Posted January 29, 2016 4:00 pm by Comments

By Dan Zimmerman

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“Elmurray ‘Billy’ Bookman was cutting hair at his barber station, the second chair from the door, when two masked men, one wielding a pistol and the other carrying a shotgun, entered Next Up Barber & Beauty, he said.” That sounds like a recipe for disaster. And it was…for the stick-up men. As heraldonline.com relays, “Minutes later, Bookman and one of his customers drew their weapons as the robbers were taking money from customers and employees. They fired shots that left one of the suspects dead and sent another on the run just before 7 p.m. Friday.” . . .

The only problem with this scenario is, of course, that we know it just can’t happen. We know this because we’re constantly reminded by card-carrying members of the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex that packing heat only increases the danger for the carrier. We’ve all be toiling under a tragic myth perpetuated by the gun lobby that Americans regularly defend themselves and their loved ones with firearms. Just ask a noted authority like Shannon Watts.

Yeah? Well tell that to the crowd in the Columbia barber shop.

About 20 people, including several women and children, …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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