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moon_custafer) wrote2012-04-04 11:36 pm
moon_custafer) wrote2012-04-04 11:36 pm
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Can't Sleep, Someone is Wrong on the Internet
Anyone know how to hide a specific person's posts on Facebook? I don't care if he sees mine, but -- well there's this guy who's a friend of a friend; politically he's at the opposite extreme from me but I've been trying not to get riled by it.(cut for possible triggers - gun violence) However, today he posted about the recent shooting and he went there - he made the comment that "this monster could have been stopped if only there'd been a law-abiding citizen on hand with a gun."
OK.
I am totally a bleeding-heart liberal.
I've never owned firearms myself.
I *still* think I have a more realistic understanding of them than this guy does.
For instance, I know that outside an action movie, good intentions do not automatically equal shooting ability. If a maniac goes on a shooting spree in a public place without prior warning, just how helpful is a bystander with another gun likely to be, unless s/he is good enough to pick the shooter off without hitting any bystanders, in a chaotic situation, while the target is firing back and lots of people are probably running around looking for cover?
If the law-abiding citizen has police or military training, s/he would be able to stay focussed amid the panic; but I'm still not sure s/he'd be accurate enough with a handgun to risk firing back in the $%*&!ing middle of a crowd of civilians.
There's a reason snipers stay above the fray and use rifles.
Anyway, anyone know if there's a way to put this guy on "ignore?" Failing that, I may have to just block him and damn the consequences if he takes offense.
OK.
I am totally a bleeding-heart liberal.
I've never owned firearms myself.
I *still* think I have a more realistic understanding of them than this guy does.
For instance, I know that outside an action movie, good intentions do not automatically equal shooting ability. If a maniac goes on a shooting spree in a public place without prior warning, just how helpful is a bystander with another gun likely to be, unless s/he is good enough to pick the shooter off without hitting any bystanders, in a chaotic situation, while the target is firing back and lots of people are probably running around looking for cover?
If the law-abiding citizen has police or military training, s/he would be able to stay focussed amid the panic; but I'm still not sure s/he'd be accurate enough with a handgun to risk firing back in the $%*&!ing middle of a crowd of civilians.
There's a reason snipers stay above the fray and use rifles.
Anyway, anyone know if there's a way to put this guy on "ignore?" Failing that, I may have to just block him and damn the consequences if he takes offense.
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Anyway, my response is always that if you want to see a preview of the blythely-arm-everyone experiment, you can always opt for a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Or Somalia. Hey, they've even got small government, too!
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