Gunfire at Georgia elementary school?

[ttt]

Aug 21, 2013 11:20:19 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

Aug 21, 2013 9:36:15 GMT -5 BAMFMrsB said:

NOT a gun apologist in any way... but at 20, this guy should not have been able to buy an AK-47. But this is GA. And it is shockingly easy to buy a gun. My FIL gave us a Glock as a gift, and gifted my DH one of his old guns from the 70's. Yeah.... yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. They're hidden away.

Not that ANYONE NEEDS AN ASSAULT RIFLE. EVAR. *-) 

A Glock or an old gun from the 70's could still kill someone, including one of your kids (if you have them) even being "hidden away." Yes, an assault rifle is "worse" than the aforementioned but I hate the mentality that a handgun is somehow an acceptable household item.

The big differene between assault rifles and handguns is that (unless you have an extended magazine) handguns are not designed to inflict mass casualties. You can hit maybe a dozen people. Not so with an assault rifle. With those you're talking dozenS.

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Aug 21, 2013 17:00:35 GMT -5 ttt said:

Aug 21, 2013 11:20:19 GMT -5 @lauriergirl28 said:

A Glock or an old gun from the 70's could still kill someone, including one of your kids (if you have them) even being "hidden away." Yes, an assault rifle is "worse" than the aforementioned but I hate the mentality that a handgun is somehow an acceptable household item.

The big differene between assault rifles and handguns is that (unless you have an extended magazine) handguns are not designed to inflict mass casualties. You can hit maybe a dozen people. Not so with an assault rifle. With those you're talking dozenS.

Well, i'm glad it could *only* kill maybe a half dozen then.

My point was more than a gun hidden in a closet is still dangerous. ANY gun can kill.

[jillboston]

Aug 21, 2013 12:04:32 GMT -5 frlcb said:

Aug 21, 2013 10:42:27 GMT -5 jillboston said:

No - I am grateful she was able to do that. I just feel that this would have gone down a whole lot differently if he was AA. I wish I was wrong. 

eta: I believe the police chief is AA - so maybe it would have been the same. I wonder what would have happened though if an unstable AA young adult with a "terrorist" background, known to police, with a prior arrest had busted into a predominately white private school with an AK-47 and opened fire on a predominately white police force.

I believe in this scenario if the person was black or white they would have been shot. I also believe had this guy actually shot at the police he would have been shot. He was unarmed when they got in there, and they knew he was, which I am sure is why they didn't shoot him.

He did shoot at the police.

[frlcb]

Aug 22, 2013 7:52:06 GMT -5 jillboston said:

Aug 21, 2013 12:04:32 GMT -5 frlcb said:

I believe in this scenario if the person was black or white they would have been shot. I also believe had this guy actually shot at the police he would have been shot. He was unarmed when they got in there, and they knew he was, which I am sure is why they didn't shoot him.

He did shoot at the police.

Sorry, I wrote that yesterday before I had heard he had actually shot at police. I still stand by my thought though. Had he been armed and shooting at them as they entered the room I am sure he would be dead, regardless of race.