13 dead in mass shooting of a dance bar

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A silver lining posted on Drudge this morning...

At the only gun shop in Thousand Oaks, fearful residents decide it's time to buy a gun

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ns/1947476002/

Simone, 35, is a single father who previously vowed never to have a gun in the same home as his kid. But while his teenage son Ethan skateboarded outside, he asked the shop's owner what he needed to do to buy a 9-millimeter pistol.

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For John Von Colln, VC Defense’s proprietor, the duo were among an unusually steady stream of customers that day. Many of them expressed the same sentiment: they had come to the gun store because no place feels safe anymore, and they felt ill-equipped to confront the next mass shooter or armed home invader.

There’s a documented phenomenon in America following mass shootings in which gun enthusiasts stream to dealers to buy up contested accessories like bump stocks before they are made illegal. Von Colln’s customers on Thursday didn't appear to be those types, at least not during the couple of hours he allowed a reporter to hang out in his store and speak with customers.

They weren’t driven by a collector’s desire to hoard guns and accessories, but by raw fear.

Fear is the result of people realizing that gun control doesn't work and platitudes won't keep them safe. We've seen the same things with big city Liberals shocked by a crime committed against them or a neighbor/friend. These events are horrible but they do tend to demonstrate that no policy/law can be effective in preventing them.

Hopefully they experience the limitations their political beliefs have imposed on themselves and factor that in next election; BGC, limited CA buy list, 10 round mags, and a 10 day waiting period. If a person feels a sense of urgency in buying a gun for protection, these things only make it worse.

[CS1983]

Don't forget the near impossibility of getting a concealed carry permit.

[Bailey Guns]

If you live in CA and you haven't bought a gun yet, you're pretty late to the party.

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If you live in CA and you haven't bought a gun yet, you're pretty late to the party.

But still able to barely sneak in because of the efforts of gun owners who you've sought to disarm.

Interesting, isn't it?

[Bailey Guns]

Yeah...funny how irony bites you in the ass on occasion.

[ben4372]

I think I'd rather take a bullet in the front while I'm going berzerker on the shooter.

In the interview of the young ladies, they said after the first round of shooting they had a 5 second break in shooting. Five seconds seems about right for a mag swap. I'd like to think if I would try to rush him if I was able. Or I might be in a state of shock. Likely the latter. But if someone had the sense to start a stampede I'd likely pile on.

[Ah Pook]

And the medias take away...



I can even imagine what the friends and family are going through.

Maybe look toward mental illness, PTSD as being real or a failed mental health care system before an inanimate object.

[Rucker61]

And the medias take away...



I can even imagine what the friends and family are going through.

Maybe look toward mental illness, PTSD as being real or a failed mental health care system before an inanimate object.

I wonder if someone will explain to her that California already has all the gun control that the Democrats could ever impose.

[ray1970]

I wonder if someone will explain to her that California already has all the gun control that the Democrats could ever impose.

I don?t think so.

As far as I know people in California can still own firearms.

[Great-Kazoo]

I don?t think so.

As far as I know people in California can still own firearms.

They can, but the hoops they have to jump through to get 1 are the point. 10 day waiting period, only CADOJ approved firearms, 10 rd mags, red flag etc. Then there's the ammo bgc, along with permit to own, no lead bullets. Or they may have backed down from that for 22, maybe