The author, a doctor, makes the case that in our climate of daily random violence and desperate drug addicts, a doctor would be wise to have a gun in his office. He brings up the example of emergency rooms having metal detectors and bullet proof glass because shootings have actually occurred there. So he asks:
Would you not see a doctor if you knew he had a gun in his office?
To those who would fear ....... I ask you this, why would a doctor having a gun bother you? Do you live in fear that your physician is trying to kill you? I mean if he really wanted you dead, he could stab you with a scalpel or inject you with something lethal. He could do so with the tools of his profession in a much more efficient manner than with a gun.
Have you ever been faced with a violent person pointing a gun at you or a loved one? If you ever do- I bet you change your mind on this subject... I tend to think most of the people who are vocally against carrying a weapon as a law abiding citizen have never been faced with those who carry weapons who are *not* law abiding citizens...
If a person with a gun is already pointing it at you would you have a chance to get to your gun before they shoot you? I wonder about that. I also doubt that you would.
I haven't read all these posts as I have homework to get back to in a minute...but I see no reason why a doctor couldn't have a gun if he has a legal right to have one. Why should he be denied just because he's a doctor, when other citizens exercise their right to carry them?
Of course, I would hope he is/becomes a responsible gun owner...because tragically, there are too many unresponsbile ones.
If a person with a gun is already pointing it at you would you have a chance to get to your gun before they shoot you? I wonder about that. I also doubt that you would.
Chances are at least decent that someone else in a given situation may be able to get to a firearm if it is carried concealed. If one is the target of an assailant who is pointing a weapon- no- not unless one is Wyatt Earp.... However- who is to say that you're guaranteed of being the only one around and being the one that's getting pointed at?
2. Was threatened by heroin addict who was dealing on our unit. A few weeks later, got my concealed carry permit, a nice .380 auto, a swell Galco "purse" that conceals it completely and have it with me everywhere I go. Very comforting actually.
3. Can I "draw" it fast enough if the assailant is confronting me with a pistol. I don't have to. The safety is off and my hand is on the grip, my finger on the trigger when I walk out the door.
4. The gun is so beautifully concealed you wouldn't know I am always prepared to protect myself.
BTW: I object to the initial question: Should doctors BE ALLOWED to have guns? Excuse me... Should you BE ALLOWED to attend the church of your choice? Should you BE ALLOWED to express your political opinions? Should you BE ALLOWED to have habeus corpus rights?
... One point- if you are walking around with your finger actually ON the trigger- you really really need to take a firearm safety course. That statement is very concerning. I agree with everything else- BUT- that is a MAJOR safety issue. The FIRST thing they teach you is "Keep your finger OFF the trigger till you're ready to shoot". Now this may have been just misspoken- but anyone versed in gun safety will tell you- the trigger finger rests along the frame until you have an active target and are actually ready and preparing to shoot...
But yes- I agree 100%- an armed society is a polite society. :)
1. An armed society is a polite society.
2. Was threatened by heroin addict who was dealing on our unit. A few weeks later, got my concealed carry permit, a nice .380 auto, a swell Galco "purse" that conceals it completely and have it with me everywhere I go. Very comforting actually.
3. Can I "draw" it fast enough if the assailant is confronting me with a pistol. I don't have to. The safety is off and my hand is on the grip, my finger on the trigger when I walk out the door.
4. The gun is so beautifully concealed you wouldn't know I am always prepared to protect myself.
BTW: I object to the initial question: Should doctors BE ALLOWED to have guns? Excuse me... Should you BE ALLOWED to attend the church of your choice? Should you BE ALLOWED to express your political opinions? Should you BE ALLOWED to have habeus corpus rights?
... One point- if you are walking around with your finger actually ON the trigger- you really really need to take a firearm safety course. That statement is very concerning. I agree with everything else- BUT- that is a MAJOR safety issue. The FIRST thing they teach you is "Keep your finger OFF the trigger till you're ready to shoot". Now this may have been just misspoken- but anyone versed in gun safety will tell you- the trigger finger rests along the frame until you have an active target and are actually ready and preparing to shoot...
