So Texas, gun rights matter more than cops lifes?

[MattP]

The guy who shot that cop should have never passed a background check he had a laundry list of convictions but Texas loves them some guns.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Gun rights matter more than anyone's life.

[ileus]

8. Guns don't have rights...

[Gothmog]

2. Yes, that is the case in Texas

It is tough living in this state at times

[GummyBearz]

15. Its tough visiting family there too :X

[Iggo]

3. Guns are more important than people.

It's the Gunfucker* Way.

("Gunfucker" does not refer in any way to any DUers or their loved ones.)

[DetlefK]

6. "projectile-weapon copulation enthusiast"?

[Freelancer]

9. Gunnilingus? -nt

[Hangingon]

4. It will be interesting to see where the gun came from

[linuxman]

5. False dichotomy

Are knives, cars, alcohol, sports, cigarettes,etc more important than people's lives?

[Orrex]

12. That's not a false dichotomy.

It's a straight up question to which you can answer "Yes," "No," or "Cannot be determined from this example." It does not propose that only one or the other is correct. That would be a false dichotomy.

However, your counter-examples are ill-fitting:

Are knives, cars, alcohol, sports, cigarettes,etc more important than people's lives?

It is commonly pointed out that the number of gun-murders is statistically insignificant compared to the number of guns in the US. Fair enough, but the number of knives owned in the US vastly dwarfs the number of guns in the US, so the number of knife-murders is statistically even less significant.

And how many murders are carried out by cars annually? By alcohol By sports? By cigarettes?

You're formulating a false comparison by comparing the number of gun-murders to the number of deaths that we can associate in some way with those other causes you list. We can certainly discuss those in another thread, but they are out of place in a discussion of gun-murder.

[ileus]

7. Did he pass a background check???

[Logical]

13. Typical of you.....

Did he need to? Think if he failed he would of just used craigs list? Sure he would have.

You are adorable, really.

[ileus]

14. The OP states he passed a background test. I didn't realize he had....

Am I missing something in your post???

[hack89]

10. Are you saying he legally purchased that gun?

or did he break a bunch of laws to illegally acquire it?

[TeddyR]

11. I'm not up to speed on the background check requirements

But I thought that you were only banned from purchasing a firearm if you have certain types of convictions, including felony convictions (admit that I could be completely wrong). Did this guy have any felony convictions? And did he purchase the gun legally and pass a background check?