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HockeyMom

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52. Given the last 2 shootings in NYC and NJ
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:20 PM
Sep 2012

were disgruntled employees (current and former), are you carrying your guns to work on the lookout that your coworkers might shoot you? Are you prepared to outdraw them too?

A few years back the people where my husband works were afraid a fired employee (on drugs) was going to come back and shoot somebody. This was in Florida where they could take guns to work, and could get CCW very easily. All TALK, but no action. Not one person bought a gun and took it to work; not the owners of the company who fired (most AFRAID) the man, or my multiple gun owning, CCW permit owning husband. I guess he wasn't afraid of the guy, even without his gun. I guess he didn't feel the need to protect the owners (FEMALE) either. Although this former employee called and still calls 2 years later, frequently ranting and raving, and a few times showed up there, he never brought a gun to his former employment, well yet.

In a way, my husband IS a lot like my pet cats. ROARS like a liion, but is really as tame as a pussy cat. Guns just give him a really false sense of bravado. If something were to actually happen, he would probably run away just like the cats.

Pets? More like wild animals that... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #1
If you want to stop... holdencaufield Aug 2012 #8
"caged"? Well, that's quite telling. PavePusher Aug 2012 #13
nirvana fallacy. rDigital Aug 2012 #14
Excuse me... nirvana fallacy? Do you know how annoying it is when... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #15
two points gejohnston Aug 2012 #16
Two more points... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #19
I thought that was your point. gejohnston Aug 2012 #20
"Developed countries" is a clever sleight of hand with statistics. Russia has 3x our rDigital Aug 2012 #18
And yet you still embarass yourself... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #21
It has worked wonderfully for Mr Assad... Riftaxe Aug 2012 #23
Ask some hard questions and I'll give the good ole' college try. nt rDigital Sep 2012 #25
it's obvious...the UN wants to take away guns with Obama's help. meow nt msongs Aug 2012 #2
Meow? I don't think Obama is on board with any plan of that sort. He supports the 2nd Amendment. rDigital Aug 2012 #3
Look Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #7
can you provide links and quotes to substantiate that post? thanks. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2012 #67
We had some fun this weekend ileus Aug 2012 #4
Let's see what Thomas Jefferson had to say on the subject... Reasonable_Argument Aug 2012 #5
LOL!!!! bongbong Sep 2012 #60
LOL. "They want to register us and make us have licenses to exist, like dogs." DanTex Aug 2012 #6
You want to explain that statement? holdencaufield Aug 2012 #9
Classic hyperbole line, from the movie Office Space. DanTex Aug 2012 #10
Good post, but I have trouble with the analogy. NewMoonTherian Aug 2012 #11
"They say the only people who should have guns are the police..." Jenoch Aug 2012 #12
I'm very much in favor of disarming the police. Just leave civilians armed. n/t NewMoonTherian Aug 2012 #22
If the cops went unarmed, Jenoch Aug 2012 #24
Yea! Just look at somalia! It's a great place! Confusious Sep 2012 #26
We have a lot more guns than Somalia. rDigital Sep 2012 #27
Well, as it so happens I just looked that up Confusious Sep 2012 #28
That info you're quoting isn't in your link. rDigital Sep 2012 #29
You didn't read it carefully enough Confusious Sep 2012 #30
That eqution is seriously grasping at straws. Extrapolating 1 murder to reach such epic proportions rDigital Sep 2012 #31
Really? You have a PHD in statistics? Confusious Sep 2012 #32
I don't believe it because it's garbage. It's assuming things that cannot be proved or tested. rDigital Sep 2012 #33
Statistics is a science Confusious Sep 2012 #34
The only one taking liberties is the guy saying that one single murder can be extrapolated to mean rDigital Sep 2012 #35
You're the one saying one murder Confusious Sep 2012 #36
Well the journal isn't posted for public consumption and I have no way to read it other than the rDigital Sep 2012 #37
I highly doubt that Confusious Sep 2012 #38
Well, it's your turn. You're the one getting laughed out of the room on this one. rDigital Sep 2012 #39
They publish papers denying evolution Confusious Sep 2012 #40
Post removed Post removed Sep 2012 #41
Nope, I wasn't Confusious Sep 2012 #42
Now you're talkin'! This is the RKBA forum after all. BTW, I'm still waiting on that argument. nt rDigital Sep 2012 #43
I think you should get yourself checked out Confusious Sep 2012 #44
All I remember was you posting a preview from an article written by a gun grabbing rDigital Sep 2012 #45
By the name of who? Clames Sep 2012 #48
LOL, sorry. Not you an author with 'Clames' as a last name. : ) not related I hope. nt rDigital Sep 2012 #50
Gun nuts don't believe in science, plain and simple. DanTex Sep 2012 #49
Yep. If the NRA said the world was flat, you'd have posters down here insisting Galileo was a fraud. apocalypsehow Sep 2012 #59
And from DanTex we get ... Straw Man Sep 2012 #64
Bellesiles didn't say the west wasn't violent gejohnston Sep 2012 #47
Page 36, bottom third Confusious Sep 2012 #63
Thanks for the post bongbong Sep 2012 #61
My puppies, Smith and Wesson, agree with you... rl6214 Aug 2012 #17
You of course meant to say; as their enemy... ileus Sep 2012 #46
Sadly, I'm starting to see that you are correct. nt rDigital Sep 2012 #51
Given the last 2 shootings in NYC and NJ HockeyMom Sep 2012 #52
they didn't have their guns legally gejohnston Sep 2012 #54
Store owners can get guns in NYC HockeyMom Sep 2012 #56
premise permits gejohnston Sep 2012 #58
Oh PLEASE. What utter nonsense. MotherPetrie Sep 2012 #53
"Thankfully, this issue has already been decided by the USSC" - You're "thankful" for Scalia, apocalypsehow Sep 2012 #55
Yep. The contemporary USSCt COLGATE4 Sep 2012 #62
Yeah ... Straw Man Sep 2012 #65
Something about a broken clock... COLGATE4 Sep 2012 #66
I'd like to ask you another question, real quick. Oh, wait.... apocalypsehow Sep 2012 #57
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