ZERO obligation to defend you.

I guess they should have “Preserve and protect” removed from their cars.

I realize that you will bend over backwards and invent the thinnest of rationalizations to justify your Dodge City notions.

in the civilized world, people don’t walk around in public armed. Nor do they self righteously assert their right to defend strand=gers and go on shooting sprees in public spaces or on other people’s property.

Wal Mart almost certainly lost well over a million in lost business because of these two clowns.

And you think that’s acceptable because a gun nut started shooting.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I guess they should have “Preserve and protect” removed from their cars.

Tell us why you would choose to allow yourself, your wife, and/or your kids to be shot, rather than you run the risk of shooting a bystander while protecting them.

 

[westwall]

I guess they should have “Preserve and protect” removed from their cars.

I realize that you will bend over backwards and invent the thinnest of rationalizations to justify your Dodge City notions.

in the civilized world, people don’t walk around in public armed. Nor do they self righteously assert their right to defend strand=gers and go on shooting sprees in public spaces or on other people’s property.

Wal Mart almost certainly lost well over a million in lost business because of these two clowns.

And you think that’s acceptable because a gun nut started shooting.

Feel free to support your claims.

You haven't. There have been multiple lawsuits against police departments, by crime victims, and they have all lost their cases because the police have no duty to protect individuals.

 

[TimFitz]

-Still- avoiding the question, eh?
Tell us why you would choose to allow yourself, your wife, and/or your kids to be shot, rather than you run the risk of shooting a bystander while protecting them.

I’d run.

just like your wife and everyone else there did.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I’d run.

Tell us why you would choose to allow yourself, your wife, and/or your kids to be shot, rather than you run the risk of shooting a bystander while protecting them.

 

[Lesh]

Militia was an integral part of America’s defense up until just prior to WW1 US Involvement

And… no longer

 

[Zincwarrior]

This was a developing local story so I do not have a link to a major news source yet, but I believe Nashville picked up on it, so a link will follow. You'll probably not hear much on this in any national media because it doesn't fit the lib agenda.

My wife was shopping alone at our local Walmart here in Clarksville, TN this morning, on Christmas Eve. I was delivering Christmas gifts to my daughter up in Kentucky when we received a call from her on my daughter's phone. She was in a total panic running from the store after hearing numerous gunshots coming from the rear of the store. She told us she was in an aisle toward the front of the grocery section when she heard three loud bangs come from the rear of the store. She and another man who was in the same aisle looked at each other, and he said, "Those are gunshots! Run!". She was already on her way. My wife has had both hips replaced, so she does not run! As she headed for the exit, she two additional shots, a pause, and then 5 more for a total of 10 shots fired. As she neared the front of the store, employees were screaming for everyone to leave quickly. My wife's car was in a handicapped spot, right outside the door, so she jumped in, but could not move because of the people streaming out and the cops arriving near the entrance.

It took a long time before she was able to move her car out of the parking lot and head home. About an hour later we started getting local news reports about the event, and they have been updated throughout the evening.

Apparently a 19-year-old man was causing trouble in the back area of the store with another man (age unknown) which led to a verbal altercation. according to reports, the young man pulled a gun threatening the man and his family with him. At some point, the family man pulled out his own weapon and proceeded to shoot the assailant multiple times. The assailant apparently got off one or two shots and hit the family man whose wound was superficial. Police reports or the media did not specify how many rounds were fired, so I am assuming the family man may have returned fire again after being hit.

The end result was two men shot, nobody dead, with no other injuries reported. The 19-year-old was transported by ambulance to the local hospital with multiple non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was later transferred to a hospital in Nashville which is about 45 minutes away. The other man actually drove himself to the local hospital for treatment as it was determined that he was not at fault by numerous witnesses.

Moral of the story: Concealed carry works! That assailant could have conceivably killed dozens depending on how much ammo he had. Apparently, our local police responded in seconds, not minutes. Our family man is a hero, although maybe not the best shot in the world! The fact that he was willing to defend others makes him a hero.

Thoughts and prayers.

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

Works your ass. What would have at most been a fist fight (if that) turned into a damned gun fight in a crowded store because guns are everywhere

It didn’t turn into a gun fight because “guns are everywhere”, it turned into a gun fight because a dumbass young punk thought a verbal disagreement warranted attempted murder.

 

[Lesh]

It didn’t turn into a gun fight because “guns are everywhere”, it turned into a gun fight because a dumbass young punk thought a verbal disagreement warranted attempted murder.

And he had a gun

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

And he had a gun

He probably had a dime in his pocket too. So what?

 

[M14 Shooter]

And he had a gun

What point do you think this proves, and why?

 

[Lesh]

What point do you think this proves, and why?

It speaks for itself.

Go away gun troll

 

[Lesh]

He probably had a dime in his pocket too. So what?

Ever kill someone with a dime?

 

[M14 Shooter]

It speaks for itself.

Translation:
You know there's no actual point to your statement.
That's OK - so does everyone else

 

[Ghost of a Rider]

Ever kill someone with a dime?

Ever wanted to kill someone over a verbal disagreement? I never have and I own guns.

The point is, their possessing guns did not trigger this shootout, poor judgment and overreaction on the part of one of them did.