Not necess-celery, the surest way to get a thread locked is to be nasty, insulting, or otherwise rude to another poster, or to get 100% political where it doesn't apply to railroading.
I've never seen any problems with opinions honestly held as long as everyone stays respectful.
We are living in intresting times !
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Doug
May your flanges always stay BETWEEN the rails
The Anti-Gun crowd will naturally point to this as an example of why concealled carry should NOT be allowed on trains and transit, but in reallity, this do not support their view. The suspect was not a CCW holder, not a law abiding citizen, and not legally eligible to own a firearm. Banning CCW holders from carrying on trains or transit would not have had any effect in this scenario, as the suspect was a Criminal, who by definition, is someone who has no regard for laws anyway, and would have, and obviously did carry a gun on board any way.
No CCW holders were involved in this case, and it is fortunate that the police were able to intervene. If a CCW holder had been present, and the police were not, itis very unlikely that any shooting would have taken place. The average CCW holder would have had no idea the suspect was wanted in connection with a murder, and would have done nothing to start said shootout, it was only after the suspect realized that the police were pursuing him, that any gunfire took place.
The only reason that a CCW holder would have had to draw their weapon, would have been, if the suspect started shooting people on the train, without the police being present. Personally in that scenario, I would want there to be a CCW holder present, who would possibly be able to stop the suspect from having an unopposed opportunity to shoot as many people as possible.
The average CCW holder is NOT some Rambo type looking for an excuse to use their weapon, but rather your neighbor, beautician (like my Wife) or the person in front of or behind you in line at the grocery store.most people would be surprised at how many CCW holders there are in public, but strangley the wild west shootouts that the anti-gun crowd always fret about, just don't seem to happen.
We just discussed this exact same scenrio in this forum as Conceal Carry on Transit. Now why cant I find it in search function?
Good Lord! This wasn't the 3:10 to Yuma.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/-ct-man-shot-on-metra-train-deerfield-task-force-dead-evergreen-park-20170107-story.html
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