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trailmonkee

(2,681 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:34 PM Oct 2012

Ohio Canvasser, packing Glock, flashing Gun to get Romney votes

Yikes

complete article here: http://www.wina.com/In-crucial-Ohio-conservatives-are-an-unruly-force-/11459008?newsId=174825

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (Reuters) - When Ohio voter Paul Presta opened his door to two election canvassers one recent Saturday he interrupted them in mid-sentence and asked Jim Lewis about an issue close to his heart.

"Do you support the second amendment?" he asked, referring to the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms, and pointed at Lewis.

Lewis grinned and lifted up his shirt slightly to give a glimpse of a Glock 9mm pistol tucked into his belt, for which he has a concealed carry permit.

Presta, 72, a semi-retired businessman, instantly relaxed, cheerfully telling them he had already voted for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.

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Ohio Canvasser, packing Glock, flashing Gun to get Romney votes (Original Post) trailmonkee Oct 2012 OP
Republican toting/flashing a gun- not surprising. Wonder what other right wing crud they discussed? Hoyt Oct 2012 #1
I'm sure after flashing the piece.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #5
clinging to the what and the what? grantcart Oct 2012 #2
Walter Sobchak? Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2012 #3
Probably not a wise idea for the Bishop's canvassers to brandish their shooters in states with Erose999 Oct 2012 #4
Wait! bongbong Oct 2012 #6
Penis on loan from Glock. 11 Bravo Oct 2012 #7
What about women like Sarah Palin? Got any genitalia jokes to fit that? Zalatix Oct 2012 #8
Awwwww, star-crossed nutjobs passing in the night. Arkana Oct 2012 #9
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Republican toting/flashing a gun- not surprising. Wonder what other right wing crud they discussed?
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:41 PM
Oct 2012

Erose999

(5,624 posts)
4. Probably not a wise idea for the Bishop's canvassers to brandish their shooters in states with
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 03:45 PM
Oct 2012

"stand your ground" laws. Could be interpreted as a threat.

I wish the Romney canvassers would come to my house. I'd turn the water hose on them.
 

bongbong

(5,436 posts)
6. Wait!
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 04:29 PM
Oct 2012

This can't be true. According to the Delicate Flowers (gun-nuts) in the gungeon, gun control is a repiglican idea, and guns-guns-GUNS is a "progressive" ideal.



Gungeneers - trying (in vain) to move the gun-Overton Window to the right on DU.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
7. Penis on loan from Glock.
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 05:04 PM
Oct 2012

(And I happen to have a VA concealed carry permit.) The operative word there being "concealed". That's kind of the point. In my experience, guys who need to flash their guns tend to suffer from teeny-dick syndrome.

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