| 73. I think I grew up with some of the Aholes making comments on the examiner link. |
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This guy sounds exactly like the bigoted gunners that I grew up with: "Mayor Kasim Reed looks like a poster child for the Nation of Islam...........same bow tie, same clothes, same arrogance and disregard for both the state and US Constitutions..........another step closer to Civil War.......Kasim's actions are the reason no one in their right minds should trust the Left anywhere on the planet............"
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| -Open carry at Occupy Atlanta protest gets it shut down. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 10:45 AM |
#0 |
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recommend |
xchrom |
Oct-28-11 10:48 AM |
#1 |
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Teabagger? |
Turbineguy |
Oct-28-11 10:49 AM |
#2 |
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Almost certainly |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 10:53 AM |
#5 |
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Yes he was - an unemployed accountant that "didn't support" the Occupy movement |
jpak |
Oct-28-11 11:22 AM |
#32 |
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You don't understand what you read, do you? |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 11:36 AM |
#52 |
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Agent provocateur for "progressives." Play to "Puppet on a String"... |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:19 PM |
#93 |
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5-4-3-2-1 |
TheCowsCameHome |
Oct-28-11 10:49 AM |
#3 |
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K&R !!! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Oct-28-11 10:50 AM |
#4 |
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ugh |
YllwFvr |
Oct-28-11 10:55 AM |
#6 |
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Then you don't really support open carry |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:02 AM |
#11 |
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Hogwash. |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-28-11 11:23 AM |
#33 |
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You're confused. |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:37 AM |
#54 |
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No I'm not claiming that. |
MedicalAdmin |
Oct-28-11 07:17 PM |
#152 |
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i oc regularly |
YllwFvr |
Oct-28-11 11:34 AM |
#48 |
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You support OC if someone exercises their right in a certain way |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:40 AM |
#56 |
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I think the argument is more that |
rbixby |
Oct-28-11 12:27 PM |
#81 |
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Wow! I don't remember Tea Party rallies getting shut down because someone was carrying a rifle! |
KansDem |
Oct-28-11 10:55 AM |
#7 |
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Good point |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 11:01 AM |
#9 |
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Exactly. It wasn't a reason, it was an excuse. |
MNBrewer |
Oct-28-11 11:09 AM |
#17 |
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It tells me that you shouldn't give him an excuse. n/t |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 12:21 PM |
#75 |
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Well, maybe like your second or third photo. |
Straw Man |
Oct-28-11 11:05 AM |
#14 |
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I see your point |
KansDem |
Oct-28-11 11:25 AM |
#36 |
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The Right Wing knows how to play most any "liberal" politician, now... |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:28 PM |
#96 |
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Did the baggers have an event in Atlanta with guns? |
Donnachaidh |
Oct-28-11 11:10 AM |
#20 |
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Try getting in without one. |
Starboard Tack |
Oct-28-11 11:17 AM |
# |
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The mayor was shutting down a "liberal" demo, not a "conservative" one... |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:24 PM |
#94 |
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Very astute observation. I think the Atlanta PD was looking for an excuse to shut down Occupy. |
slackmaster |
Oct-28-11 03:27 PM |
#131 |
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signal to other teabaggers of the effectiveness of this well-poisoning exercise |
yodermon |
Oct-28-11 10:58 AM |
#8 |
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Esp. in cities/locales governed by Stimulus/Response "liberal" pols. |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:29 PM |
#97 |
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".It was an unnecessary escalation" |
DesMoinesDem |
Oct-28-11 11:01 AM |
#10 |
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The purpose of carrying the rifle was intimidation. Intimidation is a crime. |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:09 AM |
#18 |
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Really? |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:13 AM |
#22 |
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Read my post. It doesn't have to be used. nt |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:14 AM |
#23 |
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Legally, to be considered brandishing or intimidating... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:16 AM |
#25 |
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And you have no idea whether it was or wasn't. |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:19 AM |
#27 |
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I read the OP... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:26 AM |
#38 |
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Was he arrested? What was the charge? Still waiting. nt |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:39 PM |
#101 |
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But you do? |
beevul |
Oct-28-11 06:29 PM |
#146 |
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Was the man with the gun arrested? We'll wait. nt |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:38 PM |
#100 |
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Yes, I know exactly why he carried it. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 12:26 PM |
