10-04-2017, 01:13 AM
I hope you don't accuse me of not listening to you just because I don't agree with you Biggie. I don't agree with you in cases like this because I DO listen to you.
It's ignorant to suggest that turning semi-automatics into near automatics -- thereby increasing the number of rounds that could be fired off before the shooter was stopped -- was a disadvantage to the shooter and probably saved lives.
He was shooting multiple weapons with high capacity mags at 20,000 people from two vantage points. If you listen to the audio, you can hear the constant shooting. There's nothing at this point to indicate Paddock was specifically targeting any of the hundreds of people he hit. He was shooting fish in a barrel. The increased number of bullets he was able to fire off with bump stocks was far more likely an advantage to him than a disadvantage.
The car accident scenario is also tired and irrelevant. I don't think many people have a problem with a relevant comparison. I suspect, for example, that most people can readily accept that big game hunters sometimes fatally shoot themselves or their big game hunting buddies accidentally. That's the risk they take. Their choice.
Car accidents are tragic, but they're way down with increased regulation and something I also suspect that most people accept as the risk of choosing to drive or ride in vehicles. Our choice.
What's not something we should just accept, in my opinion, is people being slaughtered in public spaces because some dipshit wants to shoot a bunch of bullets into people. That's not an accident. And, it's a choice that should be taken away from mass murderers whenever possible.
It's ignorant to suggest that turning semi-automatics into near automatics -- thereby increasing the number of rounds that could be fired off before the shooter was stopped -- was a disadvantage to the shooter and probably saved lives.
He was shooting multiple weapons with high capacity mags at 20,000 people from two vantage points. If you listen to the audio, you can hear the constant shooting. There's nothing at this point to indicate Paddock was specifically targeting any of the hundreds of people he hit. He was shooting fish in a barrel. The increased number of bullets he was able to fire off with bump stocks was far more likely an advantage to him than a disadvantage.
The car accident scenario is also tired and irrelevant. I don't think many people have a problem with a relevant comparison. I suspect, for example, that most people can readily accept that big game hunters sometimes fatally shoot themselves or their big game hunting buddies accidentally. That's the risk they take. Their choice.
Car accidents are tragic, but they're way down with increased regulation and something I also suspect that most people accept as the risk of choosing to drive or ride in vehicles. Our choice.
What's not something we should just accept, in my opinion, is people being slaughtered in public spaces because some dipshit wants to shoot a bunch of bullets into people. That's not an accident. And, it's a choice that should be taken away from mass murderers whenever possible.