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In the discussion thread: Man with assault rifle prompts flurry of police calls in Portland [View all]

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 11:04 AM

16. Seems so to me.

I'm not a gun owner so I'm not speaking from expertise or experience. But it seems to me that a gun out in the open would make you a target. But if it was concealed, you'd have a better chance of taking out a bad guy.

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89 replies	Author	Time	Post
Man with assault rifle prompts flurry of police calls in Portland [View all]	jpak	Dec 2012	OP
Attention whore	BeyondGeography	Dec 2012	#1
+Chickenhawk maybe, too.	alp227	Dec 2012	#63
Idiot. nt	hack89	Dec 2012	#2
I've been told numerous times in the gungeon that my being offended by	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#8
I am not a big proponent of open carry	hack89	Dec 2012	#12
Seems so to me.	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#16
Exactly...	hexola	Dec 2012	#23
If they put an armed good guy in every school	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#28
It doesn't actually seem to happen that way.....	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#54
No carry is a better option.	RC	Dec 2012	#41
Then try to change the laws	hack89	Dec 2012	#43
That day is coming.	RC	Dec 2012	#53
I doubt it very much	hack89	Dec 2012	#57
I prefer open carry	kurtzapril4	Dec 2012	#44
The people you should be scared of won't be open carrying	hack89	Dec 2012	#47
So criminals can hide in plain sight by open carry. The element of surprise is the criminal's	alfredo	Dec 2012	#55
That is why most gun owners prefer concealed carry.	hack89	Dec 2012	#58
It screams "I am so full of fear I have to pretend I'm a badass."	alfredo	Dec 2012	#66
Why would they hide their gun if they wanted to be a bad ass?	hack89	Dec 2012	#69
Concealed is a more modest approach. An exposed piece	alfredo	Dec 2012	#77
Since concealed carry is much more popular	hack89	Dec 2012	#83
If defense is your goal, it is unwise to inform possible enemies	alfredo	Dec 2012	#84
People are upset and scared around others they know have a gun	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#65
Tell me how you plan to make criminals from carrying in public.	hack89	Dec 2012	#68
Yep, they walk among us, all the loons. n/t	RKP5637	Dec 2012	#3
Proof Positive That Americans Are Now Being Terrorized By The 2nd Amendment And Their Apologists	cantbeserious	Dec 2012	#4
you're right	samsingh	Dec 2012	#37
and where does the 2nd amendment say to carry a firearm in public is okay	samsingh	Dec 2012	#39
Some State have old laws on the books that require you to take a rifle to church on Sunday.	oldbanjo	Dec 2012	#50
okay to those Churches then	samsingh	Dec 2012	#56
..and I tell you, his timing is just perfect ! "It's the most wonderful Gun of the year"	BlueJazz	Dec 2012	#5
He should have described himself as a pathetic asshole.	Warren Stupidity	Dec 2012	#6
Can we call it terrorism yet?	starroute	Dec 2012	#7
I already do. Join me! nt	Chorophyll	Dec 2012	#18
ANOTHER REASON TO	drynberg	Dec 2012	#9
Yip...	ReRe	Dec 2012	#10
the sole reason anybody open carries is to scare people	pasto76	Dec 2012	#11
They should call it "open intimidate"	hexola	Dec 2012	#15
specifically such displays of their 'rights', it fits the definition	pasto76	Dec 2012	#46
Sick	NHDEMFORLIFE	Dec 2012	#13
Asshole alert.	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#14
Some Muslim should try that and see what happens	Celebration	Dec 2012	#17
I don't even have to read the story to know the guy is white	Tempest	Dec 2012	#19
How are we supposed to know if they intend harm or not--	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#20
OMG	life long demo	Dec 2012	#21
was the gun loaded? And how does his	underthematrix	Dec 2012	#22
I'm reading the 2nd amendment as I type this	onethatcares	Dec 2012	#24
+1	proud2BlibKansan	Dec 2012	#29
When James Holmes walked into a movie theater with a gun,	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#25
Years ago, I was in a Burger King.	Brigid	Dec 2012	#78
I wouldn't hang around either. Why take a chance that these idiots aren't just	TwilightGardener	Dec 2012	#82
Becasue Portland Maine isn't the Wild West and only sick fuck gun nuts open carry there	jpak	Dec 2012	#26
You people are losing. The worm has turned.	morningfog	Dec 2012	#30
Because everybody else's right to feel safe does not guarantee that this guy is sane	DFW	Dec 2012	#31
Cops not allowed to check if it was loaded, OR ask for his ID	mainer	Dec 2012	#49
If you have to ask, you don't get it	neverforget	Dec 2012	#52
Absolutely unbelievable	BainsBane	Dec 2012	#60
Terrorism	BainsBane	Dec 2012	#61
hello, his walking around with an automatic rifle makes me feel very unsafe	wordpix	Dec 2012	#75
Another	secondvariety	Dec 2012	#27
NRA coming to his defense?	SoapBox	Dec 2012	#32
That's one of our most cherished freedoms	Turbineguy	Dec 2012	#33
How About It, Open Carry Advocates?	Paladin	Dec 2012	#34
Small Penis n/t	otohara	Dec 2012	#35
Just what keeps this forever pertinent...	littlemissmartypants	Dec 2012	#36
Thank you, thank you.	xfundy	Dec 2012	#72
You're welcome.	littlemissmartypants	Dec 2012	#73
Obviously Mentally Ill	Blue Gardener	Dec 2012	#38
If you want to open carry an AR-15, go to Somalia asshole...	Comrade_McKenzie	Dec 2012	#40
Maybe someone should shoot first and ask questions later.	Maineman	Dec 2012	#42
Immature and stupid	OldRedneck	Dec 2012	#45
Police not allowed to ask for his ID!!!! Or check if it's loaded!	mainer	Dec 2012	#48
the NRA caters to paranoid white men	Skittles	Dec 2012	#86
unless he's a member of a well regulated militia he has no such right.....	bowens43	Dec 2012	#51
He must be a member	IveWornAHundredPants	Dec 2012	#59
How do police know he's not a felon if they don't ask for ID?	mainer	Dec 2012	#62
There is a police-run indoor public shooting range in Clackamas, two blocks from the mall shooting	eyewall	Dec 2012	#64
The article is about Portland, MAINE	Tx4obama	Dec 2012	#67
LOL!	eyewall	Dec 2012	#71
Portland Maine	Marrah_G	Dec 2012	#80
Without knowing any more, I'd say he was doing us a public service	Duer 157099	Dec 2012	#70
hey idiot, the right to keep and bear arms does not include the right to open carry assault rifles	wordpix	Dec 2012	#74
What an ass.	appleannie1	Dec 2012	#76
Walk nude in Maine -- get arrested!	mainer	Dec 2012	#79
Apparently, he's a law student	mainer	Dec 2012	#81
I don't want to have to put up with these paranoid bastards	Skittles	Dec 2012	#85
They are the walking dead that surround us--brain dead that is!	riversedge	Dec 2012	#87
Do businesses have to place metal detectors at doors and refuse people with guns entry now?	RickFromMN	Dec 2012	#88
Gun guy identified -- I'm starting to think he's an ANTI-gun activist	mainer	Dec 2012	#89

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