#80 |
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Good enough reason right there. |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 12:36 PM |
#85 |
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THE CARRIER EXPRESSLY SAID WHY HE WAS CARRYING HIS RIFLE |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 12:32 PM |
#82 |
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Perhaps it was |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 12:38 PM |
#87 |
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He needlessly co-opted and damaged the Occupy Atlanta effort. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 01:28 PM |
#95 |
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Your interpretation is not the only one |
Oneka |
Oct-28-11 01:58 PM |
#109 |
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OK, then... |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 02:03 PM |
#112 |
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Symbol: |
Oneka |
Oct-28-11 02:21 PM |
#118 |
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Riiight. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 02:29 PM |
#124 |
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Does it bother you... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 02:34 PM |
#126 |
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Doesn't bother me at all. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 03:28 PM |
#132 |
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He did not fuck it up. |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 03:44 PM |
#134 |
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He was the precipitant. He provided the excuse. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 04:33 PM |
#139 |
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That we can agree on entirely |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 04:36 PM |
#141 |
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But anyone smart enough to own a gun should have known that bait would be taken. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-29-11 08:46 AM |
#168 |
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Huh?! |
PavePusher |
Oct-29-11 12:12 PM |
#174 |
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Anyone who is smart enough to own a gun and is up on current events |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-29-11 10:20 PM |
#184 |
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So, it's O.K. for the police to violate Civil Rights, simply because people are exercising them? |
PavePusher |
Oct-29-11 10:59 PM |
#185 |
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I never said it was OK for the police to violate civil rights. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-31-11 01:05 PM |
#186 |
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Or perhaps the police waited until he left.... |
PavePusher |
Oct-29-11 03:07 AM |
#166 |
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It was in no way intimidation. If it was he would have been arrested. |
DesMoinesDem |
Oct-28-11 11:20 AM |
#28 |
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Blah blah blah. |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:22 AM |
#31 |
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Did it? |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:31 AM |
# |
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Thats gonna leave a mark. |
beevul |
Oct-28-11 06:33 PM |
#147 |
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Checkmate, music. nt |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:40 PM |
#102 |
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"The purpose of carrying the rifle was intimidation." |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 11:21 AM |
#30 |
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A hypothetical for your 2A Fantasy World. |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:26 AM |
#39 |
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Just because they have them... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:32 AM |
#45 |
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So the bloodbath would be unfortunate, but a necessary evil |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:44 AM |
#60 |
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Dodge. n/t |
PavePusher |
Oct-28-11 12:06 PM |
#66 |
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Not at all.. |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 12:20 PM |
#74 |
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Nice strawman and you have already abandon your debunked "its intimidation" meme |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 11:36 AM |
#53 |
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I include the scenario as a bonus, because you can't respond to that either. nt |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:42 AM |
#57 |
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Its clearly not intimidation or the police would have intervened |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 11:53 AM |
#63 |
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Clearly we responded to both |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 12:22 PM |
#76 |
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Your hypothetical is just stoopid |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 11:43 AM |
#58 |
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Until you inform yourself you're wasting my time |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:47 AM |
#62 |
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You don't read well |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 12:14 PM |
#69 |
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Unloaded only in California. |
PavePusher |
Oct-28-11 12:07 PM |
#67 |
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You give us "hypotheticals;" you got this fact: A "liberal" mayor shut down OWS... |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:42 PM |
#103 |
| -
Are you... |
beevul |
Oct-28-11 06:35 PM |
#149 |
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Police did not stop or charge him |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 11:35 AM |
#50 |
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You're telepathic? |
PavePusher |
Oct-28-11 12:05 PM |
#65 |
| -
Perhaps you helped create the atmosphere for this shut-down... |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:37 PM |
#99 |
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The gun is in this scenario is an implied threat. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 12:25 PM |
