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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:46 AM Original message |
The Open Carry Argument (I didn't write this, it's quoted from the article) |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good Morning, shadowrider |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Mornin, mornin. Where's my coffee? n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. heh |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. If minimizing risk is the goal then ban all guns forever. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. When the fail is so epic...there can be only one. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. "ban all guns forever" |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think we do take more risk than |
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DWC (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
141. Your Option |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. what a sad world the author lives in |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Interestingly, one of the leading lights of the Open Carry movement here in Washington state... |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. "unless of course your life experiences give you real reason for worry. " |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Umm. Can you show me where a pro-gun advocate said we "all" have to go armed? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. I didn't say that he did, but perhaps I was unclear |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I get your drift. It's the "all" I had a problem with. But we understand each other |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #53 |
114. I didn't say he carried because he's gay |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #114 |
145. Armed Gays Don't Get Bashed PinkPistols.org NT |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
142. Respectfully, you have missed the point of this experience... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. You should consider yourself blessed |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Only a murder or two per year. |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. please check your sarcasm detector. nt |
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lawodevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. MH1, so what you are saying is there is no crisis involving violent crime and |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sounds like a frightened, paranoid person to me. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. And I'm sure you have a detailed history of this person.... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Nope. Just his words. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
143. I fail to see how this individual is "frightened" and "paranoid." |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. I am going to guess that this is going to be the only time Mainsail ever shows up on DU NT |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Open Carry Sucks |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thanks for your scholarly, thoughtful contribution to the discussion |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It's to the point - open carry is meant to intimidate law abiding citizens |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Cite to evidence? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Because it's the truth - displays of loaded and chambered firearms in public are meant to intimidate |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. "open carry is meant to intimidate law abiding citizens" |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You cannot tell the difference between a criminal or a law abiding citizen - nope |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. The only "ideological axe" I have to grind... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. When have you been in need of "defensive action" and post a link to the police blotter |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
90. I'm not intimidated in the slightest when I see someone open carrying NT |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Would you be concerned if unarmed and someone walks in with a machete strapped to their back? |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Machete no |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. To some folks, a tricked out pistol under a fat belly causes the same reaction as a bomb. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. In all seriousness |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. I doubt it would change your mind if someone said something. It hasn't here. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. You are probably right |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. "Banger"? Interesting. If you really want to be a maverick -- go gunless. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. As long as I stay out of McDonald's you're good though right? NT |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. Staying out of McDonald's |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. Awesome. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #116 |
120. Very true. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. It's really the only way |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #113 |
147. HA! |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #105 |
118. I savor the opportunity at fielding Fuddish attempts |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. Yes, and I'm sure that a generation ago, two men kissing in public would have caused quite a stir... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #99 |
146. OH, god, the imagery! |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. No evidence to present, got it. n/t |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #21 |
117. It's not actually that simple, because there two kinds of open carriers |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Prove it. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Guns are lethal weapons, the sight of a stranger carrying a gun in a public place induces fear |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I am not afraid of someone with a gun |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. So, if an armed stranger walked up and tapped on your car window at a stoplight at night |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
66. I do not live in fear OR get intimidated |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Wow - you truly believe that EVERYONE that open carries is responsible? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. show me a situation |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. You are asking a question that won't be answered. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Stupid question - you are saying that EVERYONE that carries is responsible |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. You are saying that everyone that carries is irresponsible |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. No, I'm not - a holstered handgun is not a halo - even in Texas |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. More responsible (as a group) than the rest of texas.. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. You truly believe that anyone dressed in a police uniform is responsible |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I rest my case |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. You have no case |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #82 |
148. Yup. Or is it P-U-y? Y? Because his case stinks. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. There's that old, tired Straw Man again. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Amazing, isn' it? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. anti... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. So - when you carry and get into an argument with some punk - you just walk away? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. first of all i DO NOT get in a arguement with SOME PUNK |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
88. If you get into violent arguments with"some punk" is perhaps best |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Might I suggest they take a CCW class? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #88 |
