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Originally Posted by
reefraff http:///t/388457/this-cant-be-california-democratics-banned-it/40#post_3427743
Fact: The Republicans haven't ran that state for decades. They held control of the house from 95 to 96 for the first time in 25 years and haven't held it since. I don't know when they last controlled the senate but in that state the governor can't wipe his butt without legislative approval. Even if Awnowld had been a conservative he couldn't have changed gun laws.
Fact: Someone in the salon with a pellet gun could have shot the guy in the eye and ended the whole situation so your assertion is absurd. What if the salon owner had a shotgun which is a fairly common home and business defense weapon. A shot to the upper torso from more than 10 feet away likely would have resulted in injuries to the face that would have ended the ordeal . What if someone had opened up on him with a 9mm? Would he had stood his ground?
All that can intelligently be stated as fact is being unarmed meant there was no chance these people could defend themselves.
What's absurd is your assertion that someone having a gun even in arm's length would have the capability of grabbing that gun and getting even a shot in the general direction of an indivual that walks in, weapons drawn, and shooting anything that moved within that 10 foot radius you speak. If the guy would've walked in, hestiated for even 5 minutes, MAYBE you'd have a chance to draw and fire. But those odds would be atronomical. You'd either have to be walking around with the gun on your side, or be standing in the exact location of the gun when the guy walked in. Sorry to say, but if I walked into an establishment and saw a bunch of peoiple walking around with guns on their side, my first thought would be, "This must be a REAL dangerous area, or this place has been robbed or attacked multiple times." I'd turn around and walk out.
Me, my wife, and a few other couples play Texas Hold 'Em Poker at these various local bars and restaurants during the week. There's this one establishment we go to every Saturday to play that's a pretty nice place, and the crowd is well mannered for the most part. The other night, one of my buddies IMed me with, "Guess we won't be going to Hot Tin Roof on Saturday's any longer. Some guy got into a fight there tonight, and he pulled out a gun and started shooting, hitting two people."
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Two-people-shot-when-patron-pulls-a-gun-at-bar/-cDvTZ2fo0G1JNfvPzUA8g.cspx