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In reply to the discussion: Guns in bars, what could go wrong? (apparently very little) [View all]fightthegoodfightnow
(7,042 posts)226. They are Dead - Shot by Drunks with Guns Outside a Bar
That's not a problem?
PS- you don't know jack about me or my employment. That's what I claimed and so very true. Spin that into something else and maybe it's not me with the problem. Find the quote you attribute to me. You won't.
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If you flip their predictions around they are accurate 99.999% of the time
4th law of robotics
Sep 2012
#4
Funny thing, the only people I ever see mention "Blood in the streets" are gun carriers.
Starboard Tack
Sep 2012
#5
If I were as unpleasantly patronizing and condescending as you, I'd wear a gun too.
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#152
It's been running in my neighborhood. We asked for additional police presence.
JDPriestly
Oct 2012
#76
There is a reason why they are considering doing away with concealed weapons permits.
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#119
Actually my 15 year old daughter is driving HER car right now...She has NO drivers license at all...
virginia mountainman
Oct 2012
#106
For the same reason this lady wanted to bring one into this restaurant:
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#149
And as a result, she could not fight back and try to save her parents.
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#151
You are right. Shit does happen. Now what should people do when it does?
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#161
What about the rights of those establishments to bar gay people, or African-Americans?
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#197
I agree, the property owner has the right to ban firearm son his/her property
Trunk Monkey
Oct 2012
#201
I'm glad you support people having the choice to carry concealed weapons.
Atypical Liberal
Oct 2012
#242
I have no evidence and I didn't make any claim that they went to drink.
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#156
Maybe, on the few occasions that I eat in bars/restaurants outside of California.
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#179
You do go to bars or restaurants where people carry guns you just don't know it
Trunk Monkey
Oct 2012
#167
I think I am more aware of where I go than you, unless you're stalking me.
Starboard Tack
Oct 2012
#169
I sometimes eat in bars. I sometimes designated driver for friends going to bars.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2012
#133
Why Should I Worry About Who Has a Gun and Who Has a Drink in a bar?
fightthegoodfightnow
Sep 2012
#40
But then again you have offered no proof that it has caused a demonstrable problem.
oneshooter
Sep 2012
#21
If you weren't so evasive when questioned we wouldn't have to guess, now would we?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#54
So, tell us what you do for a living, or what it is about you that has led you to encounter dozens
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2012
#135
His credibility might. Put him with the "remote sensors" who claim to "know"...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#231
Not relevant. McCall walked in off the street for the express purpose of shooting Hickok.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#81
I expect that one would have turned out the same no matter where McCall saw Hickock. NT
Trunk Monkey
Oct 2012
#97
Apparently in the last 136 YEARS it hasn't happened enough to be a problem. NT
Trunk Monkey
Sep 2012
#38
It's *not* the people "who FORGOT they were carrying" who present a threat, or hadn't you noticed?
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2012
#44
Continued dodging. Please cite evidence indicating an existing problem. n/t
PavePusher
Oct 2012
#144
"... The impact is difficult to assess ... because law-enforcement and state agencies
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#72
Police say woman, 2 men wounded in shooting outside west Phoenix bar by 2 men who escaped
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#91
Authorities: Flagler Beach woman fires shot when friend won't leave bar
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#98
And I said: "gunfights occur regularly at bars nationwide" -- which is also true
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#104
"Let's take our guns with us so we can be safe. Then we can get drunk and get into a fight
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#101
Any evidence "gunfights occur regularly at bars" Please use data/stats. Thanx
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#99
Without any difficulty, I located three separate news stories from the last week in September,
struggle4progress
Oct 2012
#105
What Jurisdiction Requires Any Government Employee to Carry a Gun in a Bar?
fightthegoodfightnow
Oct 2012
#210
So far, your objections to the practice have amounted to so much shouting and handwaving.
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#222
Unless and until you can show it's a problem, your objections will remain more a matter of taste...
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#225
All but one of the stories you posted happened OUTSIDE bars. Didya think we wouldn't notice?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#138
But no data for the "many other cases." It helps if there are surveys; guess you don't have 'em. nt
Eleanors38
Oct 2012
#148
They don't need to track it. CPL permit revocation is automatically tracked.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2012
#136
It's not as if anyone ever has to defend their life in a bar or anything.
trouble.smith
Oct 2012
#84
Wow! Even in Santa Marta Columbia S.A. you have to check your guns at the door of the bar!
Walk away
Oct 2012
#102
You don't have to in Massachusetts or Vermont. Does that make us part of the "3rd World"?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#139
Should a Private Bar Owner Have to Serve an Armed Guest of their Establishment?
fightthegoodfightnow
Oct 2012
#194
His second sentence made sense- your assertion that led to it did not:
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2012
#224