tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post6885083556082273576..comments2023-11-02T08:52:30.787-04:00Comments on Connecticut Bob: The NRA wins againUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-16328000625283926552016-07-05T18:41:41.701-04:002016-07-05T18:41:41.701-04:00Thank you - same back at you.Thank you - same back at you.Authentic Connecticut Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867654898369536598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-1488547776381392212016-07-05T16:19:12.829-04:002016-07-05T16:19:12.829-04:00What I admire most about you, ACR, is that you can...What I admire most about you, ACR, is that you can look at a policy or political issue from a practical (as opposed to a dogmatic) aspect. Too many of our so-called leaders, on both sides of the political abyss, have political dogma as their lodestar.<br /><br />Compromise doesn't have winners or losers. But through compromise, our democracy is the winner (as is our Republic.) <br /><br />Bob Symmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229871052043711728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-54432973558156217122016-07-04T21:35:36.214-04:002016-07-04T21:35:36.214-04:00I'll give that.
While as a JP I've done a ...I'll give that.<br />While as a JP I've done a bunch of same sex weddings; if I found myself in a Gay nightclub I suspect I wouldn't be sober for long. Normally all I drink is coffee or Red Bull.<br /><br />Clubs need to retain cops that like to shoot competitively; just some off duty guy with a badge obviously doesn't cut it. <br />Authentic Connecticut Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867654898369536598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-59107337664799184512016-07-04T15:59:35.259-04:002016-07-04T15:59:35.259-04:00And this person is likely to have been sober AND a...And this person is likely to have been sober <b><i>AND</i></b> armed <b><i>AND</i></b> at a gay nightclub on Latino night?Bob Symmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229871052043711728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-85606707706754174572016-07-04T14:42:43.556-04:002016-07-04T14:42:43.556-04:00>>exactly why bars are on the "Gun Free...>>exactly why bars are on the "Gun Free Zone"<br />Not in all states by any means; nor should they. Many of us simply don't drink.<br /><br />An off duty cop might well be like majority of police officers, and spend only the required time annually at the range. Most spend zero time getting additional training unless it's required. <br />The off duty officer in question Authentic Connecticut Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867654898369536598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-55837432770300146292016-07-04T08:21:08.388-04:002016-07-04T08:21:08.388-04:00So then, having excluded those so stupid who would...So then, having excluded those so stupid who would walk into a bar carrying (which is exactly why bars are on the "Gun Free Zone" list,) exactly <b>WHO</b> would be this putative "Good guy with a gun"? Remember, Pulse <i>had</i> a "good guy with a gun": an off-duty cop, who immediately assessed the situation and confronted the killer outside the bar.Bob Symmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229871052043711728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-4625786779060936072016-07-03T21:43:44.462-04:002016-07-03T21:43:44.462-04:00Seriously?
Do even know anyone that carries regula...Seriously?<br />Do even know anyone that carries regularly?<br />If so, do they seem to visit a range with some frequency?<br />Does even one strike you as someone that would carry into a bar <i><b>and</b></i> have a drink?<br />So help me; I don't know <b>anyone</b> that stupid. <br /><br />There's a reason that police are 17 times more likely to shoot an innocent bystander than a permitAuthentic Connecticut Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867654898369536598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-81684749967406227592016-07-03T19:41:24.852-04:002016-07-03T19:41:24.852-04:00So, a "good guy with a gun", who was pro...So, a "good guy with a gun", who was probably a little buzzed from drinking (or shall we now have "designated shooters"?) is your calm, reasoned solution? Um, the club was still crowded (oh right, they were only gays, right? So God said it's okay?) What was it called during the "W" years? Oh right, "collateral damage". Plus, they were mostly young Bob Symmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229871052043711728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-76659183440157400702016-06-27T23:13:00.630-04:002016-06-27T23:13:00.630-04:00No sale.
I knew a fellow that landed in the middl...No sale.<br /><br />I knew a fellow that landed in the middle of a conflict with 2 other fellows; none of them envisioned themselves as any sort of "commandos".<br />Never-the-less the 3 of them eliminated 235 much better armed Nazis.<br />3 Americans killed 235, mostly as silently as possible. <br /><br />The registered Democrat that perpetrated the slaughter in Orlando had no special Authentic Connecticut Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867654898369536598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-48242779425356998682016-06-27T22:53:40.386-04:002016-06-27T22:53:40.386-04:00What is the root of the problem is the idea that &...What is the root of the problem is the idea that "a good guy with a gun" can counter a maniac out to kill. There was an armed cop at the club in Orlando. He recognized he was outgunned and high-tailed it out of there. We can't protect people from mass shootings as long as assault rifles are easily available, even to demonstrably crazy people, because "it's their right!"Connecticut Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426655857464845876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-70192460335974209212016-06-21T14:48:40.032-04:002016-06-21T14:48:40.032-04:00>>Do this ONE thing, and we'll see life-...>><i>Do this ONE thing, and we'll see life-saving legislation fly through Congress faster than a speeding bullet.</i><br /><br />More likely we'd happily see the end of <b>Gun Free Zones</b>, which is so obviously the root of the problem.Authentic Connecticut Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867654898369536598noreply@blogger.com