“When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody.”
Ummm, I don’t know about you all, but that’s why I carry. I mean to harm somebody who’s trying to harm me or others. To kill somebody who’s trying to kill me. That’s what they do, and that’s what they’re for. I make every effort to avoid such situations and places where that is a likely occurrence, but when those situations find me, I like to be that guy that thought ahead. Mr. Cosby is not that guy. His son was killed by a carjacker a few years back as I recall. His son was also not that guy, and he paid the price.
To harm somebody or kill somebody may not be my intention, but when necessary, it is my goal. Let’s not kid ourselves, people.
BOSTON GLOBE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
JANUARY 8, 1993
ELITE IN NYC ARE PACKING HEAT
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By Colum Lynch
NEW YORK – Bill Cosby is on the list.
The list is of a select group of New Yorkers who have been granted the privilege of firepower: a permit from the New York Police Department to carry a concealed weapon when stepping out onto the streets of New York City.
You can see it in their faces, the gears clashing and grinding, when they ask me “why do you have a gun?” and I answer “to shoot people.” I go on to explain with logic and rhetoric that it’s nearly the last thing I would want to do, exceeded for example by being shot or stabbed myself, but like you said, I don’t kid myself.
April 9th, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Bill Cosby is an influential, beloved person spreading ignorance.
April 9th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
“When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody.”
Ummm, I don’t know about you all, but that’s why I carry. I mean to harm somebody who’s trying to harm me or others. To kill somebody who’s trying to kill me. That’s what they do, and that’s what they’re for. I make every effort to avoid such situations and places where that is a likely occurrence, but when those situations find me, I like to be that guy that thought ahead. Mr. Cosby is not that guy. His son was killed by a carjacker a few years back as I recall. His son was also not that guy, and he paid the price.
To harm somebody or kill somebody may not be my intention, but when necessary, it is my goal. Let’s not kid ourselves, people.
April 9th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
“To harm somebody or kill somebody may not be my intention, but when necessary, it is my goal.”
^Well said!
April 9th, 2012 at 1:16 pm
BOSTON GLOBE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
JANUARY 8, 1993
ELITE IN NYC ARE PACKING HEAT
——————–
By Colum Lynch
NEW YORK – Bill Cosby is on the list.
The list is of a select group of New Yorkers who have been granted the privilege of firepower: a permit from the New York Police Department to carry a concealed weapon when stepping out onto the streets of New York City.
April 9th, 2012 at 1:26 pm
You can see it in their faces, the gears clashing and grinding, when they ask me “why do you have a gun?” and I answer “to shoot people.” I go on to explain with logic and rhetoric that it’s nearly the last thing I would want to do, exceeded for example by being shot or stabbed myself, but like you said, I don’t kid myself.