Larry O'Dea, pictured at the Police Bureau
in October when Mayor Charlie Hales announced
he had selected O'Dea to succeed retiring
Chief Mike Reese. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian
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"My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this past week. We send our love and respect to them as they deal with situations that are much more serious than we have had to deal with this week. We hope that he will continue to come to Texas and seek the relaxation that he deserves."
-- Whittington apologizing for getting in the way of Cheney's shotgun pellets. YouTubeNot everyone can get away with this level of blame acceptance. At least Whittington had knowingly put himself in that situation, but what of tens of thousands of people who were injured by gun accidents who don't?
"Well, he was carrying the gun legally. He must have training in gun safety before the state would have allowed him to carry a gun, right? Plus, the store gave them permission to bring the gun in the business. If they didn't want to have "good guys with guns" in the store they would have said something, right? Put up a sign, right?
I mean nobody would let incompetent people with guns into their business, unless they trusted them, or the state certified their worthiness to carry a gun, right? He didn't intend to shoot anyone, so he's not a bad guy. I guess there is no one to blame for an honest gun accident."This is the logic customers are using now if they go into stores that allow guns. This is illogical and dangerous.
At $210 you could buy two for the price of one Glock. |
Of course the NRA is already preparing for this. They just convinced the Tennessee legislation to make the public universities immune from any liability now that teachers can carry guns on campus. And they didn't require the teachers to have any training or extra insurance. The Tennessee NRA people aren't stupid, but the legislators who believed there wouldn't be any problem with guns on campus are.What is also astonishing to me is that these "no permit, no training" changes were passed against the wishes of the majority of the people in the state. More guns in the hands of more people with no training and no certification is a bad idea.