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• 1. K. Carpenter  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 10:56 am

  

  Or we could outlaw driving

• 2. Elliot  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 11:01 am

  

  I actually prefer driving like an outlaw. ;)

• 3. The Asian Badger  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 1:24 pm

  

  Don’t give Doyle any ideas!

• 4. capper  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 6:28 pm

  

  Ok, I’ll play devil’s advocate. Here we have a person who is supposed to have gun discipline instilled in him and is supposed to have passed a psych evaluation (presuming that is the policy there) and he still gets stupid and kills someone.

  Now, let’s use the pro-gun’s favorite arguments for guns, namely self-defense, or defending someone else’s life. Self-defense in that case could have led to innocents being shot, as the guys in the first car were blotto. And if they hit and killed the cop, there’d be a good chance they’d go to jail for it, because the cop obviously wouldn’t be able to confirm he shot at them first.

  Second, defense of others-If I am facing some bad guy with a gun, that is enough for me to worry about. I don’t want some Clint Eastwood wannabe also taking potshots. Nor, based on some of the comments I’ve seen around the blogosphere or in daily life, would trust a lot of these people with a pair of sharp scissors, much less a firearm.

  Thank you for listening. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

• 5. Elliot  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 7:47 pm

  

  I’m impressed with your bravery!

• 6. capper  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 9:02 pm

  

  Bravery? For playing devil’s advocate? Or for not wanting to get caught in a crossfire?

• 7. capper  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 pm

  

  Or for returning to the regularly scheduled programming?:)

• 8. Elliot  |  October 23rd, 2007 at 9:42 pm

  

  The last, I think. ;)

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