tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957892640057886950.post3306369723067681095..comments2023-09-07T00:52:47.599-07:00Comments on FreeThinker: NorwayGay_Cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829842245704692674noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957892640057886950.post-83931692188291000502011-07-26T12:10:43.854-07:002011-07-26T12:10:43.854-07:00I think you mistake my point in my post.
A) Goi...I think you mistake my point in my post. <br /><br />A) Going on about how "if only someone had a gun..." in the comments of the news article is about as helpful as saying "if only they'd had better gun control" or "if only we'd never have invented guns". Call it manners. I mean, imagine if you'd just learned from a cop that a loved one had been beaten to death by a gang and while you were processing that information, the cop just remarked, "if he'd only had a gun".<br /><br />Yes it's correct, it also seems terribly rude to me.<br /><br />B) Again, a few days of not, as we say, "dancing in the blood of the victims" to push a point is not going to endear others to your POV. As you said, some sensibilities are in order, and what I saw in a lot of comments was lacking such.<br /><br />C) Norwegian culture is relevant. People do carry guns in Norway, usually rifles. Not a lot of handguns because, as I said, their isn't a lot of violent crime, so they don't see the need to carry (and unlike the US, if they did collectively desire the right to carry, they would make it happen). <br /><br />What I personally am more shocked at is not that no one carried, but that everyone ran, instead of tackling him, or at the very least, doubling back and surprising him. I think that response to danger is much more worrisome than their lack of handguns.MadRocketScientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361101727751874921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2957892640057886950.post-33510503366275210672011-07-26T06:08:00.037-07:002011-07-26T06:08:00.037-07:00Excellent post.Excellent post.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383840888620905503noreply@blogger.com