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There Comes a Point Where Gun Laws Should Be Disobeyed

New York police to warn public on suicide bombers

If the New York Police are teaching people to recognize suicide bombers, they are still leaving them incapable of doing anything about it. Here is a scenario:

You are sitting on a bus and see wires hanging out of someone’s jacket. You yell “Police!”… BOOM. Too late. You call 911, they overhear… BOOM. Too late.

Or how about this scenario, the guy pulls a shoe bomber, stands in the middle of the bus and says something about the jihad and how he’s going to kill you… POP POP. Bomber is dead.

Sure, we don’t want people going around capping people randomly, but in the end the citizens are the best able to respond because before you can think to call the police there are body parts all over the block. Sure, someone with a gun might not get the guy in time… but if it prevents on bombing that kills a bunch of people, isn’t that enough?

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    • July 14th, 2005 Posted by John Bambenek | Law / Legal Issues | 5 comments

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    1. Yeah, I’m still waiting for Illinois to allow concealed carry, but that’ll never happen.

      What ever happened to the must contested “fanny pack” concealed carry? Did anyone ever sort that out?

      Comment by Kiyoshi Martinez | July 14, 2005

    2. Indeed there does come a point when gun laws should be disobeyed. That is, the point when they’re passed.

      Comment by Matt | July 15, 2005

    3. The big problem with this idea: many suicide bombers use a “dead man’s switch” on their bombs.

      That means that as long as they hold the button down, it doesn’t go off. If they let go, BOOM!

      And guess what happens when they get shot….. =(

      I am all for carrying and shooting bad guys (I have my CHL and carry whenever I can), but suicide bombers have special risks that must be accounted for.

      Comment by J at TAotB | July 15, 2005

    4. Obeying Gun Laws v. Shooting Suicide Bombers

      (via NIF) John C. A. Bambenek is upset that NYC police are “are teaching people to recognize suicide bombers, they are still leaving them incapable of doing anything about it.” His solution? Shoot ‘em. Simple. Direct. And potentially deadly. The…

      Trackback by The Art of the Blog | July 15, 2005

    5. J - sure, there is that risk … but, OTOH, once they have got to that point there isn’t much you can do anyway. Not too likely you will be able to “talk them down”, as it were … so the best available option is to cap them, and hope they don’t have a DMS (or if they do, you could try and wait until fewer people are around). Just my $.02

      /TJ
      PS - Sadly, I don’t even own any firearms (My wife and I disagree on them just a wee bit, still working on her :) )

      Comment by TJ | July 15, 2005

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