But yes- I agree 100%- an armed society is a polite society. :)
No, no, no.... you are right. Let me stipulate
My index finger is extended... resting beside and along (but outside) the trigger guard. The PPK is quite petite. To have my finger resting on the frame is to feel the trigger guard "right there". That was poorly said. Thank you.
Luckily we don't have to rely on an imaginary world. The evidence clearly shows an armed society is a safer society. The evidence also shows that an unarmed society is not only unsafe, but powerless as well.
Where is the overwhelming evidence for this, please?
I can't BELIEVE that some people here have admitted to putting a loaded gun in their work locker... that is INSANE to me!!
Where is the overwhelming evidence for this, please?
I can't BELIEVE that some people here have admitted to putting a loaded gun in their work locker... that is INSANE to me!!
I'd feel safer with no guns at all.
Who said it was in my locker?
I think it's OK that you feel safer where there are no guns. I feel differently. Thank goodness we have a constitution that recognizes we are both citizens with inalienable rights.
Where is the overwhelming evidence for this, please?
I can't BELIEVE that some people here have admitted to putting a loaded gun in their work locker... that is INSANE to me!!
I'd feel safer with no guns at all.
Seconding the request for evidence.
And good god, I would LOVE to live in a world where everyone carrying guns means a safer place, but how many of you have been involved in a room where people are shooting to kill each other? Consider the VA tech shooting. Some said that if the students were armed, it wouldn't have been as bad.
Think for a second...you're in a classroom, and someone comes in and starts shooting....some people start shooting back, it is chaotic. Who will know who the original shooter was, and who to aim at? What about when the cops show up and 15 different people have guns drawn?
This is a recipe for disaster. Nearly every other civilized country has banned handguns, and they do juuuust fine.
I would love to believe that we are all clint eastwood and draw fast and never miss, and ONLY hit the bad guy. However I think we all know that's nothing more than fantasy.
And good god, I would LOVE to live in a world where everyone carrying guns means a safer place, but how many of you have been involved in a room where people are shooting to kill each other? Consider the VA tech shooting. Some said that if the students were armed, it wouldn't have been as bad.
Think for a second...you're in a classroom, and someone comes in and starts shooting....some people start shooting back, it is chaotic. Who will know who the original shooter was, and who to aim at? What about when the cops show up and 15 different people have guns drawn?
This is a recipe for disaster. Nearly every other civilized country has banned handguns, and they do juuuust fine.
I would love to believe that we are all clint eastwood and draw fast and never miss, and ONLY hit the bad guy. However I think we all know that's nothing more than fantasy.
I guess you weren't in Elko, NV a few months back when a stalker husband came into a club and killed two people, wounded four and stopped to reload. His rampage ended when another patron killed him. You weren't in that church in Colorado Springs when a deranged man bolted exits shut and started walking down corridors shooting at people. He was killed by a lady with a gun. You weren't riding in the car with my sister (who has MS and can't walk) when she was cut off in traffic and a deranged man began trying to bash in her driver's side window. (He wasn't nearly as enraged after looking down the barrel of her 45 cal. Smith and Wesson. In fact he reached way down deep into his inner self and found a completely new and novel sense of calm.)
Are you honestly interested in the data?
THen you have to read the book(s) by John R. Lott, JR (or any of his multiple interviews in mainstream media) in which he has systematically collected the very data you seek.
States with the largest increases in gun ownership also have the largest drops in violent crimes. Thirty-one states now have such laws--called "shall-issue" laws. These laws allow adults the right to carry concealed handguns if they do not have a criminal record or a history of significant mental illness.
Go to Amazon. The information you say you would "love to believe" is available. If you are objective... you've sort of committed yourself to become more informed.
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If a person with a gun is already pointing it at you would you have a chance to get to your gun before they shoot you? I wonder about that. I also doubt that you would.