Just finished recording the second edition of the Kole Hard Facts show for Indiana Talks. It will probably air on Wednesday, as the first is still in a rotation.
Topics? Gun control, Piers Morgan deportation petition, importing Coca-Cola from Mexico, the fiscal cliff, the Colts make the playoffs, holiday sports TV viewing, sports gambling, NHL's cancelled Winter Classic, and holiday traditions.
A lot for one hour? You bet. It's chock full!
Showing posts with label gun control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gun control. Show all posts
Monday, December 24, 2012
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The Market Reacts More Swiftly Than Legislation
I was fascinated by this Indy Star report on the sales at Don's Guns in the aftermath of the awful shootings in Arizona.
Since Saturday's deadly shooting in Arizona, Don's Guns in Indianapolis has run out of a magazine that enables Glock pistols to fire extra rounds.The thing the article didn't do was talk to customers. I would be interested to know why they rushed to buy. I suspect that many are buying because they see an investment opportunity of sorts, as if the clips are banned, they become more scarce, and therefore sometimes more valuable. But the other buyers?
"We sold out, just since that happened," owner Don Davis said. He has ordered more and expects the resupply to sell quickly. The rush to buy the accessories, he said, probably is motivated by fears that lawmakers will try to limit magazine capacity in the wake of the shootings.
Monday, July 16, 2007
The Decline of Marion County, and The Want of a Gun
I was just listening to "Abdul in the Morning" on 1430-am WXNT in Indianapolis, when a female caller and apparently a personal friend of host Abdul, related her tale of being mugged in Indianapolis the other day.
According to the caller, it happened downtown, at 3:30 in the afternoon- broad daylight. A man on a bicycle cornered her and demanded her purse. She was using her cell phone, and she told the man that she was going to call 9-1-1.
The man laughed at her and told her, 'go ahead. Call 9-1-1.'
She related how frustrated and defeated she felt by this reaction. She expected the man to be worried. She said that she figured he knew he would be long gone before any police officer arrived.
Then she said, "it's not like I had a gun or some mace".
This incident as described by the caller illustrates that police protection is a great thing when you have several minutes to spare. When you don't, self-reliance is your only option, and a gun or a can of mace is a very handy tool.
Indeed, your threat of using a gun by simply showing it is more powerful than following through on a call to 9-1-1.
I was just listening to "Abdul in the Morning" on 1430-am WXNT in Indianapolis, when a female caller and apparently a personal friend of host Abdul, related her tale of being mugged in Indianapolis the other day.
According to the caller, it happened downtown, at 3:30 in the afternoon- broad daylight. A man on a bicycle cornered her and demanded her purse. She was using her cell phone, and she told the man that she was going to call 9-1-1.
The man laughed at her and told her, 'go ahead. Call 9-1-1.'
She related how frustrated and defeated she felt by this reaction. She expected the man to be worried. She said that she figured he knew he would be long gone before any police officer arrived.
Then she said, "it's not like I had a gun or some mace".
This incident as described by the caller illustrates that police protection is a great thing when you have several minutes to spare. When you don't, self-reliance is your only option, and a gun or a can of mace is a very handy tool.
Indeed, your threat of using a gun by simply showing it is more powerful than following through on a call to 9-1-1.
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