[sandorski]

To prevent this from happening

Poor guy.

[bootlegga]

Oh, the humanity!

[andyt]

It's a nightmare.

Probably a couple of drunks, bet there's a few around during Stampede days. Instead of banning guns we should be banning alcohol so this sort of thing doesn't happen.

[bootlegga]

Actually, according to reports, the #NoseHillGentlemen as they've come to be known in the social media universe, were trying to GIVE AWAY FREE TICKETS to the STAMPEDE.

http://gawker.com/5933264/report-nose-h ... ee-tickets

No wonder they asked that same horrific question that many serial killers and rapisrts have used over the years, "Have you been to the Stampede?"

[andyt]

And they say Vancouver is an unfriendly city where nobody talks to each other. Can you imagine Kalamazoo, if this guy is representative?



Dave Chan tweeted: "A clerk at London Drugs asked me if I was having a nice day. I think she might have wanted to stab me. ‪#NoseHillGentlemen‬"
Jason Dorn chimed in, too: "Awkward moment at the entrance to Tims, one of those "no you go first" situations, wish I'd had a gun. ‪#nosehillgentlemen‬"
Even a Calgary restaurant, Taste, joined in, mocking Wawra on its sandwich board: "Have you been to the Stampede? Just kidding. Don't shoot me!"

[Brenda]

Ooooohhhhhh, touchy American gun-toters. Feeling SO insecure without a gun. Paranoia much?

Your first idea when someone approaches you (somewhat aggressive, but whatever), is to pull a gun on them? Says more about you than about anybody else.

[BartSimpson]

I don't see this so much as a criticism of Canada but as a condemnation of the crime problem in the USA that someone would be so afraid of a simple encounter in a public park. While this person lamented the absence of their pistol I'm comfortable in saying that your typical resident of Boston, New York, Washington DC, Chicago, or Detroit would have been just as scared in that same situation because attacks in urban areas down here often times start with simple questions.

[raydan]

Tell me if you think I'm right, Bart.

Is it possible that there are some Americans who do not travel outside the country because they'd be unarmed?

[andyt]

We have as much non-gun violence as you do, Bart. Guess we're just made of sterner stuff than those pussy Americans.

[DanSC]

And the narrative continues!

[andyt]

Aaron Stayner ‏@BigtimeYYC
#nosehillgentlemen Fun Fact. Murders in 2010: Kalamazoo (Pop 74K) 14, Calgary (Pop 1.1M) 15. #yyc
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Idea from another tweet: " I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: You go to the Stampede yet? Well, did ya, punk?"

[bootlegga]

DanSC DanSC:

And the narrative continues!

A crime is a crime - at least that's what Republicans preach all the time.

If you don't want to spend time in jail in Canada, don't try to illegally import weapons - even if you're just passing through.

Besides, unless one of those men was an octopus, what do two people need 5 pistols and a shotgun for?

[bootlegga]

andyt andyt:

Aaron Stayner ‏@BigtimeYYC
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Yeah, in some ways the US is scary - the crime rate is definitely one of them.

For example, teeny tiny little Spokane, Washington has in some years had a similar murder rate as Edmonton, which is almost ten times its size. Some of their big cities sound almost as bad as Baghdad or Bogota for murders.

As such, I understand their paranoia about firearms and why they would want something for personal defence. However, I've never understood the need to have more than one or two firearms (say a pistol for the home and a rifle/shotgun for hunting).

[andyt]

You talkin to me?

[Xort]

An acquaintance of mine was attacked by two men that robbed him then desided to beat him up for fun.

He might have been better off with a CCW and legal protection to defend himself.

Well he isn't going to die, but a few inches in the right direction and his stabbing would have been fatal, rather than just painful and life threatening.

We trust the police at all levels and the military with weapons to defend themself and others while in the conduct of their duties. Logicaly we could create a CCW system that we could use to place weapons into the hands of people we trust.

When I was in the military I was trusted to hold a weapon for my own protection and the protection of the population at large. I was trusted to use my own judgement without anyone else looking over my shoulder to make sure I was doing it right. I was in life and death situation that required me to use my judgement and deside to kill or hold fire.

But now that I'm retired from the military, I have no ability to carry a weapon for my own defence or the protection of others. If I'm attacked I can try to run away, or try to arm myself with what I can find but only upto a level that I'm equal to my criminal attacker.

I trust other people to drive cars around me who for the most part are less safe than I am at the task. Yet people would not trust me to carry a weapon for my own defence, out of fear that I would hurt them. Even thought private armed citizens have a higher rate of safe use of weapons than the police does. The police are more likely to shoot the wrong person, or strike bystanders than armed citizens are. (depending on what numbers you use by a factor of 5 upto a factor of 10)