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CreekDog
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:20 PM Original message |
DU gun owners, are you trained to use your gun in a crowd in self defense? |
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Cid_B
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, Maybe, Runs the whole spectrum... |
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CreekDog
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. I'm just saying that it seems like special training is required to use a gun in a crowd |
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shadowrider
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Police have "special training" right? They know about shooting and crowds, right? |
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leftofcool
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I only carry mine at night when travelling alone, so no would not use it in a crowd |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. . |
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TheWraith
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The shooter did not have an "automatic." |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. .. |
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TheWraith
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Again, please stick to something close to reality, and don't hijack the OP. |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. . |
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hlthe2b
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was impressed with the guy Ed interviewed carrying concealed, |
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FarLeftRage
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. No. |
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CreekDog
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. good but i think a lot of people are thinking and encouraging just that |
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TheWraith
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Disclaimer: I don't own a pistol, so obviously I don't carry one. |
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ZombieHorde
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Everything I know about gun use I learned from the first five minutes of The Machine Girl... |
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derby378
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. I tend towards long guns instead of pistols... |
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Pancho Sanza
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's a trick question, isn't it? Haha |
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CreekDog
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's not a trick question for anybody planning to act responsibly |
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Pancho Sanza
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yes, I keep forgetting about all those people planning to act irresponsibly. |
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guitar man
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
16. My skills are way above average |
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CreekDog
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. but did your training include not hitting other things? |
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Pancho Sanza
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You replied to him, asking the very question he answered in his post |
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CreekDog
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. nope he didn't...he said he was trained to hit the target |
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guitar man
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. The bottom line is |
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Straw Man
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Hitting the target. |
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guitar man
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. If your trained to hit your intended target |
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RamboLiberal
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Wed Jan-12-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. +1 on that |
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one-eyed fat man
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
61. Mine did. |
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KansasVoter
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. LOL......! Just wow! |
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The Traveler
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yours is a strangely framed question |
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lawodevolution
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes and civilians are known to hit their targets while police kill innocent bystanders |
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CreekDog
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Tue Jan-11-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. do you have the training that a policeman has? |
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spin
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Police are well trained in their job but are not necessarily good shooters ... |
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Pancho Sanza
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Not to answer for your correspondent, but I have personally trained many policemen |
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OneTenthofOnePercent
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Keep in mind that cops do ALOT more than just guns. |
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RamboLiberal
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Wed Jan-12-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #24 |
49. There are a lot of competition shooters I trust more than cops |
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table1
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Wed Jan-12-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
81. look up the stats for police involved shootings |
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Abq_Sarah
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Thu Jan-13-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
84. As far as firearms, my training |
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KansasVoter
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have read any responses but I bet all these people are going to claim..... |
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guitar man
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Hey |
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KansasVoter
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The class filled up, and since I was going for free I backed out so he could sell... |
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spin
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. We were curious why you didn't go ... |
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KansasVoter
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. I am going open minded. But have some bias I admit! |
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spin
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That's fair. |
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guitar man
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Eh |
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KansasVoter
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Not a handgun.... |
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guitar man
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. shotguns are fun |
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KansasVoter
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I agree with you there! Shooting cans still a blast! |
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guitar man
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. yeah, I shoot a lot of cans |
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Pancho Sanza
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Almost every town of any size in Kansas has a class at least once a month. |
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KansasVoter
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Seems like a spring activity to me. |
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Pancho Sanza
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Here is the Overland Park schedule (that's close to you, isn't it?) |
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KansasVoter
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Nice offer, and I appreciate it, but I will get it this spring! And post a full report here! |
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one-eyed fat man
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Heard that before |
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KansasVoter
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Wed Jan-12-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No, but teaching you some manors is on the list John Wayne! |
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one-eyed fat man
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Whatever blows your skirt up! |
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shadowrider
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. You said in an earlier thread it was cancelled. Can't keep your stories straight? n/t |
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spin
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. Your question is impossible to answer without better parameters ... |
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CreekDog
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Wed Jan-12-11 03:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. if you bring a gun into a crowd, you probably have to assume all those things could happen |
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YllwFvr
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Wed Jan-12-11 04:19 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. no more so than the police |
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CreekDog
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Wed Jan-12-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. do you have their level of training? |
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YllwFvr
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Thu Jan-13-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #74 |
82. im enrolled to start |
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Straw Man
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Wed Jan-12-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Why do you persist... |
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CreekDog
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Wed Jan-12-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #54 |
64. it's a discussion and i'm not ignoring the responses |
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Straw Man
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Wed Jan-12-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Cowboy talk? |
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spin
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Wed Jan-12-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Yes any of these things could happen, but not all at the same time ... |
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CreekDog
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Wed Jan-12-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. you might have to live with your actions, but others might die from them |
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spin
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Wed Jan-12-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. So you would rather that a person with a concealed carry permit ... |
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CreekDog
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Wed Jan-12-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. if I believed it would make us all safer, I'd support it |
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spin
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Wed Jan-12-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Carrying a concealed firearm or even owning own is not for everybody ... |
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X_Digger
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Tue Jan-11-11 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. I've been through self-defense training that includes live fire exercises in a 'kill house'.. |
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AtheistCrusader
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Wed Jan-12-11 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
50. Yes. One of the people that tackled the shooter was armed by the way. |
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RamboLiberal
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Wed Jan-12-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
73. Actually he was last on the scene |
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AtheistCrusader
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Wed Jan-12-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Thank you for the clarification. |
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Francis Marion
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Wed Jan-12-11 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
51. There are plenty of veterans and off duty cops in public who are capable |
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john donathon
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Wed Jan-12-11 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
55. Answer me this |
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jody
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
58. "many [LEO] lack training necessary to not make things worse." Over 840K LEO n/t |
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jeepnstein
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
59. I am. |
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ileus
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Wed Jan-12-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
69. I carry with my CHP but I'd be real weary.... |
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jody
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Wed Jan-12-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Excellent points all. Thanks for reminding us of unintended consequences. n/t |
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slackmaster
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Wed Jan-12-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
71. I've had some defensive handgun training. Quite a bit of class time was spent on shoot vs. no-shoot. |
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jody
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Wed Jan-12-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. You & ileus make excellent points. Happy New Year! Is the SD Zoo worth visiting again? |
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slackmaster
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Wed Jan-12-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. There have been some big upgrades since you saw it |
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Katya Mullethov
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Wed Jan-12-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
80. Perhaps , just in this instance ,when they bring a gun-- you should bring a knife |
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pipoman
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Thu Jan-13-11 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
83. I don't currently carry concealed |
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guitar man
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Thu Jan-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
85. You know |
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