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PavePusher

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26. And if someone is twisted enough to do that....
Tue Feb 14, 2012, 02:43 PM
Feb 2012

a law to the contrary would stop them? Really?

I'm sure that you know this proposed law does nothing to enable criminal action. Despite your hyperbole.

Maine... Sedona Feb 2012 #1
lol Maine-ah Feb 2012 #31
Some days I feel we're just drifting back to the wild west. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #2
just drifting back to the wild west. AlbertCat Feb 2012 #6
Yep. The Hollywood version of the old West. DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #107
I feel safer already . . . DrDan Feb 2012 #3
Kentucky has had this for 10+ years... no issues... n/t IamK Feb 2012 #4
Excellent idea. Kablooie Feb 2012 #5
So having a gun in the car helps a worker 'express rage'? The Doctor. Feb 2012 #13
He doesn't have to drive all the way home and back. Kablooie Feb 2012 #19
And if someone is twisted enough to do that.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #26
I think it's a pretty tough call, actually... The Doctor. Feb 2012 #36
Could we please drop this asinine fallacy? primavera Feb 2012 #71
I think that would be 'sardonic', The Doctor. Feb 2012 #37
It's very heart warming that you think a law makes a difference one way or another in that scenario. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #22
provided they have a concealed weapons permit and keep the firearm locked in their vehicle ... AlbertCat Feb 2012 #7
Males Can Go and Genuflect Before IT'S Power ... jkappy Feb 2012 #20
So, what do the females do? n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #27
Most females have more sense than to tote a gun to work. Hoyt Feb 2012 #34
Women are a growing percentage of gun owners, and that includes CCW holders ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #38
Probably to protect themselves against all the right wing toters and cowboys. Hoyt Feb 2012 #41
So, which is it? n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #48
Actually its to protect against predators ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #85
That's a shade of sexist right there. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #39
A Weapon Locked in Your Car BeGoodDoGood Feb 2012 #8
The weapon could be useful during the drive between home and work. Lasher Feb 2012 #14
Exactly. You might need to kill a deer or shoot some idiot who still has the turn signal blinking... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #16
welcome to Maine! Maine-ah Feb 2012 #18
Or a snowbird ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #40
Very true! Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #119
That wasn't a nice thing to say. Lasher Feb 2012 #123
Given the premises ... GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #9
If I were an angry worker, I sure would leave my weapon in the car. Sure.... fasttense Feb 2012 #10
Winner! smirkymonkey Feb 2012 #23
And that has --what-- to do with this law? n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #28
Handy for when you really have a bad day at work. onehandle Feb 2012 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Hutzpa Feb 2012 #12
Puts a whole new spin on "going postal" saras Feb 2012 #15
In rural Maine, "going postal" will now be only 20-40 feet away n/t jkappy Feb 2012 #17
How DARE those idiots acknowledge a constitutional right! Skwid Feb 2012 #21
Yet another fallacy primavera Feb 2012 #73
Hyperbole does not win debates. Good luck with that. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #83
It does highlight absurdism, though. boppers Feb 2012 #87
That was one of the many points that was so weak about Scalia's opinion... primavera Feb 2012 #98
Sounds a lot like Selection 2000. Maybe it's a habit. nt bemildred Feb 2012 #106
Doesn't it, though? I think you're absolutely right. - n/t primavera Feb 2012 #108
I hope this doesn't come to MN... I have a coworker who seems about to go postal qb Feb 2012 #24
Laws like these don't matter to killers in such cases. Lasher Feb 2012 #32
So, for all the folks who *did* care about a $500 fine, they won't have a gun available? boppers Feb 2012 #88
No, that's a false analogy. Lasher Feb 2012 #94
Tain't a law yet by a bunch, just outta committee drynberg Feb 2012 #25
"nuts", eh? PavePusher Feb 2012 #30
More GOP/NRA douchebaggery - a Maine GOP lawmaker was arrested last year for brandishing a gun jpak Feb 2012 #29
That's messed up...eom Kolesar Feb 2012 #33
Do all NRA members fall under your wide douchebag net, or is it just some of them? Skwid Feb 2012 #35
Yea, you are right -- the NRA's Wayne LaPierre is just a lovable ole right winger. Hoyt Feb 2012 #42
Right? About what? I simply asked a question. Do I need to repeat it? To the same person? Skwid Feb 2012 #43
It's an all inclusive douchebag jpak Feb 2012 #46
So you're calling every Democrat and every DUer who are NRA members, douchebags? Skwid Feb 2012 #49
Yeah - I think the NRA sucks all around jpak Feb 2012 #65
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #66
When has the NRA supported democrats? boppers Feb 2012 #89
Check these stories out hack89 Feb 2012 #92
*crickets* pipoman Feb 2012 #102
What does the NRA do with their money? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2012 #120
We need us some more guns in the workplace... yeah.... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #44
