"Thirty-one* states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "![]()
--Jonathan Rauch, Salon Magazine, March 13, 2000
*the number is now forty
I'm talking about you saying that a really practiced gun fanatic can fire a single shot weapon nearly as fast as an automatic.
In most of these spree shootings automatics were used. If you're trying to make the weak claim that any disturbed teenager on a school rampage is going to do as well with a pump shottie or a handgun as something he can spray into a room or a theater I'm not convinced.
NO AUTOMATIC WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED IN ANY OF THESE SHOOTINGS.
I'll repeat that:
NO AUTOMATIC WEAPONS HAVE BEEN USED IN ANY OF THESE SHOOTINGS.
Since you refuse to be rational about the matter, I'll leave it at that.
Well, no: a shooter with a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun would be a lot worse to deal with.
"Thirty-one* states allow all qualified citizens to carry concealed weapons. In those states, homosexuals should embark on organized efforts to become comfortable with guns, learn to use them safely and carry them. They should set up Pink Pistols task forces, sponsor shooting courses and help homosexuals get licensed to carry. And they should do it in a way that gets as much publicity as possible. "![]()
--Jonathan Rauch, Salon Magazine, March 13, 2000
*the number is now forty