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

Wait, you mean he wasn't suddenly transformed into a good-guy action hero with a gun? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!

I would love to be wrong, but it's too bad one of the injured or killed weren't connected to the governor. That seems to be the only time some people give a shit.

So the solution to getting republicans on the side of gun control is just… shooting at them? I can get behind that.

Fuckin jowls must have been all kinds of flappin.

So what you're saying is that he wasn't the good guy with a gun?

Clearly he forgot to bring his Good Guy Gun.

Run faster, you fuck.

Things to do during a mas shooting:

1. Try to escape
2. If you can't escape, hide.
3. If you can't escape or hide, fight back.

Supporting gun ownership or even carrying a gun on your hip doesn't change that. All carrying a gun does for you in a mass shooting is mature the odds a little less terrible if it comes to option 3.

A handgun is imprecise, low-power, and difficult to aim accurately. On top of that a "good guy with a gun" has to care about collateral damage.

The purpose of carrying a handgun is personal defense, not civil defense. It's good defense against assault or a mugger. It's a good deterrent from someone who why's to harm you and walk away. It's not good for taking on an unhinged maniac that's fully intending to die.

Mass shooters are the suicide bombers of the US.

"You proclaim to love the ocean, yet you flee from the tsunami.. Curious"

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"...Governor & First Lady Parson want to thank the Missouri Highway Patrol, KCPD, and their security officers for their quick and professional actions."

For getting our own asses out of there, while leaving everyone else to fend for themselves.

"I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him," Quaife wrote"

Every definition of the word conservative leads back to afraid, fear and scared.

Now that we're in election season I see political ads for Republicans running for various things on TV, almost all of them show them brandishing or firing some sort of military style assault weapon. These politicians spew bullshit about protecting kids but instead are a big reason why we now have so many dead ones .

As much as I'm on the same page as everyone here; America's gun laws need to change, are you not allowed to be afraid of the very well known thing your hobby does? Like, being afraid of being shot doesn't make you a hypocrite for liking guns.

If only he was a teacher, then he could have saved himself and everyone around him.

If Guns are so Safe why were people running AWAY from the Gun? Wouldn't the Gunman be the Safest person there?

This strikes me as like implying that I'm hypocritical because I support gay marriage, but then turned down a man who hits on me because im not actually gay.

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

I'm gonna need video proof that that old dude can run.

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??

How much do you want to bet this coward bought his tickets and paid for his travel to Las Vegas and the food and hotel and whatever else while there with state taxpayer money?

Typical GOP chickenshit.

you get what you fucking deserve

It's so ridiculous that in a country where social nets are so poor people go bankrupt from going to the doctor that they expect people to suddenly act like heroes and risk life and limb when a shooter pops up.

Can someone tell me what GOP is? Looking to expand my Americana lore lol

Fucking cowardly liars.

It's a false hope, but here's hoping it is a learning experience.

Lump ol' Governor Dumb Cop in with Senator "Sedition Solidarity Fist" Hawley as another Missouri Republican who plays tough but runs like a coward when the trouble they've stirred up comes calling for them.

Guess what. The good guys didn't have guns.

Stay strapped or get clapped. Gov. was probably lackin.

Doesn't this cowardice apply to modern day leadership in general though?

You know how it is. This kind of thing always happens the one day you leave your AR15 home!

This isn't a "gotcha". I'm a big fan of classic cars but that doesn't mean I'll stand there when one is driving fast straight at me.

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

Everyone should also do what they can to minimize gun deaths in this country, obviously this guy isn't doing that, but that is unrelated to how he should act during a mass shooting.

Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where George sees the fire at the kids birthday party.

https://youtu.be/GYcySgjWGIw?si=_aT3maXLBwOH8Np8

How shocking.

That guy looks like a goose.

I am pro second amendment also, and would run from someone shooting a gun at people. What is he supposed to be doing?

Was the governor armed? Or his "support for firearms" is a weapon in itself?

I don't care who he is, if he was just running for his life in a mass shooting then leave him the fuck alone. At least give him a little grace period before you start weaponizing his traumatic experience to push your beliefs.

Well, I don't know who this guy is but still, nobody's going to take my firearm away. You'd have to take it from my cold dead hands. If you think the government is here to help by taking away the ability to protect yourself, then you're a damn fool! They already know what you think and do, next step is to have total control.