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Wis. Sheriff Tells Residents to Learn How to Use a Gun: 911 is No Longer Your Best Option

Steve146 Wrote: Jan 28, 2013 11:50 AM

To prevent and handle fire in your home - buy and learn to use a fire extinguisher to protect your family & home! To keep someone alive after an accident or a heart attack - Learn 1st Aid & CPR! But for the love of society, absolutely do not buy and learn to use a firearm to protect your family & your home! That's just your... (pick one) A) macho/phallic obsession at work... B) your southern/cowboy/neanderthal violence mentality, or C) your inability to understand our new enlightened societal standards In other words, don' t be a victim... unless you're talking about the threat of violence to you or your family. In that case, just call 911, and realize you're going to be robbed/raped/killed well before the police arrive.

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rightguard Wrote: Jan 28, 2013 1:24 PM

You're absolutely right. Those that manifest paranoid schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder should no access to firearms. When you start disarming homosexual bisexual sociopaths within federal, state, and municipal governments, then I may take you seriously.

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wiseone Wrote: Jan 28, 2013 1:18 PM

And your post is just a manifestation of your ignorant liberal bigotry.

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InAmericaSince1627 Wrote: Jan 28, 2013 1:49 PM

Have trouble recognizing sarcasm do we?

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Wis. Sheriff Tells Residents to Learn How to Use a Gun: 911 is No Longer Your Best Option

In gun control debates, gun rights advocates often invoke the saying, “when seconds count, the police are only minutes away,” to emphasize the absurdity and ineffectiveness of gun-free zones and the need for concealed carry in self-defense situations. Now, one Wisconsin sheriff is taking the adage seriously, telling residents they should take firearms classes because he ‘needs them in the game.’

In the radio ad, Clarke tells residents personal safety isn't a spectator sport anymore, and that "I need you in the game."

"With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer...

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