posted May 05, 2013 09:56 AM            

NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre sparked controversy on Saturday when he asked, "How many Bostonians wished they had a gun two weeks ago?"

The comments came in the middle of his speech at the annual NRA members meeting in Houston, Texas.

LaPierre explained that during the Boston lockdown that took place while police were chasing the bombing suspects, "frightened citizens [were] sheltered in place with no means to defend themselves."

He said:

"Imagine living in a large metropolitan area where lawful firearms ownership is heavily regulated and discouraged. Imagine waking up to a phone call from the police, warning that a terrorist event is occurring outside and ordering you to stay inside your home."

"DISGUSTING. Shameful," one Twitter user remarked. "SERIOUSLY, BRO?" asked another.

As NBC's Kasie Hunt points out, this is the first time that the NRA has linked the Boston Marathon bombings to guns.

LaPierre then accused gun control advocates of exploiting tragedies like the Sandy Hook school shooting.

“They use tragedy to try to blame us, to shame us into compromising our freedom for their political agenda," he said. "No matter what it takes, we will never give up or compromise our constitutional freedom, not one single inch!”

Also speaking at the NRA convention were Second Vice President Allan Cors and chief lobbyist Chris Cox, who offered simliar rhetoric.

posted May 05, 2013 10:45 AM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
No, but people with guns would have felt safer during the manhunt. He could have tried to break into any one of those homes, and then there would have been a hostage situation.

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On the other hand some people thinking themselves smarter from the police would have searched for any arab-looking guy from the marathon and shot him to death not caring if he was the bomber or not......

posted May 05, 2013 12:06 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
No, but people with guns would have felt safer during the manhunt. He could have tried to break into any one of those homes, and then there would have been a hostage situation.

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Totally!

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posted May 05, 2013 02:27 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
I'm sure a lot of people in Boston had a gun, and that sort of vilgilante behavior didn't happen. They were told to stay in their homes. Had the suspect broken in, it would have been preferred to have a gun for protection.

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Then again we are talking about what happened and if guns were in the hands of more people there might haveben a chance for something like that to happen.

posted May 05, 2013 02:42 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Well, if there were a similar situation here...terrorist attack, lockdown, and those terrorists at large...I think most people would certainly feel safer having a gun in their home.

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posted May 05, 2013 03:28 PM            

Adolf Hitler

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posted May 06, 2013 11:31 AM            

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Well, if there were a similar situation here...terrorist attack, lockdown, and those terrorists at large...I think most people would certainly feel safer having a gun in their home.

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posted May 06, 2013 11:33 AM            

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To conquer a nation, first disarm it's citizens. -Adolf Hitler

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posted May 06, 2013 12:10 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
But it would only help if it were readily available...as in you'd have to carry it around all the time or have it very close by in order for it to be of any benefit. Just having it in the home doesn't do much in and of itself.

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You carry it
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posted May 06, 2013 03:33 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
I don't understand the big smile smiley. You're not saying anything remotely offensive to me. Nor do you show any courage greater than anyone else here including myself. You'd go to pieces in the face of a real threat. I'd be as cool as a cucumber. You know that.

I would carry a gun if I had one, and if conditions indicated a threat. If I were to buy a gun I'd be more tempted by a non-lethal gun where the person I shot would be alive to deal with the consequences of their actions.

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The smiley was just trying to be nice and offer you a gesture of friendship

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posted May 06, 2013 05:07 PM            

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The article doesn't say it would have stopped the bombing.

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I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about your scenario where a known violent offender is trying to find shelter in an unfamiliar home.

posted May 06, 2013 06:47 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about your scenario where a known violent offender is trying to find shelter in an unfamiliar home.

The problem with guns for defense is that if they're not readily available in any scenario requiring them it becomes a race between the bad guy and the person with guns in the home.

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You Liberals will go on all sorts of flipping rabbit trails rather than see the obvious

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posted May 06, 2013 08:09 PM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
That is the obvious, Ami. It shouldn't take a liberal to point it out.

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No, the obvious is don't call running horses zebras.

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posted May 07, 2013 01:40 AM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
You Liberals will go on all sorts of flipping rabbit trails rather than see the obvious

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posted May 07, 2013 09:53 AM            

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Originally posted by AcousticGod:
I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about your scenario where a known violent offender is trying to find shelter in an unfamiliar home.

The problem with guns for defense is that if they're not readily available in any scenario requiring them it becomes a race between the bad guy and the person with guns in the home.

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posted May 07, 2013 10:03 AM            

I am going to say this as a female. WHERE have real men gone

A guy who is masculine is such a rarity, these days.

To me, a guy who would make wimpy statements about guns has lost that virile masculinity that attracts woman, in my humble opinion

PS I hate being near guns, I just like a man who embodies being male.

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posted May 07, 2013 10:13 AM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
[b]Better a race than no race at all (no weapon with which to defend oneself). Or perhaps you would have it best that a family be at the complete mercy of a home invader?

I am going to say this as a female. WHERE have real men gone
A guy who is masculine is such a rarity, these days.

To me, a guy who would make wimpy/woosey statements about guns is somewhere in between male and female

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maybe instead of behaving like a disgusting person would you try and take and example from randall and do your best to keep to the topic?