Armed Citizens Project handing out free shotguns

Capt'n Midnight

http://rt.com/usa/free-shotguns-for-major-cities-967/

In an experimental bid to determine whether wider gun ownership could lead to a decline in crime, a University of Houston graduate student and the Armed Citizens Project is looking to give away shotguns to residents of fifteen citie

Real Poe's Law stuff.

smash

I love how the image in the article not only has a shotgun, but also a machine gun and a few hand guns for effect!

Shane-KornSpace

oh for fukc sake......

davet82

they should throw in a 6 pack of beer too for good measure

dancing at the crossroads

They really do themselves no favours

The Backwards Man

Which is worse?

Using RT as a source for American news or using Fox as a source for Russian news?

Scruffles

smash wrote: »

I love how the image in the article not only has a shotgun, but also a machine gun and a few hand guns for effect!

damn,had to be in america-coud have done with an AK47.

Sky King

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Which is worse?

Using RT as a source for American news or using Fox as a source for Russian news?

Well you're the backwards man, you tell us!

Cool_CM

From the same site a real life McBain/Dirty Harry type:

Russia Today wrote:

AR-15 rifle left with 'friend' could lead Florida cop to ninth dismissal

...Previously, Bosque has fought numerous allegations, some of which have led to previous terminations. He has been accused of beating juveniles, falsifying reports, calling in ‘sick’ from Cancun, having busted the skull of a handcuffed suspect, having drugs and alcohol in his squad car, and participating in an unauthorized police chase in which four people were killed. He was also accused of stealing a car, trying to board an airplane with a loaded gun, and driving with a suspended license. Police have already investigated Bosque 40 times, 16 of those for battery or other violent crimes, according to a Huffington Post report from early 2012....

http://rt.com/usa/florida-cop-fired-bosque-790/

Remmy

smash wrote: »

I love how the image in the article not only has a shotgun, but also a machine gun and a few hand guns for effect!

Which all fall under the banner of glock weapons

SebBerkovich

What would this guy do to solve racism - Hand out KKK uniforms probably.

homerhop

Remmy wrote: »

Which all fall under the banner of glock weapons

Ya forgot to say fully automatic military grade glock assault weapons

RATM

This is a good idea, more guns make people more safe, as we know from the evidence

JD DABA

RATM wrote: »

This is a good idea, more guns make people more safe, as we know from the evidence

M60's would make them even MORE safe.

homerhop

RATM wrote: »

This is a good idea, more guns make people more safe, as we know from the evidence

I guess you never heard of a town called Kennesaw by that comment

Dravokivich

homerhop wrote: »

I guess you never heard of a town called Kennesaw by that comment

Nor I, without it.

Pug160

More guns mean more deaths by guns overall. But burglars will certainly be less likely to enter people's homes when they know they're armed. That sounds like pretty simple logic.

homerhop

Pug160 wrote: »

More guns mean more deaths by guns overall. But burglars will certainly be less likely to enter people's homes when they know they're armed. That sounds like pretty simple logic.

In the 30 years since they brought in the law that every household had to own a firearm they have had 9 murders and less than half of them were with firearms, so that kinda goes against your more guns mean more deaths comment

Pug160

homerhop wrote: »

In the 30 years since they brought in the law that every household had to own a firearm they have had 9 murders and less than half of them were with firearms, so that kinda goes against your more guns mean more deaths comment

I meant more deaths by guns in general - not in relation to killing burglars.

homerhop

Pug160 wrote: »

I meant more deaths by guns in general - not in relation to killing burglars.

That was deaths in general not killings related to burglars

Pug160

homerhop wrote: »

That was deaths in general not killings related to burglars

Where exactly are you talking about? I'm just going by the deaths in America in general. I actually like the idea of being able to protect your home so I'm certainly not against it per se. Although the US has an undeniably large death rate by guns overall.

Capt'n Midnight

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Which is worse?

Using RT as a source for American news or using Fox as a source for Russian news?

It's RT quoting Fox :eek:

“We’re not just tossing a bunch of shotguns into a community and walking away,” Coplen told Fox 26.

Nothing on http://www.press.tv/ yet

Capt'n Midnight

smash wrote: »

I love how the image in the article not only has a shotgun, but also a machine gun and a few hand guns for effect!

http://armedcitizenproject.org/raffle-for-an-ar-15

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Manic Moran

Dravokivich wrote: »

Nor I, without it.

It's one of the towns in the US with a mandatory "every household must have a gun" law.

A couple more have followed suit since.

MadsL

TL;DR
When do I get my shotgun?

Capt'n Midnight

MadsL wrote: »

TL;DR
When do I get my shotgun?

http://armedcitizenproject.org/raffle-for-an-ar-15

Grayson

homerhop wrote: »

In the 30 years since they brought in the law that every household had to own a firearm they have had 9 murders and less than half of them were with firearms, so that kinda goes against your more guns mean more deaths comment

Not really. is that more or less than before hand?

If guns make people safer, than going to south central LA and handing out weapons to everyone would get rid of all the crime. Do you think there would be less deaths then?

MadsL

Grayson wrote: »

Not really. is that more or less than before hand?

If guns make people safer, than going to south central LA and handing out weapons to everyone would get rid of all the crime. Do you think there would be less deaths then?

Do you think removing gang activity would make south central LA safer? Regardless of the number of guns?

pragmatic1

If we had access to guns in Ireland like in the US, we'd have one of the highest murder rates in the world. Madness.

goose2005

pragmatic1 wrote: »

If we had access to guns in Ireland like in the US, we'd have one of the highest murder rates in the world. Madness.

forget murders, the biggest danger from household guns is accidents and suicides. (and don't say that people would just kill themselves another way, if there's a 'quick and easy' method to hand, then suicides rise)

Suryavarman

pragmatic1 wrote: »

If we had access to guns in Ireland like in the US, we'd have one of the highest murder rates in the world. Madness.

No we wouldn't. And there is absolutely no reason to believe that we would.