WHAT’S SO HARD ABOUT GUNPLAY?
Oct. 8th, 2015 12:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogThe gun debate continues. As do the mass shootings that propel it. And by “debate” I mean “rehashing the same old talking points”.
I don’t have anything to add to what I’ve said in the past, but I will take the opportunity to link to this post that addresses the perennial NRA-sponsored talking point that the way to stop mass shootings is to eliminate gun-free zones and arm everyone – the logic being that if everyone has a gun, this will either deter mass shooters, or give the victims a chance to fire back and save the day.
According to people who are actually trained for gunfight situations, this is gunslinger fantasy horseshit.
CAVEAT: The article is from The Nation, which is decidedly slanted to the Left and definitely on the side of the gun-control advocates. So of course that will make people suspicious of its objectivity (as it should). But there are other weapons experts who will independently tell you the same basic thing:
If you find yrself in a gunfight situation, unless you’ve had police/military-level weapons training – or unless yr the luckiest person on Earth – yr far more likely to panic and shoot the wrong people, or get shot yrself (either by the bad guys or by the cops who arrive and see you with yr gun out firing at people).
Think of it this way: the police have serious training for this kind of thing, and some of them still make questionable judgments in confrontational situations (whether because of stress or racism or power trips or whatever). I doubt the John Wayne wannabe performing Open Carry at the local Twin Peaks is going to handle the situation well.
To say nothing of Ben Carson.
Here I come to save the day,
This is dF
I don’t have anything to add to what I’ve said in the past, but I will take the opportunity to link to this post that addresses the perennial NRA-sponsored talking point that the way to stop mass shootings is to eliminate gun-free zones and arm everyone – the logic being that if everyone has a gun, this will either deter mass shooters, or give the victims a chance to fire back and save the day.
According to people who are actually trained for gunfight situations, this is gunslinger fantasy horseshit.
CAVEAT: The article is from The Nation, which is decidedly slanted to the Left and definitely on the side of the gun-control advocates. So of course that will make people suspicious of its objectivity (as it should). But there are other weapons experts who will independently tell you the same basic thing:
If you find yrself in a gunfight situation, unless you’ve had police/military-level weapons training – or unless yr the luckiest person on Earth – yr far more likely to panic and shoot the wrong people, or get shot yrself (either by the bad guys or by the cops who arrive and see you with yr gun out firing at people).
Think of it this way: the police have serious training for this kind of thing, and some of them still make questionable judgments in confrontational situations (whether because of stress or racism or power trips or whatever). I doubt the John Wayne wannabe performing Open Carry at the local Twin Peaks is going to handle the situation well.
To say nothing of Ben Carson.
Here I come to save the day,
This is dF
