Comments on: Michael Daly: Hysterical or an idiot? http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/22/michael_daly_hysterical_or_an_idiot/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:09:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: SayUncle http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/22/michael_daly_hysterical_or_an_idiot/comment-page-1/#comment-80876 SayUncle Mon, 22 May 2006 17:27:56 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/05/22/michael_daly_hysterical_or_an_idiot/#comment-80876 I concur but it doesn't mean their only purpose is killing, which was my point. And I tend to think that there is a huge difference between 'killing' and 'killing in defense.' I concur but it doesn’t mean their only purpose is killing, which was my point. And I tend to think that there is a huge difference between ‘killing’ and ‘killing in defense.’

]]> By: Tom http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/22/michael_daly_hysterical_or_an_idiot/comment-page-1/#comment-80875 Tom Mon, 22 May 2006 17:25:49 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/05/22/michael_daly_hysterical_or_an_idiot/#comment-80875 While I agree that sport/competitive shooting and hunting are great, I hope that the pro2A movement doesn't fall back on them too much. I carry a handgun for one reason and one reason only: To stop a person or an animal from gravely hurting or killing me or someone I feel obligated to protect. (By ‘stop’ I mean that I will use my weapon until either the threat goes away or I can get away from the threat. Killing a bad guy would be an undesired consequence of attaining those goals.) For my money, all the shooting competitions and hunting could fall off the face of the earth and my Right to self defense (and defense of others) would absolutely stand alone. I know you (and many others) feel the same, but I'm very uncomfortable with pro2A arguments having even the appearance of being predicated upon leisure activities or on statistics (competitions/hunting and 'but CCW decreases crime', respectively). Would your support for CCW and gun ownership in general change if suddenly no one wanted to hunt and it was decisively proven that CCW increases crime rates? Mine wouldn't and so I think we need to be very careful lest future data prove unfavorable and we are defeated by our own arguments. While I agree that sport/competitive shooting and hunting are great, I hope that the pro2A movement doesn’t fall back on them too much. I carry a handgun for one reason and one reason only: To stop a person or an animal from gravely hurting or killing me or someone I feel obligated to protect. (By ‘stop’ I mean that I will use my weapon until either the threat goes away or I can get away from the threat. Killing a bad guy would be an undesired consequence of attaining those goals.)

For my money, all the shooting competitions and hunting could fall off the face of the earth and my Right to self defense (and defense of others) would absolutely stand alone. I know you (and many others) feel the same, but I’m very uncomfortable with pro2A arguments having even the appearance of being predicated upon leisure activities or on statistics (competitions/hunting and ‘but CCW decreases crime’, respectively). Would your support for CCW and gun ownership in general change if suddenly no one wanted to hunt and it was decisively proven that CCW increases crime rates? Mine wouldn’t and so I think we need to be very careful lest future data prove unfavorable and we are defeated by our own arguments.

]]> By: #9 http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/22/michael_daly_hysterical_or_an_idiot/comment-page-1/#comment-80747 #9 Mon, 22 May 2006 15:25:28 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/05/22/michael_daly_hysterical_or_an_idiot/#comment-80747 Correct answer would be C: Hysterical idiot Correct answer would be C:

Hysterical idiot

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