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cretinbob		2013-02-03 05:09:05 PM

Goody Guys 1 Bad Guys 297

Azlefty		2013-02-03 05:20:07 PM

cretinbob: Goody Guys 1 Bad Guys 297
No, good guys 2,500.000

Your side should start taking the score of the good guys also!

jbc		2013-02-03 05:32:42 PM

Azlefty: cretinbob: Goody Guys 1 Bad Guys 297
No, good guys 2,500.000

Your side should start taking the score of the good guys also!

Especially to keep the count correct, since the guys who need a gun just to get an erection tend to overestimate by several magnitudes of order.

cretinbob		2013-02-03 05:37:47 PM

There haven't even been that many school shootings, guntards

Slaxl		2013-02-03 05:41:58 PM

Sounds like this was a mugging picking the wrong target, rather than a school shooting prevented by a hero.

Therefore quiet, all of you... they're approaching the Tyrannosaur paddock.

The Muthaship		2013-02-03 05:45:36 PM

Slaxl: Sounds like this was a mugging picking the wrong target, rather than a school shooting prevented by a hero.

Therefore quiet, all of you... they're approaching the Tyrannosaur paddock.

Exactly. 2 students who go to the school the guy coaches at try to rob him while he was walking them to their car. How the hell did they think they were going to get away with that?

kmmontandon		2013-02-03 05:53:12 PM

Azlefty: cretinbob: Goody Guys 1 Bad Guys 297

No, good guys 2,500.000

[citation needed]

And I swear, if you cite John Lott, I will cockpunch you through the Internet.

2wolves		2013-02-03 05:59:16 PM

Obviously the U.S. needs more firearms.

Azlefty		2013-02-03 06:26:30 PM

jbc: Especially to keep the count correct, since the guys who need a gun just to get an erection tend to overestimate by several magnitudes of order.

Funny how it is the "progressives" that seem to like to misquote Freud, perhaps it is their way of projecting their "little issues" onto those they fear- or perhaps lust after?

kmmontandon: And I swear, if you cite John Lott, I will cockpunch you through the Internet.

So the thought of John Lott makes you wan to touch my junk, Kinky to say the least.

cretinbob		2013-02-03 06:44:11 PM

kmmontandon: [citation needed]

I'm in

vartian		2013-02-03 06:59:38 PM

Azlefty: Funny how it is the "progressives" that seem to like to misquote Freud, perhaps it is their way of projecting their "little issues" onto those they fear- or perhaps lust after?

This was enough for me to take a peek at your profile. You know you come off kinda crazy, right?

GAT_00		2013-02-03 07:15:56 PM

Is this another thread where we pretend that there wasn't an armed security guard at Columbine who actually shot at the gunmen there?

Anderson's Pooper		2013-02-03 07:31:31 PM

GAT_00: Is this another thread where we pretend that there wasn't an armed security guard at Columbine who actually shot at the gunmen there?

Use it however you want. Just don't pretend that this story will be given the same coverage as the tragic ones. My guess is that this school's choir doesn't get invited to sing at the Superbowl next year.

Azlefty		2013-02-03 07:31:54 PM

vartian: This was enough for me to take a peek at your profile. You know you come off kinda crazy, right?

No just honest, ;)

dookdookdook		2013-02-03 07:40:03 PM

Slaxl: Sounds like this was a mugging picking the wrong target, rather than a school shooting prevented by a hero.

This.

austerity101		2013-02-03 07:40:52 PM

Anderson's Pooper: GAT_00: Is this another thread where we pretend that there wasn't an armed security guard at Columbine who actually shot at the gunmen there?

Use it however you want. Just don't pretend that this story will be given the same coverage as the tragic ones. My guess is that this school's choir doesn't get invited to sing at the Superbowl next year.

When was the last time that a thwarted mugging was given a lot of coverage on the news?

SpdrJay		2013-02-03 07:42:10 PM

Think of how many muggings we could stop if everyone had their own tactical nuke!

pedrop357		2013-02-03 07:42:54 PM

jbc: Especially to keep the count correct, since the guys who need a gun just to get an erection tend to overestimate by several magnitudes of order.

DRINK!

JSam21		2013-02-03 07:43:35 PM

The Muthaship: Slaxl: Sounds like this was a mugging picking the wrong target, rather than a school shooting prevented by a hero.

Therefore quiet, all of you... they're approaching the Tyrannosaur paddock.

Exactly. 2 students who go to the school the guy coaches at try to rob him while he was walking them to their car. How the hell did they think they were going to get away with that?

Glad you can read. He was walking 2 female students to their car, 2 males, former studentsn approached and tried to rob him.

