12-15-2012, 01:34 PM
Greetings.
What a world we live in. A great, wondrous place. A disturbing place. You will of course have heard of the Connecticut massacre by now. A sick, sad, and horrible incident which will be talked about for a long time to come. Oh yes, you will hear about it, but, you may or may not hear about the incident in China, where a man stabbed 22 children and one adult. Why not you ask? Because it didn't happen here. Because it didn't involve guns. This event will fuel madness in the form of anti gun movements and gun laws. People will scramble, even more so than now, to get guns and all manner of firearm accessories and ammunition. Which means price gouging. People panicking and vultures swooping down on the masses. People's lives destroyed by media frenzy and a government using their loss, their grief, to fuel anti gun legislation. Guns are bad! We need more and stricter laws! Few realize the issue isn't guns. That laws and regulations won't solve anything. Fewer still actually care I suspect. This whole ordeal will spawn more grief, and I believe, more victims. There will be a few like myself who will be put at greater risk, risk of loss of life and limb. I am an armed security guard you see, and in desperate times people resort to drastic measures. Add to this the fact that I specifically guard ATM technicians and well, it's not exactly a safe work environment. This whole thing puts people like me in a bind you see. Because my employers wish for us to have a sidearm, kevlar, and, you guessed it, an AR15. I have no armor. I have no AR15. Prices are going up, and will go up more. By the time I can afford an AR15 there may be new laws, another gun ban, and of greater proportions. I'm not exactly law enforcement so I could be relatively up a creek, with little more than my 1911. This whole thing reeks, and my guts are churning from the stench. My condolences for the victims and their loved ones, I'm sorry for your loss, and for the fact your dead will become martyrs for what is in my opinion, another evil. So Lurkers, what do you think? How would the anti gun push affect you and your friends or family? What is your opinion on the situation?
Nomad
What a world we live in. A great, wondrous place. A disturbing place. You will of course have heard of the Connecticut massacre by now. A sick, sad, and horrible incident which will be talked about for a long time to come. Oh yes, you will hear about it, but, you may or may not hear about the incident in China, where a man stabbed 22 children and one adult. Why not you ask? Because it didn't happen here. Because it didn't involve guns. This event will fuel madness in the form of anti gun movements and gun laws. People will scramble, even more so than now, to get guns and all manner of firearm accessories and ammunition. Which means price gouging. People panicking and vultures swooping down on the masses. People's lives destroyed by media frenzy and a government using their loss, their grief, to fuel anti gun legislation. Guns are bad! We need more and stricter laws! Few realize the issue isn't guns. That laws and regulations won't solve anything. Fewer still actually care I suspect. This whole ordeal will spawn more grief, and I believe, more victims. There will be a few like myself who will be put at greater risk, risk of loss of life and limb. I am an armed security guard you see, and in desperate times people resort to drastic measures. Add to this the fact that I specifically guard ATM technicians and well, it's not exactly a safe work environment. This whole thing puts people like me in a bind you see. Because my employers wish for us to have a sidearm, kevlar, and, you guessed it, an AR15. I have no armor. I have no AR15. Prices are going up, and will go up more. By the time I can afford an AR15 there may be new laws, another gun ban, and of greater proportions. I'm not exactly law enforcement so I could be relatively up a creek, with little more than my 1911. This whole thing reeks, and my guts are churning from the stench. My condolences for the victims and their loved ones, I'm sorry for your loss, and for the fact your dead will become martyrs for what is in my opinion, another evil. So Lurkers, what do you think? How would the anti gun push affect you and your friends or family? What is your opinion on the situation?
Nomad
R.I.P. Pete! I can't believe you're gone. 