Pilot
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Most of you have probably heard about the shooting at the mall in Oregon that happened today (Tuesday). Reportedly, an idiot went into the mall, shot & killed 2 people and then killed himself, considerately saving the people of Oregon millions of dollars in legal & confinement costs.
My day started with a bunch of retired Forest Service folks getting together and the husband of the woman who sat next to me is a gunsmith. Kidding, I asked her if she was packing heat today and she jokingly said, "No, but I probably should".
A couple hours later I was a block from the mall, but didn't go there. The shooting happened 3 hours after I left the area, but an hour after it happened, my wife drove past it on a road that overlooked it. She could see cop cars all over the place, turned on the radio and heard what happened.
I don't know if anyone carrying a concealed handgun could have stopped the guy after the first shots were fired, but if I had been there I would have felt naked without a pistol. And I don't carry.
BTW, the sheriff's HQ is 1 block from the mall. Didn't stop him, did it?
My day started with a bunch of retired Forest Service folks getting together and the husband of the woman who sat next to me is a gunsmith. Kidding, I asked her if she was packing heat today and she jokingly said, "No, but I probably should".
A couple hours later I was a block from the mall, but didn't go there. The shooting happened 3 hours after I left the area, but an hour after it happened, my wife drove past it on a road that overlooked it. She could see cop cars all over the place, turned on the radio and heard what happened.
I don't know if anyone carrying a concealed handgun could have stopped the guy after the first shots were fired, but if I had been there I would have felt naked without a pistol. And I don't carry.
BTW, the sheriff's HQ is 1 block from the mall. Didn't stop him, did it?
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