AverageAmericanGuy		2013-02-03 07:44:11 PM

Carrying a gun into a school should be a federal offense.

pedrop357		2013-02-03 07:44:26 PM

SpdrJay: Think of how many muggings we could stop if everyone had their own tactical nuke!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tLVPVS0Bc

pedrop357		2013-02-03 07:45:31 PM

AverageAmericanGuy: Carrying a gun into a school should be a federal offense.

Why?

What part of the Constitution gives the government the power to make such a law?

Infernalist		2013-02-03 07:45:34 PM

austerity101: Anderson's Pooper: GAT_00: Is this another thread where we pretend that there wasn't an armed security guard at Columbine who actually shot at the gunmen there?

Use it however you want. Just don't pretend that this story will be given the same coverage as the tragic ones. My guess is that this school's choir doesn't get invited to sing at the Superbowl next year.

When was the last time that a thwarted mugging was given a lot of coverage on the news?

"Next on 11 Breaking News: Tonight, over three hundred million Americans did not die in violent gun attack. More details after the break."

phrawgh		2013-02-03 07:46:11 PM

Apparently God is welcome in Detroit Schools. Thanks to Jesus for preventing a tragedy.

Tomahawk513		2013-02-03 07:47:14 PM

Yeah mugging not equal to shooting.

piperTom		2013-02-03 07:47:31 PM

Azlefty: cretinbob: Goody Guys 1 Bad Guys 297
No, good guys 2,500.000

Your side should start taking the score of the good guys also!

They should count the good guys, but there is no possible way. A great majority of "good" gun encounters are the kind where the good guy shows his/her gun and the bad guy just backs off; no report is ever made.

iheartscotch		2013-02-03 07:47:53 PM

Blah blah blah, guns bad; blah blah blah

It's not a gun control problem; it's a people control problem. Until someone figures out how to either control humanity or breed violence out; we will be a small people; a silly people; barbarous and cruel.

JohnnyC		2013-02-03 07:48:04 PM

Seems like there is a difference here. Those two guys intended to rob him according to the article. That strikes me as a little different situation than "two guys bent on killing people for shock value".

Good for the coach though.

Your Average Witty Fark User		2013-02-03 07:48:22 PM

AverageAmericanGuy: Carrying a gun into a school should be a federal offense.

To the best of my knowledge, ALL schools are gun free zones. I think he did the right think, I also think he should be charged, too.

pedrop357: AverageAmericanGuy: Carrying a gun into a school should be a federal offense.

Why?

What part of the Constitution gives the government the power to make such a law?

Tons of shiat isn't mentioned in the Constitution. I suppose you should quit the internet, it isn't mentioned. Fark off.

lewismarktwo		2013-02-03 07:49:00 PM

You know it and love it, here it is one more time:

http://i45.tinypic.com/hukg0i.gif

Wolf_Blitzer		2013-02-03 07:49:49 PM

pedrop357: SpdrJay: Think of how many muggings we could stop if everyone had their own tactical nuke!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2tLVPVS0Bc

So you're 100% in favor of banning civilians from owning certain weapons, now we're just arguing over where to draw the line. Glad we cleared that up.

AverageAmericanGuy		2013-02-03 07:49:49 PM

pedrop357: AverageAmericanGuy: Carrying a gun into a school should be a federal offense.

Why?

What part of the Constitution gives the government the power to make such a law?

The Constitution can be amended. The rules written by a handful of rich, white, racist slaveowners 200 years ago can be changed, and should be changed if they fail to keep up with fundamental changes to our American culture.

It can't be denied that people are outraged and horrified at the sheer volume of gun violence news these days.

platedlizard		2013-02-03 07:50:06 PM

Anyone who carries a gun is a bad guy.

/heeeeere fishy fishy fishy

Anderson's Pooper		2013-02-03 07:50:13 PM

austerity101: When was the last time that a thwarted mugging was given a lot of coverage on the news?

That's my point. News stories where guns are used responsibly and effectively are typically ignored by the press. If they treated the tragic stories the same, perhaps we wouldn't see as many copycats. I blame the 24/7 news cycle for extending the life of a lot of these stories.

clambam		2013-02-03 07:50:18 PM

iheartscotch: Blah blah blah, guns bad; blah blah blah

It's not a gun control problem; it's a people control problem. Until someone figures out how to either control humanity or breed violence out; we will be a small people; a silly people; barbarous and cruel.

Who shouldn't be allowed unlimited access to guns?

dookdookdook		2013-02-03 07:51:08 PM

The fact that someone tried to put this story up as an example of the "Good Guy With a Gun" lie only shows how desperate for actual examples they are.

iheartscotch: It's not a gun control problem; it's a people control problem. Until someone figures out how to either control humanity or breed violence out; we will be a small people; a silly people; barbarous and cruel.

So...eugenics instead of AWBs?

pedrop357		2013-02-03 07:51:43 PM

Your Average Witty Fark User: Tons of shiat isn't mentioned in the Constitution. I suppose you should quit the internet, it isn't mentioned. Fark off.

