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In the discussion thread: Changes to gun laws [View all]

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 01:14 AM

ManiacJoe (5,578 posts)

62. You answered your own question.

> How come the rest of us don't feel the need to carry a loaded weapon?
> ... I find it a pain to carry a wallet or cell phone let alone a gun!

Laziness.

Most folks understand that the odds of needing a gun are remotely small. Most are willing to take the risk and play the odds because lazy is easy and almost always works.

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78 replies	Author	Time	Post
Changes to gun laws [View all]	Meiko	Apr 2012	OP
Registration of all handguns.	safeinOhio	Apr 2012	#1
Did you really mean	sarisataka	Apr 2012	#2
That is one thing that is almost never reported in handgun crime.	safeinOhio	Apr 2012	#3
"...there is no way to trace handguns except ones that are newly purchased or from a gun dealer."	PavePusher	Apr 2012	#8
if caught, extra jail time	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#5
You don't see massive national databases of private property	hack89	Apr 2012	#6
If you own and use a car, truck or airplane	safeinOhio	Apr 2012	#7
Only if I drive it on public roads	hack89	Apr 2012	#10
You'll need a title	safeinOhio	Apr 2012	#14
or how about	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#18
No way to enforce the title requirement.	hack89	Apr 2012	#20
Some times you can't get one...	ProgressiveProfessor	Apr 2012	#24
Wrong.	Clames	Apr 2012	#61
A person can build their own car, truck, airplane, motorcycle, tractor or lawnmower.	Remmah2	Apr 2012	#29
You make a lot of sense. As usual.	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#41
OK, I'll play.	Straw Man	Apr 2012	#47
Applys to MA and a couple other states - get rid of the ridiculous approved firearms roster.	geckosfeet	Apr 2012	#4
And I suppose that works out well..... in Sanford, FL?	PavePusher	Apr 2012	#9
Yeah, well. That chief has/had his head up his a$$.	geckosfeet	Apr 2012	#54
county sheriff	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#60
And that's the problem. No-one's Constitutional Rights should be held at the whim of anyone.....	PavePusher	Apr 2012	#65
arbitrary authority	gejohnston	Apr 2012	#11
First we should lose the idea that you have an unlimited right to carry a loaded weapon where ever	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#12
I guess I'm "a little off" because I arm myself.	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#13
I have decided not to engage in meaningless banter back and forth with the gun lobby here.	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#16
So does crime happen in those places you mentioned?	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#17
So you identify with George Zimmerman and those two Deliverance types who pulled assault weapons	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#21
Oh look, another disciple to the School of Hoyt	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#23
You know what a fantasy is?	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#26
Dear Doctor Freud	Remmah2	Apr 2012	#27
What fantasy?	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#28
Sometimes a reality check bounces.	Remmah2	Apr 2012	#30
Amazing, isn't it?	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#31
Probably some lucky guys get picked up in bars by beautiful women and taken home.	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#33
So what's your point?	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#34
Yeah, that's what I think.	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#39
Who gives a damn what the rest of you feel or think?	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#40
Herein lies the problem	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#42
But, respectfully, that's where your right and wrong.	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#43
We are brothers in a way.	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#44
Welcome home brother	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#50
Thank you for your service.	upaloopa	Apr 2012	#69
We should all care.	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#45
Words to live by	Glaug-Eldare	Apr 2012	#46
Thanks	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#49
I can respect that.	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#51
Cognitive dissonance.	Straw Man	Apr 2012	#55
Respect for the protections of the law, while trying to change same n/t	Glaug-Eldare	Apr 2012	#57
Sorry, I don't buy that.	Straw Man	Apr 2012	#59
Try this.	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#63
Your own analogy is inconsistent.	Straw Man	Apr 2012	#67
I think I explained my position very well	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#70
Perhaps, but it's still logically inconsistent.	Straw Man	Apr 2012	#72
You're correct, it's a question of balance.	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#73
Yes.	Straw Man	Apr 2012	#74
Stay safe out there	Starboard Tack	Apr 2012	#75
Thanks -- you too.	Straw Man	Apr 2012	#77
You answered your own question.	ManiacJoe	Apr 2012	#62
Yeah, no-one healthy ever goes to bars for that reason. Ever.	PavePusher	Apr 2012	#38
Do you think God protects you while you are in church ...	spin	Apr 2012	#48
I'll play.	jeepnstein	Apr 2012	#15
Great Post.	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#19
I'd trade	melm00se	Apr 2012	#22
Major minimum jail time for violent crime involving firearms.	Remmah2	Apr 2012	#25
Maryland needs a lot of work	Glaug-Eldare	Apr 2012	#32
National Firearms Owner ID.	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#35
I could get on board with this as long as it could be guaranteed	AH1Apache	Apr 2012	#36
I would need stronger incentives before supporting this.	NewMoonTherian	Apr 2012	#64
I would have to go look it up again.	Atypical Liberal	Apr 2012	#76
I don't think 5 years would be all that burdensome.	NewMoonTherian	Apr 2012	#78
Repeal of the '86 ban on new manufacture of full auto weapons for civilians.	Johnny Rico	Apr 2012	#37
Applause	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2012	#52
It could ruin a few retirements, though...	Glaug-Eldare	Apr 2012	#53
On investments of all types:	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2012	#56
I'd even go for something a little more narrow.	jeepnstein	Apr 2012	#66
A fine idea.	discntnt_irny_srcsm	Apr 2012	#71
If you add removal of suppressors and SBR's from NFA restrictions	HALO141	Apr 2012	#68
Off the top of my head...	NewMoonTherian	Apr 2012	#58

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