Sure. No bad guy would ever violate a law that says he can't take a gun...anywhere, right? Skwid Feb 2012 #47
Honest innocent people die every day, and die more frequently when... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #52
Couldn't you have stuffed a couple MORE insults in that one post? I don't really care about all Skwid Feb 2012 #53
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I doubt you want one of us gay folks to........ MarkCharles Feb 2012 #62
Just FYI, hotshot, I've been gay since long before you were a gleam in the milkman's eye Skwid Feb 2012 #67
Did this happen at a government house? boppers Feb 2012 #90
The other post was hidden, but this one wasn't? PavePusher Feb 2012 #79
Bravo, well said! - n/t primavera Feb 2012 #99
"Honest people" - that's a laugh primavera Feb 2012 #74
Only a tiny minority of successful self-defense by gun end up with any shots being fired.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #80
I'll concede that primavera Feb 2012 #95
The "Body Count" Logical Fallacy slackmaster Feb 2012 #125
Hello, slackmaster primavera Feb 2012 #127
I'll answer very briefly because I am swamped today slackmaster Feb 2012 #128
Very interesting primavera Feb 2012 #129
Who votes for them? Gun nuts, for one Doctor_J Feb 2012 #72
Once again, what's the "gun culture"? Remmah2 Feb 2012 #100
dunno about NH Maine-ah Feb 2012 #77
man who shot to death seven co-workers at a software company MarkCharles Feb 2012 #45
And MA's laws against guns in cars impeded him not a whit. So what's your point? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #60
more than one person like you didn't bother to MarkCharles Feb 2012 #63
"More than one person like you didn't bother to shoot up their workplace." Charming, friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #78
Logic is the only rational way to approach... well, anything, actually. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #81
Was this really needed? dash_bannon Feb 2012 #50
Or maybe a gruntled one will stop a mass murderer and make them happy they did pass it. Skwid Feb 2012 #51
Toter's dream -- I'm going to save everyone with my gun. Please, we don't need your protection. Hoyt Feb 2012 #55
As much as I regret it, I am obligated to "protect" you if possible. My gun is part of my uniform. Skwid Feb 2012 #57
Fine, law enforcement is OK with me. Private citizens toting, ain't. Hoyt Feb 2012 #58
Well, if anyone needed evidence your position is flawed, you just provided it. Skwid Feb 2012 #59
Wish you could have talked to my policeman father-in-law. He'd have straighten out the cowboys Hoyt Feb 2012 #64
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You are wrong about that and folks carrying guns in public. Hoyt Feb 2012 #69
And maybe pigs will fly primavera Feb 2012 #75
Post #45 shows that laws don't matter to people like that. friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #61
No, but this is what our teabagger State government thinks is important NM high density Feb 2012 #115
Whole country is turning into AZ. Legislature can't/won't do anything about real problems, Doctor_J Feb 2012 #70
'Scuse me? Regional bigotry, much? Please redact your post. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #82
Why? -- it's true. Hoyt Feb 2012 #86
I was born/raised in AZ. boppers Feb 2012 #91
Right after Jan Brewer and/or Sherriff Joe are sent to prison Doctor_J Feb 2012 #104
If you are going to hate on an entire state due to two people.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #109
Not just the two - the great citizenry of AZ who abide their idiocy Doctor_J Feb 2012 #110
Gov. Brewer first inhereted the job, then won re-election. PavePusher Feb 2012 #111
And there you have the gist of the far right's crusade Doctor_J Feb 2012 #116
"Congrats, you have revealed yourself as an NRA stooge." PavePusher Feb 2012 #117
Friggin' looney tunes legislators. nt valerief Feb 2012 #76
That is stupid! n/t Tripod Feb 2012 #84
That will allow for a healthy expression of rage. zanana1 Feb 2012 #93
No! Shut up!! Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #97
Well, that's one way to keep Ernie in Accounts from eating my yoghurt Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #96
It's refreshing to see so much bigotry and misinformation on parade in the responses to this thread slackmaster Feb 2012 #101
It's a gun thread, what do you expect? primavera Feb 2012 #103
No shit - I was afraid to read actual posts in the thread... harmonicon Feb 2012 #112
Yet that's part of what makes these threads interesting primavera Feb 2012 #113
I think everybody ought to be allowed to wear swords. bemildred Feb 2012 #105
We can do that here in California slackmaster Feb 2012 #124
Hey, wait just a minute! crunch60 Feb 2012 #114
And yet we haven't read about any huge spike in casino crime Doctor_J Feb 2012 #118
Weapons of Mass Distraction... That's what this is IMO BadGimp Feb 2012 #121
I wanna start bringing a halberd to work. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #122
If I lived in Maine I'd carry a gun everywhere in case of Lobstah Attack slackmaster Feb 2012 #126
Who will be courageous enough to stand up for the right of high school students to bring guns to Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #130
Dale Crafts R-Decoster is an asshole jpak Feb 2012 #131
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