Current Events > Gun-Loving GOP Governor Seen Running Scared From Mass Shooting

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https://www.rawstory.com/gop-governor-running-scared-shooting/

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.

Leopard eat my face moment?

He was running to get his gun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAB9KpZtnZs

These guys are always fucking cowards

Is he related to Josh Hawley by any chance?

So he wasn't in a hurry to prove the good guy with a gun defense?

Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.

tremain07 posted...

Is he related to Josh Hawley by any chance?

They are all a part of the same single celled slime puddle.

mariolover2 posted...

cherishes human life

You forgot the "his"

TerraSeeker posted...

Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.

I mean, right?

Thats like saying you support EVs but run to safety when the one youre driving catches fire.

TerraSeeker posted...

Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.

This is a genuine news article posted by a genuine person on gamefaqs. It is news on CE.

GranAures posted...

You forgot the "his"

I wasn't aware that Mike Parson was human.

bigblu89 posted...

I mean, right?

Thats like saying you support EVs but run to safety when the one youre driving catches fire.

They would have you believe that they open carry and conceal carry for the express purpose of running towards these shootings.

They're the good guys with guns, which are the only (their word) things that can stop bad guys with guns, remember?

While it's not surprising he had the normal reaction to run away, it also proves he's a liar and a hypocrite whose behavior endangers people's lives.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d8761ad4.jpg

DnDer posted...

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!"
*can't bring himself to be the GGWAG he expects to save the day*
Almost like the notion of increased proliferation of guns being a good thing is a load of bull purely to prevent anything from being done.

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.

Hayame_Zero posted...

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.

Hayame_Zero posted...

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 more so that shit heads like this not only don't do anything about our gun problem but actively make it worse while telling people to don't live in fear over guns because they're not a big deal.

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

These guys are always fucking cowards

This, "good guy with a gun" is an absolute myth, it's more like coward afraid of existing in public.

Hayame_Zero posted...

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.

Remember when Gabby Giffords was shot in the head at an event where dozens of people in the crowd were armed?

AlphaWhelp posted...

It's not about him running away. It's about him creating the environment where stuff like this happens in the first place.

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.

Westernwolf4 posted...

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.

TerraSeeker posted...

Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.

Lol this is so incorrect it's laughable. Obviously if you're an open carry gun nut that is so worried about freedom you shouldn't be running away.

Bros without guns literally tackled a shooter because they actually had balls, don't need to hide behind thier gunz and mah freedumbz

GranAures posted...

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.

Me too.

MabusIncarnate posted...

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".

Westernwolf4 posted...

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.

TyVulpine posted...

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)

wackyteen posted...

Wait I thought they were afraid of hostages or some dumb shit (mild /s)

There were several excuses for why they did nothing.

On topic: I'd expect a person to flee. That's normal. The part that should be news is that the event happened and they still shill for guns, not that they fled.

*Shooting happens*

Reps: "See this shit wouldn't happen if you stopped trying to take out guns. Let us keep our guns and we can stop stuff like this from happening! The only thing that can stop a criminal with a gun is a good guy with a gun!"

*Shooting happens again, but, person or persons with that ideology is present in said shooting*

Reps: "So I started running because I'm not actually a good guy with a gun, I'm a fucking coward who can't even stand up for one of my arguments when it comes to stopping shootings."

Also Reps: "No fucking shit he ran, anyone would run when a shooting is occuring!"

Dems: "But, aren't you a good guy with a gun? What happened?"

Reps: *walks away*

TerraSeeker posted...

Yeah, that's what you do when a shooting happens. This isn't news.

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.

Man runs from an imminently dangerous situation. This is news?

Billyionaire posted...

Man runs from an imminently dangerous situation. This is news?

Its almost like there is context.

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.

DemonBuffet posted...

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.

Youre the one laughing in your first sentence.

bigblu89 posted...

I mean, right?

Thats like saying you support EVs but run to safety when the one youre driving catches fire.

That's not analogous to this situation at all. This is one of the very situations that these people argue guns should be carried for. But this dude is a cowardly hypocrite who will watch others suffer the consequences of his policy from a safe distance.

It'd be like if someone openly advocated for EVs then bought a big fucking pickup truck and rolled coal with it.

DemonBuffet posted...

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.

Is "running away from a crazed gunman" really a gotcha? It's not like the guy supports mass shootings, he just supports gun rights.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

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

Deej posted...

Gun rights to do what? :v

Rights related to gun ownership. Sorry if you misinterpreted.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

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.

He supports the theory of "good guy with a gun stops bad guys with a gun"

He's literally a good guy with a gun (or at least surrounded by 'good guys' with guns) who did nothing. He had the opportunity to be the good guy, but like most politicians he cowers and hides because he only uses things for political clout and not because he genuinely believes in what he spouts.

This is a clear cut case of him expecting others to do the dirty work for him.

A analogy for this would be to not fucking rah rah rah for war if you're not willing to pick up the rifle and go fight

Fight or flight is a hardwired survival instinct, and I am fairly sure flight is the more common reaction type, so honestly this isnt surprising.

ablegator posted...

Its almost like there is context.

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?

Gobstoppers12 posted...

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 fucking guy is a former sergeant. If this guy runs from a gun fight, there's literally no possible position where "good guy with a gun" is even a remotely good point.

It wasn't in the first place, don't get it twisted. But this fucking guy pokes the most obvious hole in what little GOP logic there is left.

Gun laws are needed 20 years ago.

DemonBuffet posted...

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.

It's almost like we have decades of talking points from people like this Governor that contradict what you just said.

Also, nice strawman at the end to make yourself feel good I guess.

Strider102 posted...

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.

If the threat is right at your face, then yeah I can understand the idea of teaching what you preach and fire back.
But if you have ever gone to any type of training or school in regards to guns, they will teach you that a handgun is best used as a defensive weapon. Because if you try to fight against an assault rifle with your handgun, you are very likely to lose.
I dont know if you have seen some of the mass shooting videos online, but its usually law enforcement with assault rifles that neutralize the threat.
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.

Billyionaire posted...

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?

Does "car-loving man" continually make it much, much easier for murderous SUV driver to exist and tell people not to worry about murderous SUV driver because you have a car to protect yourself?

DemonBuffet posted...

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.

If that man that conceal carries and actively petitions against common sense gun laws runs from a firefight, he's a god damn hypocrite. Keep in mind these people are the ones that breathlessly exclaim that that whole "good guy with a gun" garbage.

He's a pathetic hypocrite and, unsurprisingly, couldn't practice what he preached.

That's what this is about.