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Wildscar wrote:

03Lightningrocks wrote:But I have to tell the truth, I would rather them blame it on the stores than to hear them blaming guns for these two idiots. My bet is that the media out there will end up blaming the guns.

Why blame the store. Why not blame the two people that started it all. The store, the guns, the time of day nor the way the wind blows the grass is no excuse for the human nature that directed the course of events that lead to the shootings. The two men are the ones that decided to escalate the encounter into something more. They could have just pulled the two women apart and went their separate ways. It was their fault alone that lives were lost. Whether it be gang related or not. Because if you blame the store then you might as well blame the gun store that sold the guns and the ammo makers and everything else that revolves around guns.

True, but a fantasy at best. Our society doesn't work that way these days. But I agree, it should work just the way you described.

Like I said....I would rather they blame the store than the gun. I didn't say they should blame the store. Someone is going to get blame and it usually isn't the guy that deserves it these days. Kalifornia doesn't work that way. Liberals don't think that way.

Shiner Bock wrote:At least they killed each other.

Definitely the silver lining in the cloud. Two less thugs to prey on civilization. Hopefully they didn't reproduce before killing each other. I would be good with knowing their screwed up gene pool was stopped.

smyrna wrote: Interesting story...You mention the stores playing with people's emotions. What does it say about people who allow themselves to be "played"?

I couldn't agree with you more. Americans are easily played these days. heck, the media played over half the country into voting for an inexperienced socialist president. Nothing the sheeple buy into surprises me anymore.

But I have to tell the truth, I would rather them blame it on the stores than to hear them blaming guns for these two idiots. My bet is that the media out there will end up blaming the guns.

KD5NRH wrote:

smyrna wrote:Interesting story...You mention the stores playing with people's emotions. What does it say about people who allow themselves to be "played"?

When it's WalMart or some big toy or clothing store, it tells me they're weak-minded. If it was Cabela's gun department, it'd tell me they're TXCHLForum members

So true.

KD5NRH wrote:

"We are working closely with local law enforcement officials to determine the specific details of what occurred," the statement said. "Our understanding is that this act seems to have been the result of a personal dispute between the individuals involved. Therefore, it would be inaccurate to associate the events of today with Black Friday."

Translation: "Befoul not the name of this Holiest of Sale Days with suggestions that such things are more likely to happen when you pack half the town into one store."

Funny isn't it. Many years ago, there was a doll introduced at Christmas, called cabbage patch. Every parent had to have one for their little girl...LOL...even my crazy ex wife. People would wait at the stores for hours before they opened hoping to grab one of these ugly little dolls for their kids. These woman would get all cranked up and when the store opened the door, they would all turn crazy and make a mad dash for the four or five dolls on the shelf. My ex got into a fist fight with some big buffarilla black woman who was about to beat her good. Cops interupted and sent them both home with no doll as punishment. LOL...times were different 25 years ago. So my ex walks in with a shiner and she is boohooing and crying about not getting this stupid doll. She couldn't give a crap about the fact that she could have been in jail or that she just about got wooped. It is amazing the tension created by these stores when they play games with peoples emotions.

I also think it is a safe bet these two yahoo's did not possess a permit to carry. What drives me nuts is how easy it is for people to lump legal carry in with criminal carry. A person making a comment like "what kind of person carries a gun toy shopping?", is insulting as heck to me. I'm the kind of person who carries while toy shopping...and to the grocery store and to anywhere else I go. I can't even speed without feeling guilty, but here you have the ill informed assuming that only a criminal would carry a weapon. Oh...it drives me nuts. Most of the time, I don't even know what to say to comments like that. I have actually had members of my own family say things to me like, "we are only going to the restaurant, why are you carrying?". I just tell them I would rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. UUURRRghhh...I'll stop now. Grrrrr...perceptions can be so frustrating.

I am bothered by the comment made questioning what kind of person goes toy shopping with a gun. The next move I expect is for Toys R Us to post no gun signs on their stores, as if this will magically make guys like this not come into the store.