Garands in Binghamton - how long do we have ?

[Jocko]

Sitting here in Binghamton holding my Garands and wondering how long before the knock on the door comes. Watching all the national news coverage and listening to the lies. All afternoon yesterday before the local news conference they major networks where saying the shooter was armed with a "High power rifle" - not true - all he had was two handguns and a hunting knife. Handguns were legally purchased & he had his handgun permit.
Its only a matter of time before they start the crap on gun control. I for one who has obtained my pistol permit years ago and just recently obtained my carry concealed would of put this chump down before he got to 13 dead.
Maybe if someone working in this building had a carry permit the number would not have been as high. Oh I know someone out there will say - you want the streets to be like the wild west - what a load of crap that is. The true west was no were near the shot'em up environment has all the cowboy movies portray it to be. It was much safer. Why do we never see these gunmen go to any place where they know there are guns - because it's a
deterant. Never heard of any gunmen going to the local gunclub and try to shoot up the place or shoot someone. Well about done with this rant - just got me fired up listening to all this BS on the major media about how there should be no firearms - one supposid expert said all guns should taken and we need to trust our police - what a load of crap that is - when is there ever a cop around when you need one. It's all this liberal media crap being feed to people that makes the possiblity gun confiscation possible.

GOD save the USA - - -

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[0311Shooter]

Watching the news and listening to talk shows, all conservative of course, so far I haven't seen much talk of "get those EVIL guns off the streets". But they are inching up, making those lists of all the recent shootings.

Have heard of Obamma saying he is watching and I am sure he is taking it all in. Right now his administration has their hands full just trying to survive the financial meltdown. If/when the economy starts to stabilize, and they have more time on their hands, look OUT. He will be looking for more mountains to conquer.

You can see it, I can see it, we all can see that if there was just ONE person there with a CCW and he/she was able to stop this guy after the initial shots, it would have been a different story. But it almost never seems to be that way. These shooters, although clearly nuts, are not stupid. They have their backs covered, doors locked, ample ammo, and, DUH, always seem to know where to strike with little possibility of an armed confrontation. Naturally with so many places having that NO GUN sign, it's a target rich environment.

Finally, what is the answer? Who knows? Psychologists with a PHD can't figure it out. Perhaps they ought to ask us peon gun owners.

We KNOW what the answer is.

[M1 Rifleman]

The lies and the "spin doctors" got to this story even before the smoke cleared. I'll venture to say that we'll have more clamoring for gun control before the end of next week.

Get set and fasten your seat belts, we're in for a bumpy ride...

[GTO-Guy]

Another wack-a-doodle went off today in Pittsburgh.. Shot three cops. WTF is wrong with these people?

[Art]

When things get a little tough some of the wack jobs just teetering on the edge go over it. That is what seems to have happened in this case, as well as some of the others.

The news always gets at least some of the facts wrong, partly in thier rush to get the story out, partly because sensationalism sells and partly because of predjudice. Wong, the guy in Binghamton was initially reported to have had a rifle, he didn't.

The politicians have been quiet so far. I think a lot of that is because their private polling is telling them this isn't the time.

[Mike Josephic]

The fellow in Pittsburgh (I live there) who killed three cops was an ex-Marine who got a dishonerable discharge for attacking his drill instructor. He was a
certified nut case. He called 911 and waited at his home and when the cops
showed up, killed three of them on the front porch with his AK 47. He laid
an ambush for them. He's in custody, not killed but wounded, since he wore
body armour. The local media is calling his few guns an "arsenal" -- 1
AK, one hunting rifle and two handguns.

I'm afraid that we are in for bumpy ride here once the government gets
some other things straightened out (like the fall of GM, Chrsyler, etc.).
The guy was even quoted as saying that "he was afraid that Obama was going after his guns". Perhaps true, but we didn't need this type of
publicity on top of the other recent incidents.

God help us -- we can only hope that this blows over. You can't legally
legislate how to deal with non-certified mentally unstable minds -- they
are, unfortunately, able to create havoc.

[Griff Murphey]

Apparently he "snapped" because his mother called the police to throw him out of the house after the dog urinated in the house, about 4 AM. Peter Pans who live with mommy as grown men are almost always a bit dicey.