The Oaks Mall in Thousand Oaks, Calif., was locked down Saturday after a shooting inside a store that police are investigating as a murder-attempted suicide; one woman died and a man, apparently the gunman, was gravely injured.
UPDATE: One person has been confirmed as dead after shooting at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks. https://t.co/qJVmcbThYv pic.twitter.com/EoElANhrOk
— Ventura County Star (@vcstar) March 17, 2018
We’re going to spare everyone all the hot takes about a “mass shooting” at a mall — that’s not what this was, at all. However, this take was so scorching hot, we just had to use it:
Where were all the “responsible gun owners” who “have their guns for protection” when someone was shot dead in Thousand Oaks hours ago??? If u want the right to own a gun that comes with the responsibility of protecting ppl. Thats what a “well regulated militia” means u gun nuts
— ????? ??? (@goldberg_paula) March 18, 2018
“A well-regulated militia” means that your right to own a gun comes with the responsibility to protect the unarmed — people, like yourself, inside a gun-free zone in particular. Do we have that correct?
It's a no gun zone. Law abiding citizen would not be there with guns.
— rebecca haegele (@rebeccahaegele) March 18, 2018
You mean that you want law abiding citizens to carry their legally owned firearms inside of this gun-free zone? You people really need to make up your minds…
— G (@TCC_Grouchy) March 18, 2018
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Derp? https://t.co/MC0tZdPedF
— Schültzie (@muffnbear) March 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/ScottInSC_/status/975165432746381313
https://twitter.com/JohnBurtner/status/975166432530128896
https://twitter.com/goldberg_paula/status/975166838408556544
Natural law, how does it work? So, we guess we’ll just be stamping “Null and Void” on the whole Declaration of Independence too while we’re at it.
https://twitter.com/JohnBurtner/status/975168227352473600
https://twitter.com/goldberg_paula/status/975169602106740736
It is the right to self defense.
— Joel (@Jamisen) March 18, 2018
But with the right to self-defense comes the responsibility to be that good guy with a gun to stop that bad guy with a gun — even if it means carrying your gun in a gun-free zone like a mall.
And that’s today’s lesson on the Second Amendment — any questions?
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