tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post6510200855751839680..comments2023-10-28T04:12:12.714-06:00Comments on THIS DIVIDED STATE - Official Blog of the Filmmakers: Salt Lake City Bloodbath: UpdateEliashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600841645881080576noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-82071656238941148192007-02-15T11:55:00.000-07:002007-02-15T11:55:00.000-07:00Be careful with that word "reason," Bryan. Its fr...Be careful with that word "reason," Bryan. Its frequent or appropriate usage betrays a liberal bias.Sam Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448159324211799467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-22591227569282648872007-02-13T18:01:00.000-07:002007-02-13T18:01:00.000-07:00I think if there weren't guns, chances are good th...I think if there weren't guns, chances are good there wouldn't be gun deaths.<BR/><BR/>I mean, it stands to reason...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086411448964347304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-79331589742441538012007-02-13T15:50:00.000-07:002007-02-13T15:50:00.000-07:00Not surprisingly, some on the right are already tr...Not surprisingly, some on the right are already trying to turn this tragedy into an "Islamofascist" thing.<BR/><BR/>Posted this afternoon at <A HREF="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=24428#c0017" REL="nofollow">"Little Green Footballs"</A>:<BR/><BR/><B><I>#17 "Oh no...Sand People!" 2/13/2007 02:20PM PST<BR/><BR/>Sorry to OT so soon: <BR/>Police identify gunman as 18-year-old Bosnian: <BR/>[Link: deseretnews.com...]<BR/><BR/>The shooter in the Salt Lake City Trolley Square Plaza was a Bosnian Refugee. That means there is, according to Wikipedia , a 93% chance of him being a muslim.</B></I><BR/><BR/>Well, it's nice to know the righ-wing idiots are consistent, if nothing else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-20437524822726255962007-02-13T12:05:00.000-07:002007-02-13T12:05:00.000-07:00how is it that the shooter was taken down by an ar...<I>how is it that the shooter was taken down by an armed citizen with no apparent collateral deaths?</I><BR/><BR/>If that is what happened, then I'm sure it had nothing to do with that "armed citizen" being an OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICER who was not under fire at the time of ascertaining the nature of the incident in progress and the whereabouts of the shooter.<BR/><BR/>By the way, what was your point?Sam Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448159324211799467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-22668182259959984362007-02-13T11:42:00.000-07:002007-02-13T11:42:00.000-07:00Imagine the horror the man who was able to see the...Imagine the horror the man who was able to see the bodies through a telephoto lens. <BR/><BR/>His wife was among the missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-63978268798735144962007-02-13T11:33:00.000-07:002007-02-13T11:33:00.000-07:00If meeting apeshit-man with lethal force inevitabl...If meeting apeshit-man with lethal force inevitably has such poor results, how is it that the shooter was taken down by an armed citizen with no apparent collateral deaths?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-9454661443978470922007-02-13T10:29:00.000-07:002007-02-13T10:29:00.000-07:00I forgot to add something very important to the sc...I forgot to add something very important to the scenarios I listed above. It is important to remember that when good people fire their guns, the bullets will <B>only</B> either hit the bad guys or fly harmlessly into walls and ceramic planters. It's just like in the movies. When you see the police frantically clearing the scene of a shooting or armed hostage standoff, it is only because they are afraid the <I>bad guy's</I> weapon might harm innocent bystanders.<BR/><BR/>I just thought I should point that out.Sam Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448159324211799467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13929434.post-28409414873529584592007-02-13T10:22:00.000-07:002007-02-13T10:22:00.000-07:00If you are at the mall, and someone goes apeshit o...If you are at the mall, and someone goes apeshit on you, you had better hope that he has poor enough aim that you have time to pull your gun out before he puts you down. That assumes, of course, that the shooter has the decency to pull out his gun where you can see it before he sees you, and that he doesn't shoot you down with his first volley.<BR/><BR/>Of course, if everyone has a gun, and has it drawn and ready to fire, that would eliminate the aforementioned concern. As long as everyone with their drawn, loaded gun stays cool and doesn't threaten anyone else, there's no chance for a mishap, or for anyone going fatally apeshit. If someone under those circumstances <I>does</I> decide to go apeshit, then it stands to reason that every armed man, woman, and child in the vicinity will know exactly who the bad guy is, and there will be no confusing free-for-all of gun violence.<BR/><BR/>Of course, given that I don't particularly like guns (yes, I've handled and fired a few), I'd just as soon take my chances being unarmed. If the shooter doesn't get me with his first volley, then I figure (being unarmed as I am) my best bet would be to flee. I'll just hope that whatever armed hero I'm leaving behind has really good aim and nerves of steel under fire, and that the only one who gets shot after <I>he</I> gets going is the original apeshit fellow.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, all of the above makes way more sense in the long run than trying to deal with the fundamental issues of violence and gun proliferation in our culture.Sam Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448159324211799467noreply@blogger.com