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53. Couldn't you have stuffed a couple MORE insults in that one post? I don't really care about all

Tue Feb 14, 2012, 07:57 PM

Feb 2012

your strawmen, the bottom line is that you have zero chance of extinguishing my Second Amendment rights, and you can call me all the juvenile kindergarten names you can think up, you're not taking away my tools I choose to employ to protect myself and my loved ones. I wonder if you're familiar with the Black Knight from the Monty Python movie...

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Bill to allow state workers to bring guns to workplace passes through committee [View all] Maine-ah Feb 2012 OP

Maine... Sedona Feb 2012 #1

lol Maine-ah Feb 2012 #31

Some days I feel we're just drifting back to the wild west. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2012 #2

just drifting back to the wild west. AlbertCat Feb 2012 #6

Yep. The Hollywood version of the old West. DavidDvorkin Feb 2012 #107

I feel safer already . . . DrDan Feb 2012 #3

Kentucky has had this for 10+ years... no issues... n/t IamK Feb 2012 #4

Excellent idea. Kablooie Feb 2012 #5

So having a gun in the car helps a worker 'express rage'? The Doctor. Feb 2012 #13

He doesn't have to drive all the way home and back. Kablooie Feb 2012 #19

And if someone is twisted enough to do that.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #26

I think it's a pretty tough call, actually... The Doctor. Feb 2012 #36

Could we please drop this asinine fallacy? primavera Feb 2012 #71

I think that would be 'sardonic', The Doctor. Feb 2012 #37

It's very heart warming that you think a law makes a difference one way or another in that scenario. AtheistCrusader Feb 2012 #22

provided they have a concealed weapons permit and keep the firearm locked in their vehicle ... AlbertCat Feb 2012 #7

Males Can Go and Genuflect Before IT'S Power ... jkappy Feb 2012 #20

So, what do the females do? n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #27

Most females have more sense than to tote a gun to work. Hoyt Feb 2012 #34

Women are a growing percentage of gun owners, and that includes CCW holders ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #38

Probably to protect themselves against all the right wing toters and cowboys. Hoyt Feb 2012 #41

So, which is it? n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #48

Actually its to protect against predators ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #85

That's a shade of sexist right there. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #39

A Weapon Locked in Your Car BeGoodDoGood Feb 2012 #8

The weapon could be useful during the drive between home and work. Lasher Feb 2012 #14

Exactly. You might need to kill a deer or shoot some idiot who still has the turn signal blinking... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #16

welcome to Maine! Maine-ah Feb 2012 #18

Or a snowbird ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2012 #40

Very true! Starboard Tack Feb 2012 #119

That wasn't a nice thing to say. Lasher Feb 2012 #123

Given the premises ... GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #9

If I were an angry worker, I sure would leave my weapon in the car. Sure.... fasttense Feb 2012 #10

Winner! smirkymonkey Feb 2012 #23

And that has --what-- to do with this law? n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #28

Handy for when you really have a bad day at work. onehandle Feb 2012 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Hutzpa Feb 2012 #12

Puts a whole new spin on "going postal" saras Feb 2012 #15

In rural Maine, "going postal" will now be only 20-40 feet away n/t jkappy Feb 2012 #17

How DARE those idiots acknowledge a constitutional right! Skwid Feb 2012 #21

Yet another fallacy primavera Feb 2012 #73

Hyperbole does not win debates. Good luck with that. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #83

It does highlight absurdism, though. boppers Feb 2012 #87

That was one of the many points that was so weak about Scalia's opinion... primavera Feb 2012 #98

Sounds a lot like Selection 2000. Maybe it's a habit. nt bemildred Feb 2012 #106

Doesn't it, though? I think you're absolutely right. - n/t primavera Feb 2012 #108

I hope this doesn't come to MN... I have a coworker who seems about to go postal qb Feb 2012 #24

Laws like these don't matter to killers in such cases. Lasher Feb 2012 #32

So, for all the folks who *did* care about a $500 fine, they won't have a gun available? boppers Feb 2012 #88

No, that's a false analogy. Lasher Feb 2012 #94

Tain't a law yet by a bunch, just outta committee drynberg Feb 2012 #25

"nuts", eh? PavePusher Feb 2012 #30

More GOP/NRA douchebaggery - a Maine GOP lawmaker was arrested last year for brandishing a gun jpak Feb 2012 #29

That's messed up...eom Kolesar Feb 2012 #33

Do all NRA members fall under your wide douchebag net, or is it just some of them? Skwid Feb 2012 #35

Yea, you are right -- the NRA's Wayne LaPierre is just a lovable ole right winger. Hoyt Feb 2012 #42

Right? About what? I simply asked a question. Do I need to repeat it? To the same person? Skwid Feb 2012 #43

It's an all inclusive douchebag jpak Feb 2012 #46

So you're calling every Democrat and every DUer who are NRA members, douchebags? Skwid Feb 2012 #49

Yeah - I think the NRA sucks all around jpak Feb 2012 #65

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When has the NRA supported democrats? boppers Feb 2012 #89

Check these stories out hack89 Feb 2012 #92

*crickets* pipoman Feb 2012 #102

What does the NRA do with their money? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2012 #120

