tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1780245772800580134..comments2024-03-29T04:54:50.435-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: "Anxiety simmers as mass shootings loom any time, anywhere"Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42102071220325509582019-08-14T12:41:24.698-05:002019-08-14T12:41:24.698-05:00The truth is that actual shootings are a rare even...The truth is that actual shootings are a rare event.<br />I place full blame for the current hysteria on our national media, those wonks so desperate for content that every incident becomes a feeding frenzy of speculation and rumor.<br />It has long been known that most police officers might have to draw their service weapons a mere handful of times during an entire 20 year career. <br />Those of us who choose to go about our daily lives armed do so as insurance against the vanishing low probability that an armed response might prove necessary. I consider it similar in kind to catastrophic insurance. Small chance of occurrence but very high ramifications should it happen.<br />One small note, if ever I need to respond with lethal force to a threat, once that threat has been dealt with I will immediately conceal my weapon, even if uncertain that all threats have been dealt with. The last thing you want is to be standing at a crime scene with a weapon in your hand. Keep both hands visible and identify yourself as a citizen responder calmly after the fact, not in the heat of the moment.Uncle Larhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008207593205949098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-32673663312033186532019-08-14T09:54:18.809-05:002019-08-14T09:54:18.809-05:00backfired
I don't doubt it, as it does happe...<i> backfired </i><br /><br />I don't doubt it, as it does happen and the area is quite populous of people and vehicles... yet I was reminded that I've not heard a backfire in a good many years. The last time was a beat-to-Hades pickup struggling its way into the local gas station on fumes - over 10 years ago, at least. Before that? Maybe when someone changed plugs and cross-wired things.Orvan Taurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889662143359248647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-459362771125910182019-08-14T05:18:27.469-05:002019-08-14T05:18:27.469-05:00When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away...When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away<br />- John SteinbeckRobin Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358491380192365005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56552556282602688792019-08-13T16:47:31.737-05:002019-08-13T16:47:31.737-05:00I wonder how many people, being hyper-alert for th...I wonder how many people, being hyper-alert for the next mass shooter, will wander in front of cars they weren't looking for.<br />(Now some kid with a cap gun or a string of firecrackers can cause a stampede; a malicious person with a noisemaker and a little planning could likely cause a mass-casualty stampede!)Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-11552149856991974692019-08-13T13:22:16.768-05:002019-08-13T13:22:16.768-05:00I'm overweight, over 50, and naturally clumsy....I'm overweight, over 50, and naturally clumsy. I don't own a gun (see item three above; slew-foots should not own firearms or power saws) but if I find myself in an active shooter situation I fully intend to try to kill the silly sonofabitch. There ought to be SOMETHING within reach that I can dent his dome with. Push-broom, fire extinguisher, SOMETHING. And at least I'll have gone down fighting.C. S. P. Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307088118631856756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-52344687964931044542019-08-13T12:50:36.863-05:002019-08-13T12:50:36.863-05:00Much like you, I'm not in the best shape. But ...Much like you, I'm not in the best shape. But I will not go out on my knees...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com