FireStar_M40
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Bill O'Reilly on Florida's New Self Defense Law..
I was listening to Bill O'Reilly on the radio this afternoon. One of his topics was "Florida's New Self Defense" law.. and how it related to CCW. He seemed to be mostly "Pro"(?) 2-A.. and was willing to say so over the air. Among some of his "Pro-2A" statements: he agreed that the Police couldn't be everywhere all the time.. and that we as citizens had the right to protect ourselves, as well as CCW.
It was nice to see that he had Marion P. Hammer (Tallahassee, Florida and NRA Past President) speak on the air.. and allowed her amply time to explain Florida's new law. He brought up several scenarios which Marion answered quite well.
There were a couple of semi-minor problems I found with Bill's remarks. One was that he used the word "BLAST" (or a derivative of it) all the time.. in place of saying fired at. As a example: he asked the question of Marion, "If someone pulls a knife on me then I can just 'BLAST' away at them"? It would seem to me you would hear the word "BLAST" in that context coming from someone who is on the anti-2A side.. instead of "Pro-2A".
The other thing that bothered me was his feelings about anyone who wanted to own (own.. NOT CCW) a firearm, needed to supply their DNA to the authorities to be kept in a data bank. My thought on that would be the same as yours. What good is that going to do when the BG's aren't going to comply.
Other than what I've said above, I think the whole hour segment went along real good.. especially with the fact all the people that called in were all "Pro-2A CCW's" who were able to intelligently tell "our" side of the story.
Considering Bill is heard Nation wide, I thought this helped our cause tremendously. If I were to give Bill a grade for this particular segment, it would be a.. "A-Minus". "What Say You"?
FireStar_M40
I was listening to Bill O'Reilly on the radio this afternoon. One of his topics was "Florida's New Self Defense" law.. and how it related to CCW. He seemed to be mostly "Pro"(?) 2-A.. and was willing to say so over the air. Among some of his "Pro-2A" statements: he agreed that the Police couldn't be everywhere all the time.. and that we as citizens had the right to protect ourselves, as well as CCW.
It was nice to see that he had Marion P. Hammer (Tallahassee, Florida and NRA Past President) speak on the air.. and allowed her amply time to explain Florida's new law. He brought up several scenarios which Marion answered quite well.
There were a couple of semi-minor problems I found with Bill's remarks. One was that he used the word "BLAST" (or a derivative of it) all the time.. in place of saying fired at. As a example: he asked the question of Marion, "If someone pulls a knife on me then I can just 'BLAST' away at them"? It would seem to me you would hear the word "BLAST" in that context coming from someone who is on the anti-2A side.. instead of "Pro-2A".
The other thing that bothered me was his feelings about anyone who wanted to own (own.. NOT CCW) a firearm, needed to supply their DNA to the authorities to be kept in a data bank. My thought on that would be the same as yours. What good is that going to do when the BG's aren't going to comply.
Other than what I've said above, I think the whole hour segment went along real good.. especially with the fact all the people that called in were all "Pro-2A CCW's" who were able to intelligently tell "our" side of the story.
Considering Bill is heard Nation wide, I thought this helped our cause tremendously. If I were to give Bill a grade for this particular segment, it would be a.. "A-Minus". "What Say You"?
FireStar_M40
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