149. Oh, his confrontation is on-line; he'd run, otherwise. He's safe. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Are you afraid of police officers? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I'm not, because they are TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT and can be readily identified as such |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I am a non-criminal Citizen. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You have no legal mandate to use lethal force whenever you "deem it necessary" |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Can you specify where in the BOR that right exists? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. The 9th and 10th amendments |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Wait, we're restricting rights here. 9th and 10th need to be re-interpreted |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I win |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Elaborate, please? n/t |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. read em and weep - rights not specified in the Constitution are reserved by the people |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. You are secure. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Yes they are - and if they want to leave me alone, they can leave their stupid guns at home |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
151. Paranoid? yup. pu. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
65. Where in the Ninth and Tenth Amendments? Please be specific. n/t |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. "keep and bear arms" for "the security of a free state". |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. You do not have the right to intimidate, scare or terrorize law abiding citizens |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I don't go about trying to intimidate law abiding citizens. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. It is a natural reaction to lethally armed strangers who get their jollies packing in public |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. So, still no presentation of evidence. |
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YllwFvr (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
139. I will OC on duty |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Despotic? To go to a bookstore without fear of gun toting strangers who enjoy intimidating people? |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
153. Then "free" yourself. YOU are the one intimidated. yup. pu. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
152. Sorry, but YOU are the one intimidated. Tough. yup. pu. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. don't be afraid |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
150. Actually, you DON'T have that right... |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
67. As a concealed carry licensee |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
81. You would think that, huh - like everyone with a drivers license won't drink and drive |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. "and keep their cool on the highway while driving a potential lethal weapon. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #81 |
98. Let's see.. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
104. But..but...but...no holy CHL holder can break the law - they are ALL RESPONSIBLE |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Did you stuff that straw man yourself? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
76. Everyone has a legal mandate to use lethal force in self-defense |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. No evidence presented. Natch. n/t |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Ostrich, natch |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #42 |
154. What? Your butt's in the air again? Yup. pu. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
91. RE: If an armed stranger knocked on your door in the middle of the night |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
126. Will I do? |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. And why would you possibly be afraid of |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. IT wasn't doing anything, but HE (it was a he) was clearly afraid |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. I don't see anything in your post |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #133 |
134. He was clearly afraid of something because he chose to |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #134 |
137. So why should your judgement of what is necessary outweigh his? |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #137 |
160. Two things: |
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YllwFvr (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #25 |
138. thats not difficult though proving it may be |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #138 |
156. You can't prove intimidation |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. You can make something up though |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Do you believe that the reason police officers carry guns is to intimidate law-abiding citizens? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. see above |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
115. By that rationale, |
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YllwFvr (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
136. Ill remember that when I start carrying on duty |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
144. And to think, 2A advocates are regularly "accused" in phallus terminology. nt |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Agree-- Open carry sucks. Sadly, some consider it quite fashionable to pack in public. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I notice you didn't use your favorite word in your recent article. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. "loose"? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Inadvertent puns are the best, ain't they... 8>) |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
70. Which one of the many derisive terms are you referring? A bunch come to mind. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #70 |
119. Pant stuffing inadequates |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #119 |
135. I think I love you----vicariously of course. What wonderful use of the language! nt |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #135 |
157. And it doesnt warrant even a slight retort from a man of letters |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-09-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. No, I just enjoy really good use of language. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Deleted message |
PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Wouldn't that be "tacky"? |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Only if it's packed down the back of your pants, THEN it's tacky personified n/t |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
69. Pistol or sock -- not much difference in the reason folks do so. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
92. Deleted message |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. You didn't answer my question NT |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. I did answer it, read my answer again. |
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RSillsbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I meant my other question |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #100 |
109. Sounds a lot like "Some of my best friends carry guns". |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #100 |
112. Please tell us your "better way" of avoiding rape. n/t |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #112 |
123. Logically, if one doesn't have a gun it's harder to commit rape... ergo, rape avoided. |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. Depends upon which gun he's showing n/t |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. Sorry, I should have specified... "pistol" |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. Or in my case, pop-gun :( |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Huh, I always carry a repeater... n/t |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Mine is a single shot pump. n/t |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Mare's Leg here |
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YllwFvr (757 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #100 |
140. I know five women who carry a gun |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-08-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #100 |
155. So, women "carry in a purse?" Should have known; now I'll have to get one... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #69 |
110. Why is it gun control advocates are the last refuge for Freudian imagery? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-07-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
122. Have you considered submitting your material to The Onion for publication as well? |
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