More Guns Means More, Not Fewer, Calls To The Police

[HotD]

"......if your goal is not to be a member of the police-calling class, getting rid of the gun is the first step."

What an idiotic premise.

More Guns Means More, Not Fewer, Calls To The Police | The Raw Story

 

[Mark 1911]

That was so incredibly stupid it made my head hurt. I have guns for over 40 years and have yet to call the police or have the police call on me for anything to do with guns.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

If your goal is not to be a member of the police-calling class, avoid domestic relationships like the plague. Spouse trouble, ex-spouse trouble, kid trouble, etc. etc. seem to generate a lot more police runs than firearms.

 

[kludge]

People who just got dead don't call the police. People who just defended themselves with a gun do.

Seems logical to me.

 

[tetsujin79]

Consider the source.

Feeeeelings trump truth these days.

 

[k1500]

Interesting how the author provides no study about police calls of gun owners and non gun owners. The anti gun people seem to forget that the police are not protectors. They are responders. They only show up after something has already happened. Unless the anti gun people are going to pay for my own personal police officer to escort me where ever I go and stand watch every night at my door, I'll have my own gun.

And why do they show a pic of a pistol and someone apparently puffing smoke from a cigarette all over? We've had smokeless powder for 120+ years now.

 

[ru6797]

hope the police are in your back yard that way they get there quick, in some places it might take a while but i am sure the bad people will wait

 

[tetsujin79]

And why do they show a pic of a pistol and someone apparently puffing smoke from a cigarette all over? We've had smokeless powder for 120+ years now.

Feeeeelings trump truth these days.

 

[Bfish]

I knew better than to open this upon reading the title
And then I not only opened it I read it I don't know why I let myself do such things… Just kills me every time!

 

[.452browning]

Between myself and my father (at least 60 firearms total), we have called 911 twice in 26 years. Once for my dad sledding down a hill knocking himself unconscious. The other time for my dad falling out of the shower and smacking his nose on hardwood floor knocking himself out.

In fact on the second occasion EMT's and deputies showed up with my G17 in safariland holster on wheelchair and not a word was said about it.

 

[cce1302]

Well the sob-story was heavily supported with two emotionally charged anecdotes. That has to count for something.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Yeah, no evidence presented whatsoever. She's a freelance OP-ed writer. Meh.

 

[avboiler11]

A (naive, ignorant) opinion piece written by a liberal, geared toward other liberals?

I'm shocked...utterly shocked.

Confirmation bias and group think called, they want 'writers' to stop exploiting them so much.

(then again, confirmation bias and group think is well and alive on conservative websites as well)

 

[ru6797]

As a reserve for 20 years you are so right, when we get a call it is because the crime has already happened , it was fer and few that we saw what was going on, and in some areas it might take police some time to get to your area, one PD i worked at was a township 36 sq miles, it some times took us 10 minutes to get to some calls

 

[sloughfoot]

The more Police, the higher the crime rate.

If there is no official report, there is no crime. Officially. According to the stats.

 

[actaeon277]

In nuc school, we had an expression. Check your math.
Either, you came to an erroneous conclusion because of an error, or your conclusion doesn't even make sense (and we're too nice to point that out).

Maybe, someone that has a gun to defend themselves, has more need to call the Police.
Someone in a protected place, or a better neighborhood, might have need of the gun and the police.

But I guess that's something the author never thought of.

 

[goinggreyfast]

What is just as asinine as the article were some of the comments. I want the last 5 minutes of my life back...

 

[cobber]

The more Police, the higher the crime rate.

There is much truth here.

Also, the more laws, the higher the crime rate.

 

[gjclark]

Lets see if she responds!

 

[cobber]

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Lets see if she responds!

She'll probably post a new entry about all the hate mail and death threats she's getting.