{"id":45698,"date":"2014-10-08T06:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T12:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/an-armed-society-is-a-politely-disarmed-society.html"},"modified":"2014-10-13T13:40:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T19:40:21","slug":"an-armed-society-is-a-politely-disarmed-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/an-armed-society-is-a-politely-disarmed-society.html","title":{"rendered":"An armed society is a politely disarmed society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because carrying around a gun openly doesn&#39;t do anything but make you a target for folk who (a) want to commit mayhem, and therefore will shoot you first, or (b) really like that gun you&#39;re carrying, pull out theirs first, then ask you politely for yours.  <\/p>\n<p>This was, fortunately, an example of (b).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/koin.com\/2014\/10\/07\/man-practicing-open-carry-law-robbed-of-gun\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/CwQ3qDf2MgSLyaZiCnBQVfRcEQ-1L5fpq6qhg1qJ8r6_WXd2MO_imVyLFOXtqvdVTPU5w3scUHiAnfFoWHvoJcuoOcEQpsD8Yoc4neae=w506-h303-p' border='0' \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/koin.com\/2014\/10\/07\/man-practicing-open-carry-law-robbed-of-gun\/'>Man practicing open carry law robbed of gun<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nA man carrying a concealed weapon said &#8220;I like your gun, give it to me.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/9yHxqRM3p5f'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because carrying around a gun openly doesn&#39;t do anything but make you a target for folk who (a) want to commit mayhem, and therefore will shoot you first, or (b) really like that gun you&#39;re carrying, pull out theirs first, then ask you politely for yours. This was, fortunately, an example of (b). Man practicing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/08\/an-armed-society-is-a-politely-disarmed-society.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;An armed society is a politely disarmed society&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,298],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-guns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42506,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/11\/a-thoughtful-commentary-on-carrying-a-gun.html","url_meta":{"origin":45698,"position":0},"title":"A thoughtful commentary on carrying a gun","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Jun-14 9:52am","format":false,"excerpt":"How rational is the NRA's current mantra, \"The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun\"? \u00a0According to this gun owner -- not very.It's an interesting article, because it's written from the perspective of someone who comes from gun ownership in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49348,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/23\/the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-gun-is-oh-wait.html","url_meta":{"origin":45698,"position":1},"title":"The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is &#8230; oh, wait","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 23-Jan-15 8:19pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Guy A in parking lot sees Guy B getting out of his car and putting a gun under his jacket. 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A spokesman for Los Angeles International Airport...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Homeland Security&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Homeland Security","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/homeland-security"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39992,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/11\/the-swiss-guns-and-crime.html","url_meta":{"origin":45698,"position":3},"title":"The Swiss,\u00a0Guns, and Crime","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 11-Dec-13 9:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"Nice take-down of the use by American gun enthusiasts of statistics about Switzerland, gun ownership, and the crime rate.The meme in question can be found here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.anonymousartofrevolution.com\/2012\/10\/switzerland-1-in-2-citizens-has-guns.html \u00a0You can find similar images and statistic blocks all around the Internet.(h\/t +Kee Hinckley)Reshared post from +Andrew Pam+Syrus Drake posted this privately in response\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":31846,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/19\/guns-vs-cars-which-are-deadlier.html","url_meta":{"origin":45698,"position":4},"title":"Guns vs. Cars &#8212; which are deadlier?","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 19-Dec-12 11:00am","format":false,"excerpt":"For many years, the discussion about gun control has usually included this exchange:A. \"Well, cars kill more people than guns, so why don't you ban them?\"B. \"Because cars serve another purposes. 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