Re: Man With Open Carry Near Obama – Horrors, Gasp, Awful!
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:34 pm
I LOL'd at this.
"What if someone saw the gun, and went off the handle, and grabbed it?"
1) Of course! Completely normal, regular people frequently 'go off the handle' when they see a gun. The gun is what makes them crazy...
He mentions it happening in a courtroom... Where you already KNOW there's violent criminals coming into... Completely different scenario then a public meeting.
2) How is that the Gun's fault? Granted, sure, the guy could have carried it a little more securely, maybe at least level 2 retention.. but he is not required to by law.
3) Whats to say someone couldn't 'go off the handle' and illegally bring a concealed handgun of their own?
4) I'm sure the Secret Service had a scope on that gun the entire time. If some third party 'went off the handle' and grabbed it, and raised it in the president's direction, he would have gotten a .308 round in the chest before he could even get the sights up.
"What if someone saw the gun, and went off the handle, and grabbed it?"
1) Of course! Completely normal, regular people frequently 'go off the handle' when they see a gun. The gun is what makes them crazy...

He mentions it happening in a courtroom... Where you already KNOW there's violent criminals coming into... Completely different scenario then a public meeting.
2) How is that the Gun's fault? Granted, sure, the guy could have carried it a little more securely, maybe at least level 2 retention.. but he is not required to by law.
3) Whats to say someone couldn't 'go off the handle' and illegally bring a concealed handgun of their own?
4) I'm sure the Secret Service had a scope on that gun the entire time. If some third party 'went off the handle' and grabbed it, and raised it in the president's direction, he would have gotten a .308 round in the chest before he could even get the sights up.