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Gun Control & RKBA

DonP

(6,185 posts)

1. I guess nobody told the customer that Hispanics don't want to carry guns

Reply to virginia mountainman (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:43 PM

Nov 2015

Weren't there a rash of posts recently, about how gun ownership was just going to die out with all the old white men?

AA and Hispanics weren't interested in gun ownership and saw it as a bad thing?

I guess the memo didn't reach Gage Park yet.

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The real reason concealed carry is so hated by gun control advocates... [View all] virginia mountainman Nov 2015 OP

I guess nobody told the customer that Hispanics don't want to carry guns DonP Nov 2015 #1

I live in Florida, the Gunshine State. I know a good number of Hispanics and blacks ... spin Nov 2015 #13

gun owners protecting themselves from gun owners. no guns, no need nt msongs Nov 2015 #2

I've noticed that seems to be your plan. krispos42 Nov 2015 #4

I wish the gundamentalists would help society distringuish intentions among gun owners LonePirate Nov 2015 #8

Gundamentalists? GGJohn Nov 2015 #9

Applying logic... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #10

Because we all know criminals only use guns. ileus Nov 2015 #15

Concealed carry is scary? NutellaBear Nov 2015 #29

If only we could find a way to... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #14

Seems to me a lot of these "criminals" upaloopa Nov 2015 #26

I think bad guys would be fine with that too! NutellaBear Nov 2015 #30

Wrong. GGJohn Nov 2015 #5

No guns, and I'm essentially defenseless against someone I can't outrun. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #12

Funny but I know a 13 year old girl who can break four ribs with a single kick. flamin lib Nov 2015 #17

Martial arts... beevul Nov 2015 #19

That would be karate... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #24

While I don't consider hand-to-hand martial arts a substitute... Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #20

Well, as I said elsewhere in this thread flamin lib Nov 2015 #22

Hoping the SCOTUS does the right thing on that one. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #25

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #31

Come on now, owning a gun makes it 9000 times Kang Colby Nov 2015 #3

did you catch what she was watching on TV? gejohnston Nov 2015 #6

Yup, my wife spotted that the first time we saw those videos. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #7

Only thing is that the vast majority of women who are victims of rape or flamin lib Nov 2015 #18

Yep: it's about 80/20 acquaintance vs stranger in the case of rape. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #21

And if they know you they know you have a gun and possibly where it is giving them flamin lib Nov 2015 #23

They don't like CC because it takes you out of the easy victim pool. ileus Nov 2015 #11

"is stories like this, that keep gun control advocates sequestered away behind locked forums" Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2015 #16

Well, yeah HassleCat Nov 2015 #27

Better get your argument under cover or the straw will get moldy... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #28