tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post2542102265194434483..comments2024-01-31T04:29:38.858-06:00Comments on The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers: Focused ExplosionsSean Chercoverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00939494866272006802noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-8874947983641035812015-10-27T11:32:23.968-05:002015-10-27T11:32:23.968-05:00`
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I have several, and I have a license for concealed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-46109906612812831952007-07-08T23:36:00.000-05:002007-07-08T23:36:00.000-05:00Hey Marcus, intriguing post. I know we've discuss...Hey Marcus, intriguing post. I know we've discussed this before, but I used to work as a security officer and I had to carry a gun on the job. Despite my familiarity with firearms, it was a bit disconcerting to know that I may be forced to use my .38 revolver (sidearm) or the AR-15 we also carried. <BR/><BR/>Like you I come down somewhere in the middle on the issue. I can certainly see the Swannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16056586310557022071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-71092036751001909942007-07-08T16:23:00.000-05:002007-07-08T16:23:00.000-05:00I learned about this blog in Friday's Tribune. Ver...I learned about this blog in Friday's Tribune. Very cool. It's nice to see you're not shying away from controversial topics. <BR/>The reason we'll never get rid of guns is the same reason we'll never stop our war machine. Now they want to build missile bases in Poland using technology that doesn't work to protect against an enemy that doesn't exist. It's all about the money. Manufacturing and Chapmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08915856879939505890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-4398978140391028482007-07-07T15:52:00.000-05:002007-07-07T15:52:00.000-05:00Interesting topic, and one I'm closer to than I'd ...Interesting topic, and one I'm closer to than I'd like to be. A few years ago, my friends Barry and Greg (not his real name) were walking home late from a bar on the northwest side, not far from where my wife and I live. Two guys in gang (or gang-like) attire passed them on the sidewalk. One of them said something like "What's up?" He then pulled out a gun and shot Barry in the head. Barry Steve Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03697728544507465654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-52388682158793625492007-07-07T13:14:00.000-05:002007-07-07T13:14:00.000-05:00What a provocative post, Marcus. Thanks for airin...What a provocative post, Marcus. Thanks for airing it.<BR/><BR/>Funny, I'm scrolling down the comments, just knowing Kevin is going to weigh in, and then not only does he weigh in, but he beats me to the punch, using my own blog as ammunition... Thanks, Kevin.<BR/><BR/>I'm an unabashed liberal who grew up in the same small town that Kevin did. For me, guns have never been a Adam Hurtubisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193951132941597473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-61230439831754501042007-07-07T11:38:00.000-05:002007-07-07T11:38:00.000-05:00Konrad Lorenz wrote a great book in the 60s--On Ag...Konrad Lorenz wrote a great book in the 60s--<I>On Aggression</I>--in which he pointed out that animals with built-in weapons have instinctive checks on their aggressive impulses. Dogs and wolves, for instance, go belly up when they've lost a fight, and the winner lets them go. (Fighting dogs--bred and trained by humans--excepted, of course.) Humans haven't had millions of years to evolve Michael Dymmochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06424057697796493279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-2535652400659760972007-07-07T09:30:00.000-05:002007-07-07T09:30:00.000-05:00Shortly after I'd written my third novel, a Boston...Shortly after I'd written my third novel, a Boston PI approached me. She actually does homicide investigations with a social justice twist, much as my detective does. She told me that although she's licensed to carry a gun, and owns one that she is knowledgable and comfortable in using, she doesn't carry it on the job. She said that a weapon in hand unconsciously gets you to ratchet up the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-3323567942405356742007-07-07T01:22:00.000-05:002007-07-07T01:22:00.000-05:00Kevin, you remain about the smartest guy I know.Kevin, you remain about the smartest guy I know.Marcus Sakeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327039513043246663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-73329290766708427972007-07-06T23:21:00.000-05:002007-07-06T23:21:00.000-05:00I