That would be better in a public safety sense than being shot by an angry 40-year-old who doesn’t like your hoodie.
I thought Megan McArdle’s article was mostly well-written. But near the end she started downplaying the effectiveness of things she acknowledged as good ideas, and implying that spree killers are only stopped by themselves. She then played into the idea of guns being smuggled into the USA from Mexico. Is this a talking point now?
As for the idea of rushing a shooter, I think I may have suggested that after the Aurora shooting. But I’m admitttedly a jackass, and I wasn’t thinking of six-year-olds.
I’m not familiar with the ‘consequentialist’ definition of moral.
What I mean is, an amoral automaton that was programmed to maximize its expected payout in a payoff matrix would be in favor of laws against murder. Most sociopaths recognize that the protection from being murdered outweighs the benefit of getting to murder, although they have no scruple about anything.
Simply being punishment averse is enough justification for most laws.
Yeah, probably so. Particularly considering the gun wasn’t loaded. Still, it’s America, man. Gotta give the possibility he wasn’t due consideration :).
Meet Michael Jock, of St. Petersburg, FL. This Sunday, he was in line at Little Caesar’s. The service was taking longer than usual, and the man in front of him got very upset about the wait. Michael, being a patient man, was getting pretty upset by the man’s ranting.
Not really a Stupid Republican Idea - more of a misinterpretation of the law. There are a number of southern and southwestern states which have the more informal justification, "some people just need killin’ ".
Who among us has not stood in the fast checkout line behind a granny who has unloaded 42 items on the cashier then sloooowly put the bags in her shopping cart and then the exchange:
Granny: How much is that honey?
Clerk: That’ll be $58.97.
Granny pulls out giant purse, scrounges through to find a second smaller purse. Opens it with gnarled fingers. Fishes out a wallet. Twists the clasp. Counts out a twenty, a ten, some fives, and more than several ones.
Granny: How much change, hun?
Clerk: 97 cents.
THEN - WITH A ONE DOLLAR BILL STARING HER IN THE FACE -
Granny: I have the exact change right here hun!:smack:
Proceeds to count out two quarters, a dime, some nickels, and STARTS ARRANGING PENNIES IN NEAT ROWS ON THE COUNTER.
Sometimes, if I’d had a gun …:eek:
Seriously, this gives a bit of a black eye to folks who have gotten concealed carry licenses and are generally among the most law abiding.
