If a Wal-Mart full of Texans won't stop a mass shooting...

[ehrnst]

Seen on FB:

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. Omigod. That's a mouthful of American wisdom right there.

[TheBlackAdder]

23. It also seems to portray that Texas Tough Guy persona as bullshit and more like chickenshit.

[sheshe2]

2. This.

[Gothmog]

3. Great cartoon

[eppur_se_muova]

4. As Rude Pundit pointed out ...

The scene in Dayton, with several cops regularly patrolling in the vicinity, was about the best possible scenario for a GGWAG to stop the BGWAG. In that best case, nine people died. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

The ONLY thing that will help is when BGWNGs are the rule, not the exception.

[FakeNoose]

17. I like THEIR way

[SWBTATTReg]

5. So true and a classic! NT

[uponit7771]

6. K&R,

[Submariner]

7. Dubya is overdue in rolling out his 'don't mess with Texas' line

When watching him say that he would smirk and giggle to himself. Connecticut boy thought he was a cowboy. It was pathetic.

Where is he now? Still painting water colors in the shower chugging Jim Beam?

[Aristus]

8. ...

Probably nursing his schoolboy crush on Michelle Obama.

[flying_wahini]

10. I think she pretends to like him.

She’s puttin on.

[blm]

12. Same

[912gdm]

22. he's too busy with subpar paintings of shower feet

[John Fante]

27. The assault weapons banned lapsed on his watch.

As if I needed more reasons to hate GWB. Fuck any all attempts to soften his image.

[Az_lefty]

9. Perfect

[tazkcmo]

11. Texans...

Lots of tough talk and no tough actions. I lived in San Antonio, Dallas, Amarillo and El Paso for a total of about 30 years and my surviving son still lives there and agrees.

Everything is bigger in Texas including the piles of bullshit.

[Blue_true]

14. When I have gone there.

The little pipsqueak guys with ten-gallon hats and cowboy boots on climbing down out of a big-assed pickup truck was legion.

Why do you think pickups now have the retractable steppies on them? Because little men like the above rush to buy the biggest possible truck.

[mysteryowl]

13. Spot on!

The reality of both these mass shootings debunks the repukes talking points.

[PatrickforO]

15. Good point.

What's that they say?

The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun?

Not so.

In fact, let's amend that: A good guy with a gun just confuses first responders because then they don't know who the bad guy with the gun is.

[study war no more]

16. that's exactly what I've been saying

if you are flailing a gun around, they will either arrest you or shoot you. And it may take a long time for them to be convinced you weren't one of the bad guys.

[Ligyron]

19. That's actually going to happen before too long.

Then what will their line be?

I have weapons at home myself but after these last two mass shootings, something in the wind smells different re: doing something about this horror.

[trof]

18. Damn right.

If the 'good guy with a gun' whips it out he'll be shot dead in his tracks by a cop.

[underpants]

20. Blows the whole "soft target" out of the water

I was actually thinking the same thing earlier today.

[aikoaiko]

21. Texas actually has quite a few barriers to a license required for concealed carry.

You have to jump through more hoops than many states which may limit how many actually had guns on their person.

Concealed carry is legal with a Texas LTC or a concealed carry license/permit from a state with reciprocity, and are issued to both residents and non-residents. They require a four- to six-hour training course as well as passing both a written exam and a shooting proficiency demonstration. Some areas are off-limits, including racetracks and secure areas of airports. In terms of reciprocity, Texas honors permits from states that meet specific criteria.

https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/resources/ccw_reciprocity_map/tx-gun-laws/

[mr_lebowski]

26. Can't you can pretty much walk around w/a gun in a holster on your belt

In most places in TX?

You certainly seem to be able to do so in Phoenix.

The notion that only someone w/a concealed weapon could've 'done something' ... seems erroneous, unless TX is more strict with open-carry than AZ.

[IronLionZion]

28. They also have open carry

which has been a barrier to arresting people with long guns heading towards crowds of people.

[NCLefty]

24. TX GOP ran out of permissive gun laws to pass and added "open carry" of swords.

[link:https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/us/texas-sword-knives-law-trnd/index.html|

And the cops will probably wind up shooting the "good guy."

The friendly fire possibilities with multiple good guys + cops is limitless.