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Jerry442

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61. Any website out there with up-to-date info on businesses' gun policies? nt

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Fri Jun 27, 2014, 08:46 AM

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Missouri Town Discovers People Don’t Like Vacationing Around People Openly Carrying Firearms [View all] abakan Jun 2014 OP

All normal people don't like open carry. Period. nt onehandle Jun 2014 #1

Until there is a reliable way to tell a swaggering idiot apart from Warpy Jun 2014 #79

Shhhhhh! Maybe you shouldn't say that too loudly, Warpy! calimary Jun 2014 #80

Do you honestly think any of those gun slinging morons is going to listen to me? Warpy Jun 2014 #82

Yeah, I know what you mean. They wouldn't be listening to me, either. calimary Jun 2014 #85

This malaise Jun 2014 #88

exactly warpy Liberal_in_LA Jun 2014 #100

We are trying to figure out where to take a little summer jaunt to and Skidmore Jun 2014 #2

I had planned to move to Texas abakan Jun 2014 #3

It is anecdotal but TexasProgresive Jun 2014 #23

Thanks abakan Jun 2014 #25

Idiots with guns are not harmless. Jerry442 Jun 2014 #59

I haven't seen anybody carry a rifle or anything in Texas. Jazzgirl Jun 2014 #84

ha. i said the same in a post below. i am not a fan, but i am gonna be honest. what is being seabeyond Jun 2014 #47

i live in texas and i have yet to see one person, in all the time here, carrying around a gun. seabeyond Jun 2014 #46

I used to live in Richardson and had a friend who lived in Garland, she carried a gun EVERYWHERE! Hestia Jun 2014 #71

interesting. i never met her. so i still sit at not one in all of texas. with my decade and half seabeyond Jun 2014 #72

I dont want anyone to know I have one. It just draws unwanted attention. 7962 Jun 2014 #92

Neither have I.. awoke_in_2003 Jun 2014 #86

That's your experience. But you've learned about "Open Carry Texas" via DU I'm sure. alp227 Jun 2014 #97

Come to Maine. :^) GreenPartyVoter Jun 2014 #36

any town in maine, what would you choose. no restriction. cutsey place. sell me, baby. nt seabeyond Jun 2014 #48

Boothbay Harbor. bluedigger Jun 2014 #65

Sebec Lake Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Marthe48 Jun 2014 #105

If you want a cute little city with amazing food, Portland. If you want the GreenPartyVoter Jun 2014 #83

Come to Maine. AlbertCat Jun 2014 #91

Warmth is number 1 requirement. abakan Jun 2014 #116

I really hope you reconsider, Skidmore because we would love to have you visit! raven mad Jun 2014 #49

Any state with open carry or stand your ground should be off any list randys1 Jun 2014 #4

I think my State has lax gun laws. bravenak Jun 2014 #29

Well you are in the last frontier, right LOL randys1 Jun 2014 #30

You crack me up. bravenak Jun 2014 #33

LOL. You got me going, now I'm gonna tease you! freshwest Jun 2014 #39

Oh, this is fun! bravenak Jun 2014 #42

Oh, you can't be boring! They must be too quiet. These guys were for the most part. freshwest Jun 2014 #43

me too. Cue the music.... arikara Jun 2014 #44

Maybe it's due to where I'm from, but Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #32

And they usually look happy to be going hunting, not like they are waiting for the next civil war. bravenak Jun 2014 #34

This. This is going to sound a bit weird, but when I see an open carrier, I find it to be less Ed Suspicious Jun 2014 #109

Amen, braveinak!! raven mad Jun 2014 #51

I suppose if i lived in the middle of a large city with no hunting nearby, it woukd scare me. bravenak Jun 2014 #56

Of course not such a necessity to folks who live anywhere near hunting... Walk away Jun 2014 #62

Don't come to Oregon. dilby Jun 2014 #40

Not so fast, Hoss. A little bit more information would make things more truthful, if you care. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #63

They should clean up their meth problem - bigger deterrent to tourism REP Jun 2014 #5

Interesting, it appears they did not have this problem to begin with. dilby Jun 2014 #6

The OP says the PC was asked to do so by business owners. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #8

But it was still based on Texas. dilby Jun 2014 #9

All things being equal, it seems more accurate to say "a solution to a relevant and potential proble LanternWaste Jun 2014 #11

Well all things are not equal. dilby Jun 2014 #12

No, it isn't based on Texas. You're misreading it. pamela Jun 2014 #16

Correct. The PD was right to respond to business owners who were concerned. Good for them. freshwest Jun 2014 #41

rational people do not want to see these paranoid gun humpers displaying their weapons Skittles Jun 2014 #52

I find it interesting that they went with a photo that shows Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #7

