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In reply to the discussion: Man shops at Utah JCPenney while carrying assault rifle [View all]VPStoltz
(1,295 posts)201. But a gay couple holding hands is a national scandal! What a messed up bunch we are.
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Maybe, but not parsimonious. No reason to think the person did it on his own for personal
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#11
Why Should Your "Activist" Be Trusted, Given The Mass Killings Of Recent Months?
Paladin
Jan 2013
#197
My guess is attention seeking...had a woman show up at church wearing a glock
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#8
I suspect she was thinking about liberals at a UU congregation rather than theism.
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#159
Or maybe people shouldn't be allowed to go to the mall armed to the teeth
Cali_Democrat
Jan 2013
#72
if people start caring everywhere how we we know when someone is about to open fire?
klyon
Jan 2013
#116
With the angle of the dangle of his weapon in the picture, I bet he never served in the military.
RC
Jan 2013
#93
I would want the SWAT team called if I saw a guy walking around with an assault rifle
quinnox
Jan 2013
#16
And in Utah, the police would ask you if he's brandishing it in a threatening way.
nick of time
Jan 2013
#20
So We Just Wait Until One Of These Nuts Starts Firing And Then We Can Call The Police?.....nt
global1
Jan 2013
#57
I make it a rule not to overtly show the gun wielding narcissist that he's not as smart as
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#61
lol...I'm talking about the avg black 20yr old not some dude dressed in a button down and tie
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#150
I would have complained, then left with all my stuff sitting on the counter.
2pooped2pop
Jan 2013
#31
I wish there were some way to talk about this without the phrase "gun free zone".
mwb970
Jan 2013
#186
never seen an open carry, but i'll be sure to tell them "sorry about your penis"
frylock
Jan 2013
#48
The first time I see a fool like that, I walk out of the store, out of the mall,
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#50
My guess is that the armed man is either paranoid delusional or just likes getting attention.
ladjf
Jan 2013
#52
I do not understand why his insecurity trumps the fear he instills in everyone else.
LonePirate
Jan 2013
#53
And This Shit-For-Brains Probably Thought He Was Advancing The Gun Rights Cause.
Paladin
Jan 2013
#54
Excuse Me - But How Are We Able To Tell The Bad Guys From The Good Guys?.....nt
global1
Jan 2013
#55
The internet Rambos tell us all the time how large magazine restriction is pointless as
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#63
So why hasn't he been arrested? The first story said the guns had to be unloaded. He
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#68
Yes. And we now have that idiot Collins pushing to allow guns on the campus and in
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#203
Kelley added that he carries weapons to protect children and other people from "criminals, cartels..
Ian David
Jan 2013
#77
He's probably already applied....and been rejected. That's why he did this stupid thing.
MADem
Jan 2013
#145
Kelley added that he carries weapons to protect children and other people from "criminals,
2pooped2pop
Jan 2013
#163
And the police told him meh....you're well within your rights...go ahead
LiberalLovinLug
Jan 2013
#181
The hunter safety classes I attended as a twelve year old taught me not to carry a gun in
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#65
Maybe Utah is one of the states that has passed laws where the store nor the
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#82
And, if another shopper steps up and pulls the thing off him, what's he going to do?
leveymg
Jan 2013
#83
Why didnt the mall ask him to leave? They do have the right to ask people to get off their property
cstanleytech
Jan 2013
#101
It's fortunate for him another gun wielder didn't see him as a threat and try to take him out.
Gore1FL
Jan 2013
#117
I guessing these guys wouldn't have gotten too far in the store before trouble...
FailureToCommunicate
Jan 2013
#119
I wouldn't call him a man, its a bratty boy with his penis extender on his back.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#121
I concur with all of the replies here stating, in short, "What an asshole!"
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2013
#191
But a gay couple holding hands is a national scandal! What a messed up bunch we are.
VPStoltz
Jan 2013
#201