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In reply to the discussion: Man with assault rifle prompts flurry of police calls in Portland [View all]mainer
(12,010 posts)48. Police not allowed to ask for his ID!!!! Or check if it's loaded!
so they don't even know his name. Thank you, NRA, for pushing 2nd amendment rights above everything else.
So cops in some states can pull you over and demand ID if you're Hispanic-looking. But they can't ask for your ID if you're carrying a big-ass assault rifle?
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So criminals can hide in plain sight by open carry. The element of surprise is the criminal's
alfredo
Dec 2012
#55
Proof Positive That Americans Are Now Being Terrorized By The 2nd Amendment And Their Apologists
cantbeserious
Dec 2012
#4
Some State have old laws on the books that require you to take a rifle to church on Sunday.
oldbanjo
Dec 2012
#50
..and I tell you, his timing is just perfect ! "It's the most wonderful Gun of the year"
BlueJazz
Dec 2012
#5
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
Because everybody else's right to feel safe does not guarantee that this guy is sane
DFW
Dec 2012
#31
There is a police-run indoor public shooting range in Clackamas, two blocks from the mall shooting
eyewall
Dec 2012
#64
hey idiot, the right to keep and bear arms does not include the right to open carry assault rifles
wordpix
Dec 2012
#74
Do businesses have to place metal detectors at doors and refuse people with guns entry now?
RickFromMN
Dec 2012
#88