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That article is a RIOT!

That is what this kind of asininity brings down on all our heads.

Rest assured this incident will be repeated time and again by the Bradys and their ilk.

- Jim

The fact that the man had a Washington license was mentioned here:
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- Jim

That argument doesn't convince anyone who needs convincing.

People take the risks of driving for granted.

Furthermore, the fact that X is a problem does not make Y cease to be a problem. More people are killed by their own voluntary acts like smoking, alcoholism, drug abuse, and overeating than all accidents combined. Each problem has to be addressed separately and appropriately.

Most people, including casual shooters and hunters, seem to think of firearms as uniquely dangerous and requiring some kind of control. Even some active members of this forum have conniptions when they think they see someone "printing" or someone carrying a weapon who is not obviously a LEO.

The battle to form public opinion is contested. We have made quite a bit of headway in recent years, but every incident like this is a setback.

- Jim

carlson1 wrote:It should not even be that much to go through to be able to exercise your rights.

But it is. And every time some moron exercises his "right" to mutilate himself and endanger innocent people in public, the pressure mounts to "do something about it."

I'm surprised that the Washington legislature has held out this long. The majority of people will gladly give away a right that they don't appreciate if they think, even wrongly, that it will improve their safely.

- Jim

Those of us who mostly couldn't care less about Seattle tend to think of it as a haven for would-be hippies who dress in natural fabrics and ugly shoes and drink way too much overpriced coffee. Which it is.

But it is also a festering cesspool of gang activity and thuggish crime. Just Google "Seattle shooting" and ignore the articles about basketball and movies.

IOW, thinking that one does not need to plan for self defense there is delusional.

- Jim

And the weapon was [drumroll please] ... a Glock 30.

http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailywee ... himsel.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

In Washington state, the only requirements for getting a permit are filling out some forms and having a clean background check. No testing or training.

Fortunately, this specimen injured only himself.

- Jim