Someone who says they ran away from the mass shooting at the Chiefs parade on Wednesday says they saw someone else running: a GOP governor who frequently touts his support for firearms.
Earlier on Wednesday, between eight and 10 people were shot near the Chiefs Super Bowl parade, and two armed suspects were then placed under arrest, according to Kansas City police, the New York Post and the Associated Press. Chaos erupted.
In that chaos, one man reported seeing Missouri governor Mike Parson running scared.
Patrick Quaife, identified on his social media as a University of Kansas alum, posted his observations after escaping the gunfire.
"I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him," Quaife wrote, including a photo of the governor supporting "responsible, law-abiding gun owners."
"I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians," Quaife added along with a support for gun control.
Is he related to Josh Hawley by any chance?
cherishes human lifeYou forgot the "his"
Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.
You forgot the "his"I wasn't aware that Mike Parson was human.
I mean, right?
Thats like saying you support EVs but run to safety when the one youre driving catches fire.
They're the good guys with guns, which are the only (their word) things that can stop bad guys with guns, remember?"Give everybody guns so civilians can stop this!"
but he's still a civilian bystander in the middle of a mass shooting.And one that would happily call for arming civilian bystanders(teachers) so they can react in the middle of a mass shooting.
I mean, I don't blame him? This isn't really the same as law enforcement not getting involved in an active school shooting. The guy is a proponent of gun rights and an NRA shill, but he's still a civilian bystander in the middle of a mass shooting.
These guys are always fucking cowardsThis, "good guy with a gun" is an absolute myth, it's more like coward afraid of existing in public.
I mean, I don't blame him? This isn't really the same as law enforcement not getting involved in an active school shooting. The guy is a proponent of gun rights and an NRA shill, but he's still a civilian bystander in the middle of a mass shooting.
It's not about him running away. It's about him creating the environment where stuff like this happens in the first place.
And then not changing his mind after experiencing this, because the power and donations are too tempting to avoid putting the people he is supposed to be working for at risk.That's the biggest thing, really. I'll eat my words IF he actually changes and realizes how his own actions contributed to what happened but I won't hold my breath.
Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.
That's the biggest thing, really. I'll eat my words IF he actually changes and realizes how his own actions contributed to what happened but I won't hold my breath.
This, "good guy with a gun" is an absolute myth, it's more like coward afraid of existing in public.Yup, just look at Uvalde. Cops standing outside the room, too chickenshit to go in because they "were afraid of being shot".
This. And then not changing his mind after experiencing this, because the power and donations are too tempting to avoid putting the people he is supposed to be working for at risk. Even after he has experienced the terror of gun violence first hand. All these GOP leaders who cater to the gun lobby and single issue gun nuts are the same. It is infuriating.Remember when the nutjob shot at Republican Congressmen at the baseball game? They didn't do anything then, or since, about the gun problem. Because they're in the NRA's pocket and don't want to lose that campaign donation cash cow.
Yup, just look at Uvalde. Cops standing outside the room, too chickenshit to go in because they "were afraid of being shot".
Wait I thought they were afraid of hostages or some dumb shit (mild /s)There were several excuses for why they did nothing.
Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.
Man runs from an imminently dangerous situation. This is news?Its almost like there is context.
This is a gotcha moment lol?Youre the one laughing in your first sentence.
Conceal carry is for self-defense, not to engage in a fire fight. Especially if you dont know how many shooters or what kind of weapons they have.
Imagine if this guy did try to defend the crowds and went out of his way to look for a shooter engaged with said shooter only to be shot and killed. You guys then would be celebrating how his conceal carried ass got blasted and how funny that is.
I mean, right?
Thats like saying you support EVs but run to safety when the one youre driving catches fire.
This is a gotcha moment lol?
Conceal carry is for self-defense, not to engage in a fire fight. Especially if you dont know how many shooters or what kind of weapons they have.
Imagine if this guy did try to defend the crowds and went out of his way to look for a shooter engaged with said shooter only to be shot and killed. You guys then would be celebrating how his conceal carried ass got blasted and how funny that is.
Is "running away from a crazed gunman" really a gotcha? It's not like the guy supports mass shootings, he just supports gun rights.Gun rights to do what? :v
Gun rights to do what? :vRights related to gun ownership. Sorry if you misinterpreted.
Is "running away from a crazed gunman" really a gotcha? It's not like the guy supports mass shootings, he just supports gun rights.His support of gun rights though allow these events to happen.
Its almost like there is context.
Is "running away from a crazed gunman" really a gotcha? It's not like the guy supports mass shootings, he just supports gun rights.Cemith posted...
But I thought the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun?
At least, that's what he thinks.
This is a gotcha moment lol?
Conceal carry is for self-defense, not to engage in a fire fight. Especially if you dont know how many shooters or what kind of weapons they have.
Imagine if this guy did try to defend the crowds and went out of his way to look for a shooter engaged with said shooter only to be shot and killed. You guys then would be celebrating how his conceal carried ass got blasted and how funny that is.
Literally one of the arguments the "good guys with guns" crowd uses is that they can stop stuff like this from even happening in the first place, and this guy is one of them. So he uses it as an argument but can't stand up for his own ideology.
Just like every other person that spouts "good guys with guns" rhetoric.
If you can't stand up for your own ideology you shouldn't be using that as one of you primarily arguments.
Car-loving man seen running scared from murderous SUV driver
You see why this is a weird thing to "get" someone with?
You're suggesting the man shouldn't have run away but rather towards the maniac with the gun?
So again, if a man who conceal carries a handgun, going out of his way to be a hero, to look for a shooter or multiple shooters, whom probably have much for firepower, is very foolish.