#79 |
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He called it "unnecessary escalation," I call it "convenient excuse." nt |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:30 PM |
#98 |
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It is only ok if Teabaggers do it. Is this a violation of both the first and second now? |
Exultant Democracy |
Oct-28-11 11:02 AM |
#12 |
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Yeah, and it took a "liberal" mayor to do it. nt |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:44 PM |
#104 |
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Just find a way to get the guy out of there. |
kayakjohnny |
Oct-28-11 11:04 AM |
#13 |
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I'm sure the NRA will come out strongly and loudly against this action. |
cui bono |
Oct-28-11 11:07 AM |
#15 |
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Everyone should. |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:10 AM |
#19 |
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Successfully stick up a 7-Eleven with a Koran |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:13 AM |
#21 |
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If he stuck up a 7-11 you would have a point. |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:15 AM |
#24 |
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#1 You will go to jail for holding up a store whether the weapon is loaded, or not |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:17 AM |
#26 |
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I agree |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:21 AM |
#29 |
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You will go to jail for holding up a store with a koran, too. |
DesMoinesDem |
Oct-28-11 11:23 AM |
#34 |
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LOL you've jumped the shark |
wtmusic |
Oct-28-11 11:27 AM |
#40 |
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Somehow that comes across as... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:28 AM |
#42 |
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Of course you're done. You have no argument. |
DesMoinesDem |
Oct-28-11 11:34 AM |
#49 |
| -
Before or after... |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:35 AM |
#51 |
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Go ahead and try it. |
DesMoinesDem |
Oct-28-11 11:39 AM |
#55 |
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"and I'm done" |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 11:44 AM |
#61 |
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You were done a while ago. |
PavePusher |
Oct-28-11 12:33 PM |
#83 |
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Declaring victory and pulling out? Been done many times, here. nt |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:45 PM |
#105 |
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You were done from the start, never having had a legitimate argument. N/T |
Marengo |
Oct-29-11 12:07 PM |
#173 |
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My comment was directed at the probable hypocrisy of the NRA, etc... |
cui bono |
Oct-28-11 11:31 AM |
#44 |
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I am for more, not less of that |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 11:07 AM |
#16 |
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Yeah - more douchebaggery - less sense |
jpak |
Oct-28-11 11:24 AM |
#35 |
| -
You tend to forget the role that active armed resistance played in the civil rights movement |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 11:32 AM |
#46 |
| -
Yeah - MLK, the NAACP and the SCL were toters - NOT |
jpak |
Oct-28-11 06:47 PM |
#151 |
| -
how bout this for history. |
Oneka |
Oct-28-11 08:23 PM |
#156 |
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Your revisionist history is a fail |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 10:26 PM |
#159 |
| -
99% of us don't carry guns in public. |
Starboard Tack |
Oct-28-11 11:25 AM |
#37 |
| -
So what? |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 11:27 AM |
#41 |
| -
I think the empty holster approach is a good compromise |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 11:34 AM |
#47 |
| -
a good compromise is unloaded carry...or maybe FMJ's only. |
ileus |
Oct-28-11 12:17 PM |
#72 |
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Why not carry a sign? Most people would not recognize a gun holster. |
Starboard Tack |
Oct-28-11 12:52 PM |
#91 |
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Wearing an empty holster is being used as a demonstration/protest tactic |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 01:56 PM |
#108 |
| -
That's what they count on... |
ileus |
Oct-28-11 02:22 PM |
#120 |
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"They" being? |
Starboard Tack |
Oct-28-11 03:22 PM |
#129 |
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It wasn't a reason, it was an excuse. |
one-eyed fat man |
Oct-28-11 11:28 AM |
#43 |
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Everyone needs to show back up open carrying now...grabbers use any excuse to shut the people down. |
ileus |
Oct-28-11 11:44 AM |
#59 |
| -
What a moran. |
kestrel91316 |
Oct-28-11 12:03 PM |
#64 |
| -
No it isnt. |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 12:23 PM |
#78 |
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It's only a threat to you if you intend to do violence to him. |
PavePusher |
Oct-28-11 12:35 PM |
#84 |
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I agee 100% that open carrying at such events is a bad idea and unnecessary escalation. |
Hoyt |
Oct-28-11 12:09 PM |
#68 |
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Of course you do |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 12:15 PM |
#70 |
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Of course you believe guns belong everywhere including a peaceful protest. |
Hoyt |
Oct-28-11 12:41 PM |
#90 |
| -
Nothing wrong with his showing solidarity with the protestors |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 02:17 PM |
#115 |
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Wonder what other rights the mayor is afraid of? |
ileus |
Oct-28-11 12:16 PM |
#71 |
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I think I grew up with some of the Aholes making comments on the examiner link. |
Hoyt |
Oct-28-11 12:17 PM |
#73 |
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He has a point about Farakahn...between him and George Will, I only wear them with a tuxedo now |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 12:22 PM |