Does the government provide the internet?

piperTom		2013-02-03 07:52:24 PM

AverageAmericanGuy: Carrying a gun into a school should be a federal offense.

Based on what? You think it's interstate commerce?

Federal gov needs to dry up by several orders of magnitude.

priapus54		2013-02-03 07:52:32 PM

I wonder if any noticed that the shooter was a reserve police officer . . .

ScreamingHangover		2013-02-03 07:52:58 PM

Your Average Witty Fark User: Tons of shiat isn't mentioned in the Constitution. I suppose you should quit the internet, it isn't mentioned. Fark off.

Nah... the internet wasn't mentioned in the Constitution. You can thank DARPA for that.

+1 for the military-industrial complex

pedrop357		2013-02-03 07:53:17 PM

AverageAmericanGuy: The Constitution can be amended. The rules written by a handful of rich, white, racist slaveowners 200 years ago can be changed, and should be changed if they fail to keep up with fundamental changes to our American culture.

It can't be denied that people are outraged and horrified at the sheer volume of gun violence news these days.

In other worse, we amend the constitution to allow the government to make it a federal offense to possess a gun on school grounds?

That sounds like a good idea, and should definitely show those school shooters.

austerity101		2013-02-03 07:53:20 PM

Anderson's Pooper: austerity101: When was the last time that a thwarted mugging was given a lot of coverage on the news?

That's my point. News stories where guns are used responsibly and effectively are typically ignored by the press. If they treated the tragic stories the same, perhaps we wouldn't see as many copycats. I blame the 24/7 news cycle for extending the life of a lot of these stories.

Even *successful* muggings are given virtually no air time. This story will be largely ignored not because it isn't tragic, but because it isn't as compelling a story as a larger crisis such as a school shooting.

If a school shooting were stopped by a guy with a gun, we'd hear about it. Sadly, that doesn't happen very often, if ever.

dookdookdook		2013-02-03 07:53:30 PM

Anderson's Pooper: That's my point. News stories where guns are used responsibly and effectively are typically ignored by the press. If they treated the tragic stories the same, perhaps we wouldn't see as many copycats. I blame the 24/7 news cycle for extending the life of a lot of these stories.

87 people were killed by guns yesterday (and today, and tomorrow, and...) and I don't recall seeing a front page, 30-point font headline on CNN.com about any of those either.

DAMN YOU LAMESTREAM MEDIA!

Wolf_Blitzer		2013-02-03 07:53:44 PM

piperTom: Azlefty: cretinbob: Goody Guys 1 Bad Guys 297
No, good guys 2,500.000

Your side should start taking the score of the good guys also!

They should count the good guys, but there is no possible way. A great majority of "good" gun encounters are the kind where the good guy shows his/her gun and the bad guy just backs off; no report is ever made.

Maybe you should be encouraging your fellow "good guys with guns" to report crimes to law enforcement, so that you'd have something other than a bare assertion pulled from your ass.

winterbraid		2013-02-03 07:54:13 PM

let's not get ahead of ourselves here - have we determined the ethnicity of this so-called "hero?"

/'cause sometimes the NRA does support gun control...

pedrop357		2013-02-03 07:55:04 PM

austerity101: If a school shooting were stopped by a guy with a gun, we'd hear about it. Sadly, that doesn't happen very often, if ever.

Well, given that CCW holders can't carry in schools in 46 or states, and most schools don't have even a single armed resource officer/security guard/police officer, I suppose that's why it doesn't happen.

Real Women Drink Akvavit		2013-02-03 07:55:20 PM

Why did he shoot the unarmed kid? Is it legal to shoot an unarmed person in Michigan because they were with an armed person attempting to rob you? When I took the class for my CCW here in Cali, we were told we couldn't shoot people who were unarmed and/or posed no immediate threat. We have to BE threatened, not simply FEEL threatened.

/curious about the laws there about this sort of thing.

pedrop357		2013-02-03 07:55:42 PM

dookdookdook: 87 people were killed by guns yesterday (and today, and tomorrow, and...) and I don't recall seeing a front page, 30-point font headline on CNN.com about any of those either.

did the gun pick itself up and kill the person?

How do you get 87? Are you including suicides?

cheeseaholic		2013-02-03 07:56:06 PM

Azlefty: cretinbob: Goody Guys 1 Bad Guys 297
No, good guys 2,500.000

Your side should start taking the score of the good guys also!

So simple, and yet so effective.

10/10

dookdookdook		2013-02-03 07:56:20 PM

pedrop357: Well, given that CCW holders can't carry in schools in 46 or states, and most schools don't have even a single armed resource officer/security guard/police officer, I suppose that's why it doesn't happen.

So the tens of millions of people in those 4 states isn't a large enough sample size for you?

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