robbed at gunpoint, DC political comedian changes stance

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and the light switch goes on.. funny how that works.

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“When you’re in an instance where there’s a gun is pointed at you and your life is being threatened for your property and no one’s going to help—and now I know that no one’s going to help—I want to feel more secure. I want to feel safe, and I have something to defend myself with,” he said.

When asked how the situation would have went differently if he had a gun, Young told Bruce Johnson on ‘Off Script’ that he probably would have pulled it out to defend himself.

He addressed people who are against conceal carry permits by saying they’ve probably never been in his position.
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What's more interesting to me is that he genuinely thought that someone was going to help him.

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My counter question to him - would he have helped the victim, had he been one of the onlookers? And if so, what he would have done to help the victim, versus armed robbers, himself then unarmed?

What did he expect out of that encounter to begin with?

Is self-reliance really that far-out of a concept, now?
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TSiWRX wrote:Is self-reliance really that far-out of a concept, now?
I think both self-reliance and personal responsibility are completely foreign thoughts for many people these days. sad really.
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:cry:

It's interesting: for me, as an immigrant, it was one of the first lessons that I really remember growing into manhood. My father used my then best-friend - an American boy - as the example of "American resilience and self-reliance." I've always thought that part of being American was having that spirit of "I can do it, myself."
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TSiWRX wrote::cry:

It's interesting: for me, as an immigrant, it was one of the first lessons that I really remember growing into manhood. My father used my then best-friend - an American boy - as the example of "American resilience and self-reliance." I've always thought that part of being American was having that spirit of "I can do it, myself."
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