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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 10:50 AM
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More Guns in More Places - Thanks to Your (GOP/NRA Mississippi) Legislature
http://www.thepilot.com/news/2011/dec/04/more-guns-in-more-places-thanks-to-your/

Here is some extra holiday advice you will need this year, thanks to the General Assembly.

It's probably not a good idea to argue with a stranger over a parking space at a state park or confront a reckless cyclist on your local greenway. They might have a loaded handgun hidden in their belt.

It is legal as of Thursday, thanks to the General Assembly, to carry loaded handguns in state parks and most local recreation areas.

Your local government officials can adopt an ordinance to make you keep the gun in your car at certain playgrounds and athletic fields, but the assumption in the state law now is that you can take your gun to any park you want, whether children are there or not.

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spin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 11:16 AM
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1. I legally carry a firearm and often visit stores and areas where people and children gather ...
Why would a park be any different than any other area where people are present.

Many of the parks that I have visited have walking and biking trails where a person could hide and jump a victim. Making a park a gun free zone might encourage such activity.


Central Park Jogger case

The Central Park Jogger case involved an assault and rape that took place in New York City's Central Park on April 19, 1989. The victim was Trisha Meili. Five juvenile males were tried and convicted for the crime. The convictions were vacated in 2002 when another man claimed to have committed the crime alone and DNA evidence confirmed his involvement in the rape.

Victim

Trisha Meili (born June 24, 1960) was the victim often described in the media as the Central Park Jogger. Raised in New Jersey and Pittsburgh, Meili received a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College, a Master of Arts from Yale University, and a Master of Business Administration from Yale School of Management. She worked at the Wall Street investment bank Salomon Brothers. Meili was referred to simply as the "Central Park Jogger" in most media accounts of the incident. However, local television stations did release her name in the days immediately following the attack, and two newspapers aimed at the African-American community, The City Sun and the Amsterdam News, and radio station WLIB continued to do so as the case progressed.<1> In 2003, Meili confirmed her identity to the media, published a memoir entitled I Am the Central Park Jogger, and began a career as an inspirational speaker.<2><3>

Assault

On April 19, 1989, the slightly-built 28-year-old investment banker was violently assaulted while jogging in New York City's Central Park. She was raped and beaten almost to death. When found about four hours later, she was suffering from severe hypothermia and blood loss from multiple lacerations and internal bleeding, and her skull had been fractured so badly that her left eye was removed from the socket. The initial medical prognosis was that she would die or, at best, remain in a permanent coma due to her injuries. Remarkably, she largely recovered, with some lingering disabilities related to balance and loss of vision. As a result of the severe trauma, she had no memory of the attack or of any events up to an hour preceding the assault.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_Jogger_case
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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 07:33 PM
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8. Stop being rude.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 11:46 AM
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2. The Mississippi Legislature gets to write laws for North Carolina?
That's a pretty powerful state... :shrug:
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DonP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 12:24 PM
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3. More of the backlash?
Evev with all the artificial hand wringing, this will amount to the same amount of violence promised when the President OK'd weapons in National Parks I bet. As in none.
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oneshooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 01:06 PM
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4.  Been in the law here in Texas for 15+ years, no problems. n/t
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SteveM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 01:11 PM
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5. "...mullet has seen a price increase as consumers turn to more readily..."
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ManiacJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 02:08 PM
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6. What faults do the folks of NC have
that would lead one to believe this will be a problem? All the other states that allow concealed guns in state parks are doing fine.
:shrug:
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ileus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 07:32 PM
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7. Blood in the streets....I read about it on the innerwebz!
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