Eric Davis murdered

[M Fowler]

Shannon Curfman posted this on Facebook

http://www.americanbluesscene.com/2013/ ... nd-killed/

[NickC]

May the perp(s) burn in Hell.

[Structo]

Man I am getting so sick of these shootings everywhere.

Lets hope they nab who did this and convict them and throw away the key.

[Reeltarded]

In Chicago? Illinois? US? Likely. If they found the perp they'd elect him for mayor.

Besides the gun on my hip I have two in the glove box in case a guest didn't prepare for the World.

[NickC]

@Reel

Our "governor" recently made it illegal for New Yorkers to have more than seven rounds in their clips. In the NYS county where I live, there is currently an 18 month wait time for a pistol permit to be reviewed. Nearly all applications for carry permits are denied in this county.

We have gun violence from gangs nearly every day. Some gang recruits have to shoot somebody as an initiation for entry. Criminals in NYS have more "rights" than decent, law-abiding citizens.

Something wrong with this picture.

[Leo_Gnardo]

Our "governor" recently made it illegal for New Yorkers to have more than seven rounds in their clips. In the NYS county where I live, there is currently an 18 month wait time for a pistol permit to be reviewed. Nearly all applications for carry permits are denied in this county.

We have gun violence from gangs nearly every day. Some gang recruits have to shoot somebody as an initiation for entry. Criminals in NYS have more "rights" than decent, law-abiding citizens.

Something wrong with this picture.

Right on! Andy for President . . . NOT.

[Structo]

Yes, what people don't seem to understand is that places that publicly declare no weapons allowed (no gun zone), is an open invitation to these cowards that come in to kill without fear of an reprisal.

Then the coward that they are, kill themselves before law enforcement can arrest them.

Make no bones about it, the police cannot protect you.
They only arrive after the crime has been committed. It is up to you to defend yourself and your loved ones.

I know that gun issues are a very controversial topic.
For some reason most liberals are against them and more libertarian people tend to support the second amendment.

But what I find to be true is, that the people that are against guns or the second amendment have:

A) Never fired a gun in their life
B) Have very little knowledge of firearms.
C) Feel that the 2nd Amendment is outdated and not applicable in these modern times.
D) Don't understand how important firearms are in a rural setting, such as protecting livestock or other predators.
E) And hunting (which has nothing to do with the 2nd amendment.

Should we really second guess our founding fathers?
Didn't they experience a tyrannical power (England) and defend us from that back in the 1700's?

Thomas Jefferson has many famous quotes that may pertain to the current times and policies.

He is one of my heroes.
It is curious how contemporary his opinions are over 200 years later.

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time till at length it becomes habitual.

I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

And I saved the best for the last:

I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government”

P.S. Sorry if my opininated post is over the top but the current government leadership and direction has me very concerned for the future of this country.

[NickC]

Bravo Tom! Bravo! Well said.

[Reeltarded]

in any and every case the best policy for the individual is fuck the government

tyrants in limos

nice

[Teleguy61]

I am not a gun guy, that's just how it is, but, I have read the Second Amendment, closely, many times, and we all have the right to own and bear arms.
Period.

[ampmike]

I have been to that club a few years ago.I went to Chicago for a amp class.
The area is pretty rough,crime is really bad.It sucks to see a talented man shot and killed for nothing.RIP bluesman!!

[morcey2]

Just my $0.02.

I'm an NRA certified instructor, mostly for working with BSA programs. I've grown up around guns my entire life and am by no means new to the game with them. Like Reeltarded, I'm always armed where legal. In Utah, there are very few places I can't carry, either concealed (most of the time) or openly (occasionally, usually when fishing or hunting.)

Every time someone like Eric Davis is killed in the manner he was, it should be a wake-up call to the powers-that-be that a law abiding citizenry that has been disarmed doesn't mean the criminals will magically disarm. But instead, the tool is blamed instead of the perpetrator. The problem with blaming the tool is that the gun is the great equalizer. It makes the 95 lb, 90 year-old lady equal-or-better to the 200 lb, 20 year old thug that broke into her house. Without a gun, the larger and stronger person will win almost every time. With a gun, or at least the possibility of a gun, the thug doesn't have the easy target he's looking for.

Back to Utah. The odds of something like Newtown or Columbine happening in Utah is very slim. I know for a fact that there are teachers and administrators who carry every day in all of the schools that my kids have attended. The best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun... and that defense begins with the thought in the bad guys mind that someone will likely be shooting back immediately instead of having the time before the police arrive.

Anyway, that's my rant for this morning.

[M Fowler]

I grew up in a gun collector family so I had access to many different types of guns. It is a way of life in the rural country. Safety was always my dad's message when shooting.

Not sure what can be done with today's society and mental health problems people are having that causes them to be so violent, cruel, uncaring, and dangerous to themselves and others.

What I do know is not is enough is being done to provide mental health care at low cost reasonable fees. The MH clinics are a joke and money grabbing business linked to the local judicial system.

Then dumb ass politicians get their yap flapping about how guns kills, what a crock of bull shit.

[rhardman]

I live in Chicago…death by handgun happens every day. I am neither pro or anti-gun.

The latest gunshot death here was an an off duty sherrif's police officer who was shot to death intervening in the attempted robbery of his daughter and her boyfriend. Great Dad, doing what was right. He didn't even get his own gun out of the holster. So much for the gun protecting him. It is Chicago. This happens every day. Concealed carry does not change the fact that the criminal has the advantage by picking the time and location of the crime. He has the drop on you.

This is Chicago…it happens.

[Diablo1]

I live in Chicago…death by handgun happens every day. I am neither pro or anti-gun.

The latest gunshot death here was an an off duty sherrif's police officer who was shot to death intervening in the attempted robbery of his daughter and her boyfriend. Great Dad, doing what was right. He didn't even get his own gun out of the holster. So much for the gun protecting him. It is Chicago. This happens every day. Concealed carry does not change the fact that the criminal has the advantage by picking the time and location of the crime. He has the drop on you.

This is Chicago…it happens.

Yes, and Eric Davis was shot in an area of Chicago that has an epidemic of shootings. I've lived in and around Chicago most of my life, and there are certain neighborhoods that you just don't want to go near. Unfortunately, Mr. Davis lived in one of those neighborhoods. Too many thug gangster youths with nothing to live for, but they have all the guns they need.