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upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
8. Good reasonable restriction
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 07:40 PM
Aug 2012

I think most people would like gun carry folks to stay away from them. The right to life, liberty & the pursuit of happyness trumps gun rights.

kind of like the Saudi's making all women ciites riverbendviewgal Aug 2012 #1
huh? gejohnston Aug 2012 #7
How about no guns at school Politicalboi Aug 2012 #2
Yeah! Like voters should have to pay for all those ballots and workers and stuff. krispos42 Aug 2012 #3
Interesting way to increase NRA membership Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #5
Fuck the NRA. They work to defeat Obama and most Dems. Hoyt Aug 2012 #23
They work to defeat any politician who doesn't respect the second amendment. Atypical Liberal Aug 2012 #49
Those right wing NRA board members use the NRA to promote a bunch of right wing causes. Hoyt Aug 2012 #50
Such as? Atypical Liberal Aug 2012 #52
College students have much higher rates of binge drinking than other young adults. pnwmom Aug 2012 #26
Is that a real statistic or gejohnston Aug 2012 #27
I don't remember the source, but it was based on research. pnwmom Aug 2012 #30
Poor people have a higher rate of drug/alcohol abuse than middle class 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #58
How about "no legally owned guns used for legitimate purposes" at school 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #57
From the "article": "... a bunch of drunk idiots carrying handguns." PavePusher Aug 2012 #4
The article suggests that it's only for students older than 21 - perhaps that's petronius Aug 2012 #12
18 to open carry, no permit required. PavePusher Aug 2012 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Ashgrey77 Aug 2012 #34
From a logistics perspective, it might make sense. ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #6
Yeah, I think it makes sense - it's one dorm that provides a particular amenity petronius Aug 2012 #11
Good reasonable restriction upaloopa Aug 2012 #8
You seem to wrongly think that the two are mutually exclusive. ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #10
Some wrongly think they're indivisible. villager Aug 2012 #13
I am not sure you read post #8 correctly. ManiacJoe Aug 2012 #14
And sometimes -- as we see over and over again -- they are competing interests villager Aug 2012 #36
No, you see gun carry folks add risks to the life upaloopa Aug 2012 #15
No, they don't Equate Aug 2012 #32
Well, I wouldn't expect you to know upaloopa Aug 2012 #35
I know a hell of alot more than you give me credit for. Equate Aug 2012 #39
*blink-blink* Callisto32 Aug 2012 #42
Until you can cite relevant documents to back up your claims... Clames Aug 2012 #46
No they don't, actually. Lizzie Poppet Aug 2012 #64
No one right "trumps" any other right 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #59
Good. Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #9
In the gun dorm last weekend. Remmah2 Aug 2012 #16
In Aurora a few months ago upaloopa Aug 2012 #18
Huh? Jenoch Aug 2012 #37
You mean in the "gun free zone"? Remmah2 Aug 2012 #40
The fuck....? Callisto32 Aug 2012 #43
Tell me if you slap a Missycim Aug 2012 #44
A little less bias in this article Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #17
segregation. just another form of divide and conquer. wonder what group will be Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2012 #19
Not really a CCW issue, but Jenoch Aug 2012 #21
I have no problem with this. NewMoonTherian Aug 2012 #22
Be honest -- would anyone here want to live in same dorm with nothing but immature, unregulated, gun Hoyt Aug 2012 #24
Personally, gejohnston Aug 2012 #25
You are finally starting to get it. Hoyt Aug 2012 #28
Or I could keep them in a local storage gejohnston Aug 2012 #29
Well I'd like to have both the guns and the Girls Missycim Aug 2012 #45
Multi-task? You guys really need to put those guns away for awhile. Hoyt Aug 2012 #48
No I like to strap on one or 2 Missycim Aug 2012 #55
This is my rifle... GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #31
USMC mantra oneshooter Aug 2012 #56
My best friend for 30+ years was in Marines, he's more opposed to guns than I. Hoyt Aug 2012 #63
But you AREN'T opposed to guns, just OTHER people having them NT Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #66
Needs only to be done one to cure a boot from calling his rifle a "gun". N/T GreenStormCloud Aug 2012 #65
As a general rule it was the only lesson needed. oneshooter Aug 2012 #67
You just have a story for everything, don't ya? Equate Aug 2012 #33
Hoyt is the Pat Robertson of gun control advocates- He "knows" things that no one else can discern.. friendly_iconoclast Aug 2012 #38
Hoyt has an overly active imagination. Clames Aug 2012 #47
I think it would be AWESOME to be in a gun-friendly dorm! Atypical Liberal Aug 2012 #51
I'd prefer to only be around legal gun owners and not armed robbers 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #60
I wonder if they'll build a range in that dorm? Remmah2 Aug 2012 #41
Don't pop a balloon in there! ThoughtCriminal Aug 2012 #53
Just out of curiosity... TruthAnalyzed Aug 2012 #54
It is odd that the people who claim 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #61
True TruthAnalyzed Aug 2012 #62
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