#77 |
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Hey, don't let others co-opt things. |
PavePusher |
Oct-28-11 12:37 PM |
#86 |
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If he'd left it at "bow ties," I'd agree. Never could tie them. But don't get caught in gun action. |
Hoyt |
Oct-28-11 12:39 PM |
#88 |
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Bow ties would be very hard to get caught in the action of a firearm |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 01:54 PM |
#106 |
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You would need to have a very odd way of holding your gun |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 02:21 PM |
#117 |
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M-1 style top bolt with a long tie |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 02:26 PM |
#122 |
| -
You support Farahkan? |
rl6214 |
Oct-28-11 02:19 PM |
#116 |
| -
What about his haberdasher? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 02:27 PM |
#123 |
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Nope, I'm against some redneck bigot gun lover referring to Atlanta's mayor that way. |
Hoyt |
Oct-28-11 07:25 PM |
#153 |
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And since when did you love atlanta's mayor? |
rl6214 |
Oct-29-11 08:37 PM |
#182 |
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I think you did to. n/t |
oneshooter |
Oct-28-11 06:21 PM |
#145 |
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One reason I suspect people sporting guns -- too many are racist, right wingers out to intimidate. |
Hoyt |
Oct-28-11 07:27 PM |
#154 |
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Wow, they actually called in the cavalry. |
Callisto32 |
Oct-28-11 12:40 PM |
#89 |
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Please don't imply that those were "military tactics". |
PavePusher |
Oct-28-11 12:56 PM |
#92 |
| -
Why? |
Callisto32 |
Oct-28-11 02:01 PM |
#111 |
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Because they are not |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 02:24 PM |
#121 |
| -
We're not talking about "honor". |
PavePusher |
Oct-29-11 02:41 PM |
#176 |
| -
It they had used military tactics... |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 01:55 PM |
#107 |
| -
What using warhorses to escalate the level of violence is somehow NOT militaristic? |
Callisto32 |
Oct-28-11 02:06 PM |
#113 |
| -
Was it a calvary charge? |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 02:22 PM |
#119 |
| -
Two words: Peterloo Massacre |
Euromutt |
Oct-28-11 03:54 PM |
#137 |
| -
Peterloo was a very interesting incident, but not at all like OWC |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 05:48 PM |
#144 |
| -
I should have been more clear: I brought up Peterloo as a contrasting example |
Euromutt |
Oct-29-11 01:36 AM |
#164 |
| -
To fellow Second Amendment supporters: |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 01:59 PM |
#110 |
| -
The main problem here. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 02:10 PM |
#114 |
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It is being cited as a cover for the mayor, but it was clearly already in work |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 02:32 PM |
#125 |
| -
Thanks for your post... |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 03:00 PM |
#127 |
| -
Not confrontational? |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 03:31 PM |
#133 |
| -
His words my have been confrontational |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 03:46 PM |
#135 |
| -
You cannot separate one from the other. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 04:31 PM |
#138 |
| -
Really? |
We_Have_A_Problem |
Oct-28-11 04:35 PM |
#140 |
| -
They bring a knife |
Katya Mullethov |
Oct-28-11 06:44 PM |
#150 |
| -
Thus |
Oneka |
Oct-28-11 08:14 PM |
#155 |
| -
I guess I don't see it that way... |
SteveM |
Oct-28-11 03:53 PM |
#136 |
| -
He wasn't threatening you. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-28-11 04:36 PM |
#142 |
| -
why is it |
Oneka |
Oct-28-11 08:34 PM |
#157 |
| -
The implication was plain. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-29-11 08:50 AM |
#169 |
| -
You are right about the implication being plain. |
Oneka |
Oct-29-11 04:30 PM |
#177 |
| -
We will just have to agree to disagree. |
Atypical Liberal |
Oct-29-11 10:17 PM |
#183 |
| -
If it was so "confrontational"... |
PavePusher |
Oct-29-11 03:23 AM |
#167 |
| -
Yeah, only Teabags get to carry assault weapons. Everybody knows that. nt |
mistertrickster |
Oct-28-11 03:18 PM |
#128 |
| -
Liberals have no gun rights |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-28-11 03:27 PM |
#130 |
| -
Heh, they haven't seen the inside of my gun safes . . . nt |
mistertrickster |
Oct-28-11 04:39 PM |
#143 |
| -
They must think I'm a repuke down at the gun shop also. |
ileus |
Oct-29-11 12:36 PM |
#175 |
| -
They probably don't care |
ProgressiveProfessor |
Oct-29-11 05:48 PM |
#180 |
| -
Damn I didn't know that they could all afford "assault rifles" |
oneshooter |
Oct-28-11 06:33 PM |
#148 |
| -
But there are cheaper knock offs. Century Arms has these AKs |
mistertrickster |
Oct-28-11 10:22 PM |
#158 |
| -
I always liked the M-1 carbine |
gejohnston |
Oct-28-11 10:45 PM |
#160 |
| -
ME TOO. Haven't scored one of those yet. |
mistertrickster |
Oct-28-11 10:49 PM |
#161 |
| -
Have you tried the CMP? good prices for inspected original weapons. |
oneshooter |
Oct-29-11 11:13 AM |
#172 |
| -
I qualified with both the M16 and the M1 carbine in the Air Force ... |
spin |
Oct-28-11 10:52 PM |
#162 |
| -
I think the M1 carbine was basically developed for the Air Force. |
mistertrickster |
Oct-28-11 10:57 PM |
#163 |
| -
No, it was developed for truck drivers, radio operators, cooks, etc. |
Euromutt |
Oct-29-11 01:40 AM |
#165 |
| -
I knew somebody would give me the full story, heh. Thanks for the info. nt |
mistertrickster |
Oct-29-11 10:12 AM |
#170 |
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They were developed for support army troops |
gejohnston |
Oct-29-11 06:15 PM |
#181 |
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That was not a "knock off" but the real thing. It was built with the happy switch. n/t |
oneshooter |
Oct-29-11 11:10 AM |
#171 |
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I bet if it had been an AR instead of a AK things would have been ok. |
ileus |
Oct-29-11 04:54 PM |
#178 |
| -
As long as he wasn't breaking any laws, he was fine. |
aikoaiko |
Oct-29-11 05:26 PM |
#179 |
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