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In reply to the discussion: Man shops at Utah JCPenney while carrying assault rifle [View all]Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)102. If we get a bunch of people doing stuff like this
and people start getting used to seeing it, how long before people get "comfortable" with it and ignoring an actual mass murderer until it is too late? What if it starts encouraging more and more people to do the same- in order to feel "safe" with a bunch of other people wandering around with guns and assault rifles? This could have some messy consequences but, hey, we're human and sometimes I guess it takes multiple needless tragedies before we get our heads screwed on right?
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Maybe, but not parsimonious. No reason to think the person did it on his own for personal
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#11
Why Should Your "Activist" Be Trusted, Given The Mass Killings Of Recent Months?
Paladin
Jan 2013
#197
My guess is attention seeking...had a woman show up at church wearing a glock
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#8
I suspect she was thinking about liberals at a UU congregation rather than theism.
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#159
Or maybe people shouldn't be allowed to go to the mall armed to the teeth
Cali_Democrat
Jan 2013
#72
if people start caring everywhere how we we know when someone is about to open fire?
klyon
Jan 2013
#116
With the angle of the dangle of his weapon in the picture, I bet he never served in the military.
RC
Jan 2013
#93
I would want the SWAT team called if I saw a guy walking around with an assault rifle
quinnox
Jan 2013
#16
And in Utah, the police would ask you if he's brandishing it in a threatening way.
nick of time
Jan 2013
#20
So We Just Wait Until One Of These Nuts Starts Firing And Then We Can Call The Police?.....nt
global1
Jan 2013
#57
I make it a rule not to overtly show the gun wielding narcissist that he's not as smart as
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#61
lol...I'm talking about the avg black 20yr old not some dude dressed in a button down and tie
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#150
I would have complained, then left with all my stuff sitting on the counter.
2pooped2pop
Jan 2013
#31
I wish there were some way to talk about this without the phrase "gun free zone".
mwb970
Jan 2013
#186
never seen an open carry, but i'll be sure to tell them "sorry about your penis"
frylock
Jan 2013
#48
The first time I see a fool like that, I walk out of the store, out of the mall,
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#50
My guess is that the armed man is either paranoid delusional or just likes getting attention.
ladjf
Jan 2013
#52
I do not understand why his insecurity trumps the fear he instills in everyone else.
LonePirate
Jan 2013
#53
And This Shit-For-Brains Probably Thought He Was Advancing The Gun Rights Cause.
Paladin
Jan 2013
#54
Excuse Me - But How Are We Able To Tell The Bad Guys From The Good Guys?.....nt
global1
Jan 2013
#55
The internet Rambos tell us all the time how large magazine restriction is pointless as
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#63
So why hasn't he been arrested? The first story said the guns had to be unloaded. He
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#68
Yes. And we now have that idiot Collins pushing to allow guns on the campus and in
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#203
Kelley added that he carries weapons to protect children and other people from "criminals, cartels..
Ian David
Jan 2013
#77
He's probably already applied....and been rejected. That's why he did this stupid thing.
MADem
Jan 2013
#145
Kelley added that he carries weapons to protect children and other people from "criminals,
2pooped2pop
Jan 2013
#163
And the police told him meh....you're well within your rights...go ahead
LiberalLovinLug
Jan 2013
#181
The hunter safety classes I attended as a twelve year old taught me not to carry a gun in
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#65
Maybe Utah is one of the states that has passed laws where the store nor the
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2013
#82
And, if another shopper steps up and pulls the thing off him, what's he going to do?
leveymg
Jan 2013
#83
Why didnt the mall ask him to leave? They do have the right to ask people to get off their property
cstanleytech
Jan 2013
#101
It's fortunate for him another gun wielder didn't see him as a threat and try to take him out.
Gore1FL
Jan 2013
#117
I guessing these guys wouldn't have gotten too far in the store before trouble...
FailureToCommunicate
Jan 2013
#119
I wouldn't call him a man, its a bratty boy with his penis extender on his back.
we can do it
Jan 2013
#121
I concur with all of the replies here stating, in short, "What an asshole!"
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jan 2013
#191
But a gay couple holding hands is a national scandal! What a messed up bunch we are.
VPStoltz
Jan 2013
#201