grew up in a small town where just about everyon...I grew up in a small town where just about everyone owned a gun and I'm sure the first time I fired a rifle, the rifle was bigger than me (I only know that <A HREF="http://www.radosh.net/images/kg.jpg" REL="nofollow">this wasn't my first time</A>). Every year they talked about closing school on the first day of deer season, because there was hardly a boy over the age of 13 in class. <BR/><BR/>I Kevin Guilfoilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08239157460247794910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-68045483086306696342007-07-06T17:39:00.000-05:002007-07-06T17:39:00.000-05:00I have a long, conflicted history with firearms. I...I have a long, conflicted history with firearms. <BR/><BR/>In the US, I carried. It was a hell of a responsibility, but I tried my best to live up to it. As crazy as the US is with the gun violence (notice I didn't say gun ownership), I either had the craziness myself or felt I needed that innoculation.<BR/><BR/>In Israel, I felt distinctly underdressed. It felt like everybody carried. My first Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-1068143722606513172007-07-06T17:01:00.000-05:002007-07-06T17:01:00.000-05:00Thanks to The Outfit (and Marcus) for providing a ...Thanks to The Outfit (and Marcus) for providing a discussion on a controversial topic where we can virtually certain all of the correspondents can breathe through their noses and none are putting Wite-Out on their monitor screens to correct errors.<BR/><BR/>I also grew up in Western Pennsylvania, had a .22 rifle when I was a kid, and used to shoot trap on Sunday mornings with my dad and a friend Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-15973994125325292622007-07-06T15:56:00.000-05:002007-07-06T15:56:00.000-05:00As someone who grew up without guns, I found them ...As someone who grew up without guns, I found them extremely scary until I married a man from western Pennsylvania who had grown up with guns. When we had children, my mandate was that we would teach them how to shoot to eliminate any mystery or fantasy. Agree - Holding and knowing how to shoot a gun gives a strong feeling of power. Do I have one now - living in the city by myself? No. It Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-88861188043001103542007-07-06T15:06:00.000-05:002007-07-06T15:06:00.000-05:00" ... a gun is a tool. It might be all that protec..." ... a gun is a tool. It might be all that protects you or your family ... "<BR/><BR/>Plausible. And people claim to believe it. But they don't really believe it. If they did, after 9/11, they'd have been clamoring for - and this administration would have mandated - the requirement that we all carry box cutters on airplanes. No exceptions. Compulsory box-cutter inspections, not X-ray lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-2202922323157444982007-07-06T14:18:00.000-05:002007-07-06T14:18:00.000-05:00Rob, I can't disagree with what you're saying. Th...Rob, I can't disagree with what you're saying. That's part of what made the whole experience both intense and unsettling. Because all you have to do is pick up a gun, feel how good it feels in your hand, and you'd be surprised how much you want to pull the trigger.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, I'm not saying that's an excuse, or a reason for guns to exist. And if I could wish away all the guns, I mightMarcus Sakeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327039513043246663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-90388842476580299072007-07-06T10:49:00.000-05:002007-07-06T10:49:00.000-05:00I don't know where to weigh in on guns, either. I'...I don't know where to weigh in on guns, either. I'm not against having them, but at the same it's a little scary knowing the average citizen can be carrying.<BR/>Also, I am glad to know that I wasn't the only kid who thought he could shoot laser beams with his eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29793018.post-12141071524242654432007-07-06T10:48:00.000-05:002007-07-06T10:48:00.000-05:00I totally get it, Marcus. The first time I fired a...I totally get it, Marcus. The first time I fired a gun was on a gun range at a Sisters in Crime outing. I was astonished at how much I loved it. (In fact, I blogged about it last winter). The power that comes from knowing you have the opportunity to change history with just a tiny squeeze of the trigger is overwhelming. And sobering. <BR/><BR/>Thus far I've limited my shooting experiences to theLibby Hellmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693555214699897283noreply@blogger.com