I didn't say that there were no situations where an armed person could thwart a shooter. I would say that even James Bond would have found the Aurora situation difficult.
By the way, if killing you by accident means me, my wife, my kids, or my friends live, you're gone pal.
Unless I shoot you first. If I believe that you are more likely to kill me by accident than the shooter is to kill me deliberately, am I entitled to shoot you?
If you killed a bystander, the Arapahoe County District Attorney might be willing to get a court to make such a determination, or the family might seek a determination as a civil matter.
As for nanny state, Colorado has concealed carry. I don't know if the theater allowed it.
It's not the nanny state that prevents you from returning fire in a dark, smoke-filled theater; it's physical reality. Do you believe that you could see Holmes and get off a good shot with people running all around?
Perhaps I was being too subtle, but how could Militant Agnostic know that tolerance is good?
I will try to read what you suggested, but I will not begone. Also, you may be confusing political tolerance with epistemological tolerance. Would The GratefulNet kill or prosecute the superstitious, or just not accept their claims?
Tereshkova was 20 years before Sally Ride, who was in space 29 years before that (1934)? Or did you mean 49 years ago this year? Also, there were only two women in space before Ride.
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Also, what if 20% of the people in the theater did as you suggest? What would the body count be, and how many of those people would have been shot?
As for my alleged "sophistry", if you return fire, how will people know that you're not the original shooter or an accomplice.
And if 300 people walk around armed, will you just shoot them on sight?
Does that mean that government officials wouldn't have guns? And even if you restricted it to privately owned guns, how would you enforce such a ban?
I didn't say that there were no situations where an armed person could thwart a shooter. I would say that even James Bond would have found the Aurora situation difficult.
By the way, if killing you by accident means me, my wife, my kids, or my friends live, you're gone pal.
Unless I shoot you first. If I believe that you are more likely to kill me by accident than the shooter is to kill me deliberately, am I entitled to shoot you?
If you killed a bystander, the Arapahoe County District Attorney might be willing to get a court to make such a determination, or the family might seek a determination as a civil matter.
As for nanny state, Colorado has concealed carry. I don't know if the theater allowed it.
It's not the nanny state that prevents you from returning fire in a dark, smoke-filled theater; it's physical reality. Do you believe that you could see Holmes and get off a good shot with people running all around?
The cops were there much sooner than five minutes. Also, good luck getting a good shot in a darkened, gas-filled theater.
If you cannot divine my thoughts on the matter from what I've already written and referred you to, then I don't know what to say.
I'm pretty sure that you were saying that we should tolerate people.
Why can't we have both?
We can have both, but should we have both?
I'm done talking.
Then so be it.
I don't discriminate between men and women.
That doesn't mean no one else does.
Perhaps I was being too subtle, but how could Militant Agnostic know that tolerance is good?
I will try to read what you suggested, but I will not begone. Also, you may be confusing political tolerance with epistemological tolerance. Would The GratefulNet kill or prosecute the superstitious, or just not accept their claims?
She was the first American woman in space; she was preceded by two women cosmonauts.
Tereshkova was 20 years before Sally Ride, who was in space 29 years before that (1934)? Or did you mean 49 years ago this year? Also, there were only two women in space before Ride.
Intolerance of belief is just as bad as intolerance of non-belief.
But how can we know that?
I wonder how Steve Hawley felt?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride#Personal_life
Although I guess would stop riding the bus if drivers insisted on driving on the left (US).
And did he ever say that he invented it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore_and_information_technology#1999_CNN_interview
Mine's only three, but it goes to 1453.
Do you realize that Octavian founded the Roman Empire? Although if he had not founded it, it could not have declined and fallen.
Also, he was Caesar's nephew, not his son.
the free market will provide the necessary solutions for this
Markets are abstractions; they don't do anything. Governments are abstractions, but their employees are not.
Leibniz invented the outhouse.
I'm using wireless, you insensitive clod!
Two hours of video takes what, 3 gigabytes? 3 gigabytes divided by 7,200 seconds is a little over 400kBps. How fast do you need to read?
You expect the recipients of those bribes to make them illegal?
I suspect that's a rather small part of drug testing. Would a heart in a human react the same way?
And can you remove that capacity from Windows?