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Pho’s Akron Pages: “Personally Glad Shooter is Still Alive”

August 2, 2008 |

Pho’s Akron makes the finding that Conservative Culture isn’t the brightest star in the sky. It seems to matter little to him that he is more concerned about “gun policy” than either justice or preserving the greatest amount life from the creeps roaming this earth looking to “do somebody in”. The Second Amendment is about self preservation and the protection of life. He argues that because we want to protect ourselves that we are responsible for increased deaths in America. What Pho fails to point out is that yes deaths would increase if more people carried guns (carry conceal). The question one needs to ask is “who would be a part of the death rates that would increase?”

The creeps and criminals looking to harm people would be dead. More criminals wouldn’t make it another 24 hours. Part of the reason Colorado Springs had so many (even though it had armed security) is that if more law abiding citizens carried the more likely it is that the shooter would have been put down sooner. In my book it is better to put the shooter down than to wait for any “armed security” to arrive. The hope that all assailants will have to reload after every three shots so you can tackle them is the most ludicrous and irrational hope.

While Pho is glad the shooter didn’t get his wish for death we can now all look forward to paying for this man’s meals, room, air conditioning and cable. There is no justice and this liberal mindset that all we need to do is disarm the citizens is astounding.

As for the glee. Whenever a person shots another in defense of themselves… there is no glee except that fact is that they know they are going home to their family that night. Yet just so this church going Pho understands… the Bible does make it clear on the topic.

Proverbs 11:10 TNIV When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

What about that passage doesn’t Pho undestand?

Third (and less obvious) massacre prevention shouldn’t be our primary focus in gun policy. Massacres inflict a horrible psychic toll and make big splashy news, but they amount to less than a rounding error in the overall homicide rate. If we find that Policy Change X would prevent some massacres but increase the overall homicide/assault rate, then on balance X is not good policy…

In our church few if any people would say that the man shooting at them should be spared if someone has the shot. Where we differ is the level of glee. We would find the death of one more person a tragedy, if a necessary one that on balance saved lives. We wouldn’t be all “He’s dead — Yay!” Personally I’m glad he’s still alive, if for no other reason than his plan was to commit suicide by cop and it’s a Good Thing that any plans of this hateful bastard were thwarted.

Anyway, on to the gun issue. Experience with massacres shows that guns at the scene of a massacre may lower the death toll, but won’t prevent massacres. Massacre assailants have almost invariably intended to die in the assault, rendering deterence meaningless. They also start blasting before anyone knows what is happening, meaning that people will likely die before anyone can return fire. Looking at the Colorado Springs massacre (n=2), the assailant managed to kill two people despite the fact that the church had an armed security guard on duty.

Pho’s Akron Pages: Gun Laws and the Knoxville Shooting.


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  1. Hickmania on August 2, 2008 5:55 pm

    Call him for what he is:

    His name is Scott Piepho, an unemployed attorney who stays at home to take care of his kids while his wife brings home the bacon.

    Scott is a frustrated nervous bundle of caffiene laced nerves who sits around in dirty pajamas believing he is the Chief of the “blog police” for the Ohiosphere.

    PiePHO hangs out with the PlunderDUMB Crew, including Eric Vessels as well as the BS Bloggers of Todd Hoffman, Jerid Kurtz, Russell Huglock and whoever is trying to impersonate the above BS Bloggers currently.

    Pho also rubs shoulders with Jill Miller Zimon, Womyn Extra-Ordinaire and distributor of all news about the Jewish faith and culture. PiePHO also hangs with Jason Haas of Psychobilly Democrat.

    Pho has never been known for being all that bright. He just likes to hear himself pontificate (or see his tirades in writing). If you tell Scott it is black he’ll say it is white (you know the type - always controversial). PiePHO comes off as a cranky little twit who has to bounce up and down just to be seen and heard.

    By the way, PiePHO is not necessarily “church going” in the traditional sense. If I remember right, he is a Unitarian Universalist which is a fairly different belief system than traditional Christian beliefs.

    Definition:
    “The Unitarian Universalists are the result of a merger between the Universal Church of America (founded in 1779) and the American Unitarian Association (founded in 1823). Members are not asked to profess any creed and congregations welcome theists, nontheists, pagan, Christians, and religious seekers of all sorts. An emphasis is placed upon freedom of belief and intellectual curiosity.”

  2. Eric on August 3, 2008 11:15 pm

    hi dave!

  3. Eric on August 3, 2008 11:19 pm

    …still trolling the wingnut blogs i see. we’ve been missing you. what you been up to?

  4. King on August 4, 2008 4:27 am

    complete idiots!

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