'Gun-loving' GOP governor reportedly seen 'running scared for his life' from mass shooting

This event only marks the beginning of his metamorphosis.

In the future, when an unsuspecting minority youth mistakenly knocks on his mansion’s gate, the transformation will be complete.

I'm starting to think that the gun lobby might be lying to us...

They still don't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting

The only difference is they were a lot faster to admit it was an act of terrorism. No efforts to limit the access to firearms to prevent it in the future.

They'll just say more guns and you know it.

I was reading a book about how people change their minds and this is true. Horrible trauma is one of the ways people change.

I mean, it worked for the Black Panthers, and they weren’t even trying to get gun control laws put in place.

For the unaware, modern gun control laws basically started with the Black Panthers. During the civil rights movement, peaceful protests would get violently busted by the cops. But people quickly noticed that heavily armed protests would have the cops politely watching from across the street. (Turns out, cops are way less likely to fire into a crowd when the entire crowd can immediately return fire.) So the Black Panthers started arming themselves, to keep the cops from shutting down their protests.

When Republican lawmakers realized that the cops weren’t going to shut down the heavily armed protests on their front lawns, they got really fucking sweaty, really fucking fast. So conservatives pushed the Mulford Act, which was (at the time) the most restrictive gun control law the country had ever seen. It was authored by Ronald Reagan (yes, the same Reagan that the right upholds as a paragon of conservative values) and endorsed by the NRA, (yes, the same NRA that lobbies for looser gun control in the wake of mass school shootings.) All because the wrong people had guns.

The goal of the Mulford Act was to criminalize gun ownership, so the cops could bust individual protesters after the fact, instead of needing to break up an entire protest as it was happening. And it basically set the stage for modern gun control laws. The cops would follow individual protesters home, and kick in their front door while they were having dinner with their family the next evening. This is ironically what led to the Black Panthers becoming so militant, as they implemented anti-espionage tactics to protect the group. Code names, so busted members wouldn’t be able to positively identify other members by name. Segmented information, so a busted member (even a high ranking member) wouldn’t be able to compromise an entire protest. Randomized meeting locations, so cops couldn’t set up stings ahead of time. Etc, etc… It took them from “the people who really like guns and peacefully protest with them for self defense” to “a full blown armed guerrilla-protest group.”

Didn't work when they tried it with Steve Scalise.

They never are. And by "they," I mean everyone who carries a gun for "protection," and by "never," I mean that the good guy with a gun almost never actually stops shootings.

Just look at the numbers of justifiable homicides vs the number of murders by guns in the US. The justifiable homicides are almost statistically insignificant in comparison.

You don't get the main point of gun control. Gun control means vetting out bad people from getting the guns. Like driver's license, if you don't know how drive or regularly violated traffic regulations your license is revoked. Similarly if you have gun license, good people with proper training can get the gun. But people who don't follow laws will be banned from getting guns.

I wouldn't mind slower actually

I don't think anyone is honestly shaming this person for being afraid.

They are shaming him for refusing to do anything about a situation that he eventually wound up in himself, and suggesting that if he's not going to do something legislatively then he damn well better do something in person, else he has failed in his duty to care for his citizenry. Which is like saying the pot is black, honestly, since politicians don't care about the citizenry.

Yeah but leaders have to lead and this is what happens when you allow your voters to be terrorized constantly at the expense of your own privilege. He's lucky he hasn't been tarred and feathered yet.

The issue is that the most common argument against gun control is “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” So now this lawmaker has proven that he doesn’t practice what he preaches. If he truly believed a good guy with a gun was the only thing that could stop the shooter, then why not put his money where his mouth is? Surely he’d be hailed as a paragon for gun rights when he took the shooter down…

But clearly he’s a hypocrite who doesn’t actually believe what he’s saying; He only says it because the gun lobby gives him tons of money to do so.

You think this was legal under current law?

Yeah you can be enamored by nature and its fauna, while still having a healthy fear of being attacked by animals.

I love trains but being tied to tracks while a train approaches isn't what I think of as "fun".

That said proper, responsible gun ownership like any hobby involves accounting for dangers, and also advocating for measures for people to be able to enjoy their passion safely.

Guna don't scare me but people using guns recklessly or maliciously do.

Going to the range and being afraid of criminal shooters isn't hypocritical.

Being afraid of criminal shooters and fighting against gun control reforms makes you a hypocrite and a bad person.

And there's nothing wrong innately with being a hypocrite. But you're a pretty shit person if your empathy and considerations can only extend as far as things that have threatened you personally.

Being afraid of being shot does make you a hypocrite if you are against gun restrictions and regulations.

Your world view is getting people killed, you SHOULD be scared.

Guns are safe. The shooters aren't. /S

I’m hypocritical because I support gay marriage, but then turned down a man who hits on me because im not actually gay.

It would be ironic to loudly and repeatedly declare "If you don't want to get hit on at a bar, put on that wedding ring" and then get chased out of a bar by a bunch of married men slapping your ass.

A person can be pro gun rights and at the same time still be afraid of an active shooter.

A person who stakes their reputation on the phrase "An Armed Society Is A Polite Society" fleeing said armed society for their lack of politeness establishes a certain hypocrisy.

Who is saying anything about hypocrisy? This is about the guy feeling the consequences for his shitty policies.

Apples to oranges argument and a straw man argument all in one. Bravo sir, brav-fucking-o. Yall never cease to amaze me.

But I was assured by every Republican ever that any gop politician is actually Steven Seagal in his prime and could stop any threat with their ankle holstered dual pistols and secret AR??

Steven Seagal in his prime is admittedly a low bar.

If you ask Segal, he’s still in his prime.

Shove your arm down their throat. They can't bite through your shoulders and you can, theoretically, suffocate the leopard.

Alternatively, stay the fuck out of leopard territory.

I always thought it was unfair to associate these magestic creatures with the stupidity of the right wing. We need a new meme!

what does this have anything to do with vegas? the parade was in kansas city...

Since that's the crux of the gun-clutcher platform, yeah.

It's the entire basis for our lax gun laws. Seems appropriate to point out what an empty promise it is.

Grand Old Party... another term for the Republican Party.

Gaslight, Obstruct, Project

Grabs Only Pussy, it's from Trump's Inside Edition recording because he's taken over the RNC and Republican party and they all lick his shoes now.

It's tough to learn something when your job depends on you not learning it.

If Sandy Hook and Uvalde weren't learning experiences, nothing will be.

Everyone should run scared for their life from a mass shooting.

This Private School Trains Student “Warriors” To Swarm An Active Shooter

Literally a thing Republicans were advocating right after the Uvalde Shooting, on the grounds that it was the kids' own fault for getting slaughtered.

I mean most pro-gun arguments boil down to “guns are needed because the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with one”, so when a large proponent of this argument is thrown into a situation where he could be the “good guy with a gun” and he instead runs away because he values his own life more than protecting the lives of those around him, maybe he should stop and dwell on that thought for a minute.

Would I charge headfirst into gunfire? Absolutely not, and thats why I advocate for more gun control.

A gun is not a car.

I assume you're not a big fan of totally unregulated cars and I doubt you claim that the only way to stop a car crash is with another car.

Be the good guy with the gun. Isn't that the reason we need unfettered access to guns?

What a brain-dead response.

Not the point. The fact that you can't realize that probably proves that you are the type of person that shouldn't own guns.