Comments on: The Person You’re Most Likely To Kill With Your Gun Is You

By: Adam Sinclair

Adam Sinclair — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:18:00 +0000

Well there’s plenty of outrage about smoking. Also if you are going to discuss things you need to talk about attempts: How many medical attempts end up killing someone by accident? A very small percentage. How many shootings end up with somebody dead? Most of them right?

By: Gale Lett

Gale Lett — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:52:00 +0000

The problem is many people buy firearms for home protection without the slightest idea of how to use them or gun safety. I should be mandatory to attend a basic gun safety course before being allowed to purchase firearms.

By: Gale Lett

Gale Lett — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:49:00 +0000

Lol! Please, if someone wants to kill themselves, they will, gun or no gun. Medical malpractice and cancer from smoking kills more people than guns, where’s the outrage about that?

By: FredAppell

FredAppell — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:34:00 +0000

My apologies Paul, I simply didn’t understand why the two of you were going back and forth when you essentially believe the same thing. If it is the mental illness comments that offended you than yes I can understand where you are coming from. He probably shouldn’t have used the term crazies but he is understandably upset and a bit fed up that people with mental illness tend to commit some of the most horrendous acts of violence in our society. I have also been guilty of having zero empathy for people with mental illness and I will admit to you right now that I don’t like them.

By: elizh

elizh — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:40:00 +0000

We would have had one in our family, except the gun didn’t go to hospice with him.

By: Sand_Cat

Sand_Cat — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:38:00 +0000

I don’t own any guns. I must admit that over the last couple of years, the statements of so-called “responsible, law-abiding gun owners” and the resulting legislative actions have kindled considerable paranoia and a strong temptation to purchase some assault weapons of my own and learn how to use them well, not as protection against burglars and muggers, the UN, or even the US government (though the governments elected by those same “responsible people have at least planted the seed), but against those “responsible, law-abiding gun owners.” The most dangerous guy is not the one who wants your wallet or your TV set, or even the odd lunatic with an assault rifle and an imagined grievance: he’s the one who thinks you’ve offended his god or “his” country, however law-abiding and responsible he may appear.

By: Paul Browne

Paul Browne — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:30:00 +0000

It’s his own words I commented on not his non-gun ownership.

By: FredAppell

FredAppell — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:17:00 +0000

He never said he is a gun owner. You should have read the rest of his comments by clicking on his profile before criticizing him.

By: FredAppell

FredAppell — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:07:00 +0000

Sand_Cat, you said in one small sentence exactly what the entire problem is. Unfortunately, all of us are guilty and it isn’t endemic to Americans only. It is the entire world. Your short post is one of the most intelligent comments I have ever read on the National Memo.

By: Paul Browne

Paul Browne — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:54:00 +0000

What you don’t seem to consider is that your statement “Keep firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people.” could be taken by a huge amount of your fellow citizens to include you.
As you stated “I don’t really care about mental cases off’ing themselves.”. That staggering lack of normal human empathy is not the characteristic of a person who should have easy access to a firearm.
Also “Imagine being able to go anywhere with your gun eh?” is very worrying. Why are you so concerned about your fellow citizens that you feel the need to be armed everywhere you go?
You are the reason so many people want to see the gun safety laws passed. Think about it.