We need us some more guns in the workplace... yeah.... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #44

Sure. No bad guy would ever violate a law that says he can't take a gun...anywhere, right? Skwid Feb 2012 #47

Honest innocent people die every day, and die more frequently when... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #52

Couldn't you have stuffed a couple MORE insults in that one post? I don't really care about all Skwid Feb 2012 #53

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I doubt you want one of us gay folks to........ MarkCharles Feb 2012 #62

Just FYI, hotshot, I've been gay since long before you were a gleam in the milkman's eye Skwid Feb 2012 #67

Did this happen at a government house? boppers Feb 2012 #90

The other post was hidden, but this one wasn't? PavePusher Feb 2012 #79

Bravo, well said! - n/t primavera Feb 2012 #99

"Honest people" - that's a laugh primavera Feb 2012 #74

Only a tiny minority of successful self-defense by gun end up with any shots being fired.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #80

I'll concede that primavera Feb 2012 #95

The "Body Count" Logical Fallacy slackmaster Feb 2012 #125

Hello, slackmaster primavera Feb 2012 #127

I'll answer very briefly because I am swamped today slackmaster Feb 2012 #128

Very interesting primavera Feb 2012 #129

Who votes for them? Gun nuts, for one Doctor_J Feb 2012 #72

Once again, what's the "gun culture"? Remmah2 Feb 2012 #100

dunno about NH Maine-ah Feb 2012 #77

man who shot to death seven co-workers at a software company MarkCharles Feb 2012 #45

And MA's laws against guns in cars impeded him not a whit. So what's your point? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #60

more than one person like you didn't bother to MarkCharles Feb 2012 #63

"More than one person like you didn't bother to shoot up their workplace." Charming, friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #78

Logic is the only rational way to approach... well, anything, actually. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #81

Was this really needed? dash_bannon Feb 2012 #50

Or maybe a gruntled one will stop a mass murderer and make them happy they did pass it. Skwid Feb 2012 #51

Toter's dream -- I'm going to save everyone with my gun. Please, we don't need your protection. Hoyt Feb 2012 #55

As much as I regret it, I am obligated to "protect" you if possible. My gun is part of my uniform. Skwid Feb 2012 #57

Fine, law enforcement is OK with me. Private citizens toting, ain't. Hoyt Feb 2012 #58

Well, if anyone needed evidence your position is flawed, you just provided it. Skwid Feb 2012 #59

Wish you could have talked to my policeman father-in-law. He'd have straighten out the cowboys Hoyt Feb 2012 #64

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You are wrong about that and folks carrying guns in public. Hoyt Feb 2012 #69

And maybe pigs will fly primavera Feb 2012 #75

Post #45 shows that laws don't matter to people like that. friendly_iconoclast Feb 2012 #61

No, but this is what our teabagger State government thinks is important NM high density Feb 2012 #115

Whole country is turning into AZ. Legislature can't/won't do anything about real problems, Doctor_J Feb 2012 #70

'Scuse me? Regional bigotry, much? Please redact your post. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #82

Why? -- it's true. Hoyt Feb 2012 #86

I was born/raised in AZ. boppers Feb 2012 #91

Right after Jan Brewer and/or Sherriff Joe are sent to prison Doctor_J Feb 2012 #104

If you are going to hate on an entire state due to two people.... PavePusher Feb 2012 #109

Not just the two - the great citizenry of AZ who abide their idiocy Doctor_J Feb 2012 #110

Gov. Brewer first inhereted the job, then won re-election. PavePusher Feb 2012 #111

And there you have the gist of the far right's crusade Doctor_J Feb 2012 #116

"Congrats, you have revealed yourself as an NRA stooge." PavePusher Feb 2012 #117

Friggin' looney tunes legislators. nt valerief Feb 2012 #76

That is stupid! n/t Tripod Feb 2012 #84

That will allow for a healthy expression of rage. zanana1 Feb 2012 #93

No! Shut up!! Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #97

Well, that's one way to keep Ernie in Accounts from eating my yoghurt Bruce Wayne Feb 2012 #96

It's refreshing to see so much bigotry and misinformation on parade in the responses to this thread slackmaster Feb 2012 #101

It's a gun thread, what do you expect? primavera Feb 2012 #103

No shit - I was afraid to read actual posts in the thread... harmonicon Feb 2012 #112

Yet that's part of what makes these threads interesting primavera Feb 2012 #113

I think everybody ought to be allowed to wear swords. bemildred Feb 2012 #105

We can do that here in California slackmaster Feb 2012 #124

Hey, wait just a minute! crunch60 Feb 2012 #114

And yet we haven't read about any huge spike in casino crime Doctor_J Feb 2012 #118

Weapons of Mass Distraction... That's what this is IMO BadGimp Feb 2012 #121

I wanna start bringing a halberd to work. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2012 #122

If I lived in Maine I'd carry a gun everywhere in case of Lobstah Attack slackmaster Feb 2012 #126

Who will be courageous enough to stand up for the right of high school students to bring guns to Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #130

Dale Crafts R-Decoster is an asshole jpak Feb 2012 #131