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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-26-08 02:05 PM
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34. When I lived in North Idaho, I got used to seeing people carry guns or
have them in their cars or strapped to the tops of their trucks. It sort of became no big deal. I never saw anyone shoot anyone else. I think I would rather know someone has lethal weapons on them than not know. Just MHO.
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  -Open carry crackpots on Nightline now. sharesunited  Jun-25-08 10:50 PM   #0 
  - I agree with them, and I'm not scary. Well, maybe a little bit  tmfun   Jun-25-08 10:59 PM   #1 
  - I sometimes open carry, and have hardly gotten a second look from folks  Squatch   Jun-26-08 09:14 AM   #9 
     - That dosent go over well in the S.F. Bay Area  tmfun   Jun-26-08 02:48 PM   #38 
  - Open carry is insane....I prefer my Concealed Carry. Wouldnt want to tip my hand  NightWatcher   Jun-25-08 11:02 PM   #2 
  - Doesn't bother me at all. n/t  tuckessee   Jun-25-08 11:36 PM   #3 
  - I carrying arms  StClone   Jun-26-08 12:10 AM   #4 
  - I always have trouble fitting this one in my holster  Gabi Hayes   Jun-26-08 12:22 AM   #5 
  - Would you believe that monster is a single-shot?  bperci108   Jun-26-08 12:46 AM   #7 
  - it's a 50 cal sniper's rifle. same bullet as in the machine gun  Gabi Hayes   Jun-26-08 07:42 PM   #41 
  - That one works well on fowl  Bleachers7   Jun-26-08 09:28 AM   #11 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Jun-26-08 11:44 AM   #19 
  - We can fix all this by outlawing shooting people, or hurting others in general  The Straight Story   Jun-26-08 12:42 AM   #6 
  - If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 09:06 AM   #8 
  - open carry is not "brandishment" n/t  Lance_Boyle   Jun-26-08 09:56 AM   #14 
  - You know, after we do this, maybe we should declare a war  old mark   Jun-26-08 09:52 AM   #12 
     - Not before I flare off a big bomber tonight in celebration! (nt)  SteveM   Jun-26-08 11:53 AM   #21 
  - Only guy on with darker skin color said the cops nearly aired him out over doing it  NNN0LHI   Jun-26-08 09:26 AM   #10 
  - "white man's game?" Umm, don't be so sure, buddy...  SteveM   Jun-26-08 11:51 AM   #20 
  - Almost as scary as cops.  pt22   Jun-26-08 09:53 AM   #13 
  - Now there's a brilliant plan. What are you thinking?  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 10:53 AM   #16 
     - No idea who you are replying to...I proposed no plan.  pt22   Jun-26-08 11:39 AM   #18 
        - You implied that you need your gun in order to shoot police officers.  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 12:34 PM   #23 
           - Get some professional help.  pt22   Jun-26-08 01:33 PM   #30 
           - Now THAT is an active imagination  NickB79   Jun-26-08 01:40 PM   #32 
  - Open carry is legal in Pennsylvania, but  old mark   Jun-26-08 09:58 AM   #15 
  - I would rather have somebody carrying openly than being a chickenshit carrying concealed n/t  MadHound   Jun-26-08 10:56 AM   #17 
  - Is that the extent of your intelligence? Calling people names because you disagree with them??  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-08 11:53 AM   #22 
  - Who are you calling illiterate?  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 12:42 PM   #24 
     - Clearly you do not understand.  beevul   Jun-26-08 12:58 PM   #25 
     - You would at least have to approach them. Get up close and personal.  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 01:03 PM   #27 
     - Thanks for mentioning the point about martial arts...  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-08 01:17 PM   #28 
        - Thanks, Ghost...  beevul   Jun-26-08 02:25 PM   #37 
           - There are a lot of things people don't understand, yet feel free to opine about..  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-08 03:24 PM   #40 
     - Would you prefer 'ignorant'?  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-08 01:03 PM   #26 
        - I don't mind being called accurate names: Anti Gun. Anti Gun Worship.  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 01:30 PM   #29 
           - How about 'anti gun crackpot'? You don't mind *using* derogatory terms for someone else  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-08 01:39 PM   #31 
              - Big 2A original intent supporter here. Single shot, front loading.  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 01:59 PM   #33 
                 - They had breech loading weapons when the Second Amendment was passed  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-08 02:12 PM   #35 
                    - I think we have consensus. Flintlock it is!  sharesunited   Jun-26-08 02:14 PM   #36 
                       - Well, what about cannons? They weren't flintlock, but were available when 2A was passed..  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-08 03:10 PM   #39 
  - When I lived in North Idaho, I got used to seeing people carry guns or  Cleita   Jun-26-08 02:05 PM   #34 
 

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