Comments on: Glock … the book, the gun, the gun nut.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:15:42 +0000

you gonna sit down with the meth head when they break in and have a nice lunch?

Actually, social engagement has worked for me. I prefer it to sentencing someone to death and instantly carrying out the sentence.

By: IraqVet1999

IraqVet1999 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:23:36 +0000

I didn’t say it wouldn’t kill some one it is a firearm. What i said is that it is a defensive on. As to macaroni for defense, you gonna sit down with the meth head when they break in and have a nice lunch?

As to the references to the apocalypse and us so called “gun nuts” being the only ones to make it that is probaly an unfair assesment, you “gun haters” will most likely live to, at least for a while, What ya gonna do for food though cuz there would be no grocery stores and meat and protien is important. You could fish but our lakes and rivers are so poluted that you will eventualy get heavy metal poisoning but hey you still could eat awhile. oh and you know there are other practicle uses that guns will have in that Fantastical situation that we use them for today. You know like DEFENSE….

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:20:54 +0000

OK, fine. Pistols are not for killing. That would explain why no one has ever been killed by one.

But if you insist, since pistols are not for killing, they are no good for home defense in which you kill someone so they are no longer needed for that. They can only be used for the defensive action in which you don’t kill someone. For that, you can use, say, macaroni or a can of tuna fish.

By: IraqVet1999

IraqVet1999 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:05:54 +0000

So it is designed to be a killing tool huh Greg? Funny that the Geneva convention states pistols are a defensive tool….. hmmmm. Oh yeah when police enter a house on offensive terms the use hand guns right? NO?…. Oh that’s right they use carbines and shotguns…… HMMMMMMMMMM….. Funny thing is any gunsmith of little talent can modify any trigger of any gun to make it more “smooth” and be more accurate. Why don’t you research what you are talking about just a little before spewing drivel like you always put out.

And still no argument from you on my wanting to ban spoons. Obesity kills more Americans a year than guns.

By: SleeperG

SleeperG — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:35:28 +0000

Dang, your just making the case for me. Now I want to go get a Glock to go along with my HKs, S&Ws and SiGs. And it’s not the end of society meme that I ascribe to, it’s the Zombie Apocalypse. So I guess I need to get a suppressor for my Sig 556

By: Bexley

Bexley — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:36:05 +0000

That it exists, that there are any guns made of porcelain, that porcelain guns can’t be picked up on X-rays.

OT but I think the film was Die Hard 2

By: sundoga

sundoga — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:42:05 +0000

Of course it’s for killing. ALL guns are for killing. That’s their basic, designated purpose: They are weapons.
But in America, we have the right to have weapons, for whatever purpose we choose to use them for. There are reasonable and fair restrictions – automatic firearms have been basically banned from private ownership since the 1930s, for instance. However, I can’t see that making a weapon that is qualitatively better then it’s competition illegal is either fair or reasonable. In fact, I see it as punishing innovation and rewarding mediocrity, with possible serious effects on our economy and research endeavours.

By: rob

rob — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:09:45 +0000

I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire two hundred sixty shots or only two hundred fifty-nine?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a Glock 7, the most powerful porcelain handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:22:36 +0000

T. Hunt, I have been pushing for better laws and more accountability, as anyone who has read my writing on this will know (see http://goo.gl/QAeYO and http://goo.gl/LZ6at )

Banning is just one option, but for the Glock, a good one since previous effort to restrict large capacity mags and safety locks have not gone anywhere because of NRA lobbying. I’m all for ‘in between’ solutions but they’ve not bee possible because of the full-on opposition to ANY regulation or control whatsoever.

So, instead of hysterically screaming at me about my hysteria, put your money where your mouth is. Do you happen to have a plan in mind?

By: T. Hunt

T. Hunt — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:36:17 +0000

Ah, hysteria, thy name is Greg Laden. Instead of pushing for better laws and more accountability by those that own and use guns, you cry out for a ban. A BAN, you say! Let’s ban those evil things because, well they’re EVIL. And then you are surprised when the NRA or some other group on that side of the debate calls any law or regulation that would restrict gun ownership an assault on freedom.

So both sides run screaming to the extremes and every time there is the mere mention of a gun or a law, the screaming starts all over again. And nothing will ever be accomplished.

I don’t know why but you are hysterical about handguns. And as long as you maintain this attitude, no compromise is possible. For you, not for the gun lobby. When you start from the ‘BAN’ position, anything less is complete surrender. A BAN is like pregnancy. You either are or you’re not, there is no middle ground.

And I fully believe that the gun lobby has adopted the same attitude. They are just the opposite of ‘BAN’; they want complete freedom, anywhere, any time, for anyone. And once they agree to any compromise, they’re seen as having totally capitulated.

So it’s a lose/lose situation.

And since there is no compromise possible, you’ll go on writing these posts about the ‘evul guns’ and being hysterical and nothing will ever change.

Do I have the answer? Not even close. But I do know that as long as people keep screaming from the extremes, nothing will get done. As has been said by many; you’re either part of the problem or part of the solution. Right now, you’re not part of the solution.

T. Hunt