Comments on: Megan McArdle, fighting back, and the detractors of both.

By: AHLondon

AHLondon — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:52:07 +0000

Yes the do something urge is strong and often counterproductive.
As for rushing the shooter, that’s what you are supposed to do if unarmed. But you have to train for it. You have to make up your mind that you will do it long before you need to do it. (Same for shooting someone if you are armed.) You need to coordinate the attack if others are with you. And you will have to do all of this in seconds. This is easier said than done and a real problem for the no guns set who’ve likely never considered any of this.
I noticed this back during the London Riots when it took days for people to realize that they might need to defend themselves. They were just locking doors and then noticing that wouldn’t necessarily keep them safe. In a no guns allowed culture, one just doesn’t think about self defense because the police will do that. Contrast the Arizona shooting when the shooter got tackled by 2 men and a grandma pulled the clip out of his hand. In Arizona, self defense isn’t a foreign idea. When the threat appeared, some had the presence of mind to take action.

By: Finrod

Finrod — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:36:58 +0000

Got two words for you: “Let’s roll.”

By: myoda176

myoda176 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:14:59 +0000

Now that’s funny, I don’t care who you are, that’s funny!

I thought about making some comment about Mom jeans, but I know they have those.

By: zamoose

zamoose — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:54:49 +0000

My wife won’t let me wear my No Shame Jeans out in public anymore, unless I’m going to The Depot.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:10:14 +0000

The image of a shooter getting bum rushed and held down by a bunch of grade school kids has a lot of appeal. And when word got out to the prison where he was staying, his life would be even more interesting.

By: myoda176

myoda176 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:50:48 +0000

As soon as the “gun-free zone” advocates volunteer to be the first to pile on the guys and actually prove that they will do it, I’ll think about listening to their arguments. Since they have no shame genes, I highly doubt they have any courage/honor genes either.

By: Darin_H

Darin_H — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:32:40 +0000

Or the “something” makes the entire situation more likely to happen aka gun free zones.

By: jbird

jbird — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:16:03 +0000

I’m convinced that liberalism’s main goal is to make it’s adherents “feel” better by doing something, anything about a problem, particularly if the “something” is knee-jerk, superficial, and mostly ineffective with a myriad of unintended consequences.