If you look at the legs of the one closest to the camera, the legs are white. shraby Jun 2014 #10

And it ended with this: CrispyQ Jun 2014 #13

I doubt it loyalsister Jun 2014 #37

So, gun-crazies, the 'eevil gubmint' isn't going to ruin your good time with your jerk-off aid. Aristus Jun 2014 #14

The free market forces at work laundry_queen Jun 2014 #54

I know, right? Aristus Jun 2014 #67

All I can say is The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2014 #15

Thank You abakan Jun 2014 #18

You said it much better than I did. louis-t Jun 2014 #19

You said it. mac56 Jun 2014 #24

Same here. No business or place is that damn special that one needs to be around assholes playing RKP5637 Jun 2014 #28

Totally agree, and... Jerry442 Jun 2014 #60

there will come a day azureblue Jun 2014 #74

Hopefully, this is just a phase that gun nuts have to go through. louis-t Jun 2014 #17

K&R! No joke! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2014 #20

The picture is not from the original article LiberalArkie Jun 2014 #21

The picture is from the source as listed...nt abakan Jun 2014 #22

If there were a reason to restart the war in Iraq, it would be to muntrv Jun 2014 #26

I doubt the gun fetishists would enlist. Fair-weather patriots that they are. blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #55

If I see some jerk carrying a gun I'm gone. It's bad enough all of the shit that RKP5637 Jun 2014 #27

Think Disney likes this either? HockeyMom Jun 2014 #31

I see people aren't following those rules either. Jamastiene Jun 2014 #103

Immaturity, insecurity, and arrogance -- billh58 Jun 2014 #35

I don't think that's the only reason loyalsister Jun 2014 #38

The fact that Toys R Us *has* to have a policy banning guns is fucked XemaSab Jun 2014 #45

I imagine that's going to keep the sheriffs and police real busy! Cha Jun 2014 #50

I hunt. I fish. I grow crops. I own guns for the first one - raven mad Jun 2014 #53

Yep. Filled my freezer with venison from the open land. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #57

Must be a lot of shitty hunters in my area. bluedigger Jun 2014 #66

but don't you know they only hunt for food they will eat? Skittles Jun 2014 #77

Why are there no gun owners who come out upaloopa Jun 2014 #76

only the ones who understand the difference between gun humpers and gun owners do that Skittles Jun 2014 #78

+1000. nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2014 #87

It makes no difference hack89 Jun 2014 #110

It is not my place to tell people not to oppose gun upaloopa Jun 2014 #111

So it is reasonable for gun owners to assume bans are the goal of gun control? hack89 Jun 2014 #112

I am for reducing gun violence. Gun owners upaloopa Jun 2014 #113

So after two decades of decreasing gun violence hack89 Jun 2014 #115

Listen, I have heard all your talking points and played all the gunner games upaloopa Jun 2014 #117

I understand the game hack89 Jun 2014 #118

This is encouraging And a step in the right direction, but what if I don't live in a tourist town world wide wally Jun 2014 #58

Any website out there with up-to-date info on businesses' gun policies? nt Jerry442 Jun 2014 #61

Open carry gun humpers workinclasszero Jun 2014 #64

I'm not going anywhere that has people walking around with guns. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2014 #68

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2014 #93

Oh, stop it. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2014 #94

Bravo abakan Jun 2014 #96

Oh, goody, business owners vs. the NRA. This should be fun. tclambert Jun 2014 #69

No shit??? Imagine that!! gopiscrap Jun 2014 #70

Why go to or stay in an area where people are walking around with weapons? UCmeNdc Jun 2014 #73

If I saw one of the open carry people I would think one thing: nut. Vinca Jun 2014 #75

Yeah, fuck all those "accidental" shootings and mass killings... SomethingFishy Jun 2014 #81

Hrmm.. TheCrankyLiberal Jun 2014 #89

I live close to there... freebrew Jun 2014 #90

I certainly wouldn't visit if I knew people were walking around with rifles. C Moon Jun 2014 #95

Thanks, Open Carry scumbags! You make America look bad. nt alp227 Jun 2014 #98

fucking dumbasses JI7 Jun 2014 #99

If someone feels the need to carry a gun in public like that, Jamastiene Jun 2014 #101

They bought the thing for "freedom" quaker bill Jun 2014 #102

But..But.. Shankapotomus Jun 2014 #104

Ohio: lax gun laws insurance co. concerns Marthe48 Jun 2014 #106

Heck, it looks like Afghanistan! Helen Borg Jun 2014 #107

Thank you, Justices Scalia, Thomas, "Strip Search" Sammy, Roberts, and you too, Tony Grins Jun 2014 #108

Guns everywhere, and billh58 Jun 2014 #114