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I have a very low level of pedantry, but even though, please fix that thread title of yours...
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Because a loaded gun casually tossed onto the back seat is so much better protection than a seatbelt when it comes to looking after your kid!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Watch out for the American coders to come and complain at your political post! 
All joking aside, a gun tossed on the back is definitely the way to go! The belt won't protect you against (outer space) alien invasion, won't it now?!
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Yes it will. Cause as the car is being sucked into the spaceship you wont get bounced around in side the car. Safety First
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Too bad she's already reproduced. Where's Darwin when you need him?
/ravi
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As shooting moms go, that's a fairly dumb one. Carrying a gun carries with it a responsibility to keep it away from hands not trained to use it responsibly. She failed in several respects the common sense test; tossing a gun in the back seat is not the best way to carry it. I keep mine close, on my hip, and if I have to leave my vehicle in a place where firearms are (illegally) forbidden, it's locked in a secure compartment within the locked vehicle.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I'm afraid the thought or even the need to carry a firearm is very alien to me, not to mention illegal. Seem sad society got that way
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The problem is that both the anti-gun lobby AND the pro-gun lobby have bastardized the true reason we have the 2nd Amendment in the first place. It's NOT about hunting, and it's NOT about defense against criminals. It's about having a final recourse when the government becomes tyrannical, or when the country is invaded.
To be honest, I'm surprised the shooting hasn't started yet, since both of those criteria have been met - in spades...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Easy fix. Don't vote for Donald.
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The alternatives are just as bad. The problem is that the government is too big and corrupt, and there is NOTHING the electorate/citizen can do about it. Elections don't change the fact that the American people will be getting screwed. It merely changes who's layin' pipe on us while we're bent over.
We are in severe need of a Constitutional re-alignment, and I don't see a viable solution that could in any way be referred to as "non-violent".
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Urrm, why do you feel the need to carry a loaded firearm? I can think of situations I have been in where if some one had pulled a gun (or a knife) it would have ended badly as it was everybody backed down and no face was lost. Guns in that kinda situation would have led to blood shed.
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glennPattonNotInThePUB wrote: Urrm, why do you feel the need to carry a loaded firearm?
Because an unloaded firearm is just a club.
glennPattonNotInThePUB wrote: I can think of situations I have been in where if some one had pulled a gun (or a knife) it would have ended badly
Welcome to everyday life in America, and it's not because of law-abiding gun owners, but because of out-and-out criminals, or wanna-be criminals that take offense at something you did/said and happen to have a firearm in their possession (legally or otherwise).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: Because an unloaded firearm is just a club.
Point!
I suppose being a Brit, (not that gun crime does not exist) it just seems odd that someone would carry a firearm as part of their 'every day carry', when I have been to the US everywhere has metal detectors to ensure you don't carry guns, knives, metal cased pens around. I once made the mistake of carrying my mini-swiss army knife and almost got stripped searched because of it!
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I avoid places that don't allow me to carry a weapon. Problem solved. Everyone feels safe, and life goes on.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Welcome to everyday life in America, and it's not because of law-abiding gun owners, but because of out-and-out criminals, or wanna-be criminals that take offense at something you did/said and happen to have a firearm in their possession (legally or otherwise).
You make it sound like America is the most dangerous place in the world. I've never carried a weapon for protection and I live in one of the most dangerous areas in America (St. Louis, Missouri). I've never once felt the need to carry a gun. Some will say I'm lucky/stupid for not having a gun.
Carrying a gun is a right in America. It makes about as much sense as two people on welfare having a kid, but its their right too.
I won't try to take your gun away from you, but also please keep it away from me. Gun owners all claim to be responsible, until they have an accident.
Hogan
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Not possible...She basically thinks that guns are toys, and it was only an accident, like falling from the carousel...so why think different?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: She basically thinks that guns are toys
Hold on to that thought, it explains a lot.
Especially if you're a parent that has tried to take away a toy from a child that was meant for older children. 
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You can't fix stupid. Don't they teach anything about gun safety in (certain parts of) the U.S.? 
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Quote: She runs the Jamie Gilt for Gun Sense page on Facebook
Unfortunately she still hasn't found the "everyone else for Common Sense" page. But she is not alone in that. 
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For the vast majority of gun owners, gun safety is instinctual, or even considered by them to be "common sense".
If I had children, I don't think I'd even show them a gun until they were old enough to comprehend the inherent dangers with regards to handling them. I certainly wouldn't allow one to be within immediate/easy reach of a child, and would keep them in a locked safe. IMHO, that's simply common sense, and I certainly didn't need (or take) special training to come to these conclusions.
Normal people don't need the government to tell them how to keep their children safe.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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0) Luckily, the child was not injured.
1) If nothing else, hopefully, she learned a lesson about how to properly store her firearms.
2) I'm betting the state tries to come up with some trumped up bullshit legal challenge, but I personally think a bullet in the back should be punishment enough.
3) Her being an idiot does not automatically mean the government can infringe on her rights (or mine, or yours).
4) Maybe she'll become a famous advocate for properly securing firearms in the presence of children.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 10-Mar-16 8:27am.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: Maybe she'll become a famous advocate for properly securing firearms in the presence of children.
I'd be happy if she started by advocating securing children in the presence of a deadly weapon, cars! If the kid hadn't shot her he could just as easily have been flung forward in an emergency stop and cracked her skull open. Safety does not appear to be a high priority issue!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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