the groupthink which produces the idea that banning
guns from the mentally challenged somehow forgets
that most murderers don't seem to be mentally challenged.

it's like banning ice cream because some people
throw ice cream cones in a food fight. -- j
.

Down with political correctness forever. You have good points. I have a gun, dont want to ever have to use it, but if someone attacks me I wont hesitate to use it as well as anything else that I can. I could watch an attacker die that I killed and have no PTSD over it.

The real think that stops people trying to do harm to others is the determination of others (and dogs for that matter) to just not allow it.

I have two pitt bulls and thieves know the dogs observe, make their decision, then go after the perps without any discussion. The result is I havent been robbed for many many years.

If the bad guys know that people on a plane they want to hijack will just do whatever it takes to stop them without discussion and worry about political correctness- the bad guys will be deterred.

In Paris, if there was that determination and guns to back it up, I suspect the death toll and future attacks would be a LOT less

notice, the jihadis did not attack Switzerland...

If I had the power, I would strap anti-gun people down and force them to listen to the Bach Choral Prelude called "Sleepers Awake." OK, so I'm dealing in symbolism. I would however do the following: Secretly place a gun I n a very obvious place in the home of a prominent anti-gun leader. Then have some jihadists burst into his home and threaten his family. I wonder if he'd reach for the gun. OK, now I've gone from symbolism to fantasy. But the stupidity of the anti-gunners is so astounding, that normal arguments just drop out of my head.

Easier to get to Paris, especially with the EU rules on passports. However, ISIS will strike the USA eventually.

I didn't see a single person on CNN or MSNBC calling for more gun control in France. Hell, this one incident is probably more than all the school shootings here over the past decade totaled up.

Don't forget Liberation Theology as well, the book is A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez

This why I carry a pocket pistol in my right front pocket where I used to carry my wallet.
The armed guard at the credit union I use does not know I ignore the sign that says only law enforcement officers may carry guns.
As long as there is not a detection device or a pat down, old limping dino will be able to defend himself. And I shoot straight.
My grown son prefers to carry a larger piston in his belt concealed behind his back.

This also brings to mind Anders Brevik in Norway, who carried out a leisurely process of slaughter, killing over 70 unarmed people, acting alone. I anticipate more violence aimed at the Scandinavian countries, now that they've been flooded with "refugees."

The quote belongs to Rahm Emanuel. Hillary isn't that original or quotable.

It was not a military operation, it was terrorism. They need a soft target when their objective is to kill as many innocents as possible.

NY is a heck of a lot bigger than NY City! In the big cities is where the gun free zones prevail but out in rural NY I am quite sure we are as well armed as western NC. Our Governor is certainly anti gun but our county Sheriffs are in almost complete disagreement.

Didn't you know the few rule the masses! if some one had a gun there they would have shot the bomber but guess who would have gone to jail for saving all the people who died

That was the first thing that went through my mind. Why are they bothering France, when US has by far the largest global military presence and has pornography and all that? Maybe it's b/c US citizens are more likely to be armed and shoot back.

That thought ran through my head as soon as I first heard the new unfolding about this disaster. It isn't a whole lot better there in NY either, is it? Here in western NC, it would not be unusual for a few people to be carrying - at least in some venues.