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glacierbay

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30. There's nothing about carrying a gun that makes you the bad guy either.
Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:08 PM
Oct 2012

I've dealt with hundreds of CC permit holders and not one of them ever fantasized about shooting anyone, not one of them, Where do you come up with this shit? Every CC permit holder I've dealt with have been even tempered, thoughtful, well mannered law abiding citizens, not the crazed gun nut who is just waiting to shoot the bad gun.

Funny how it's the police... joycejnr Oct 2012 #1
funny, I have yet to meet such a cop. gejohnston Oct 2012 #7
Funny how I'm a cop glacierbay Oct 2012 #12
Yes, I retract my statement... joycejnr Oct 2012 #67
That really wasn't how the west was won gejohnston Oct 2012 #68
Oh, right, this old gem Glaug-Eldare Oct 2012 #2
Not to mention the work gloves... friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #5
"Had this event been real," indeed n/t Glaug-Eldare Oct 2012 #48
Not to mention the shooter knew which student was carrying. X_Digger Oct 2012 #21
But they had an N of 6 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #49
There's also people who think they can win at the casino. nt Remmah2 Oct 2012 #65
The video just points out some realities that most gun owners are aware of. bluerum Oct 2012 #3
More like "Proof you can make anybody look bad if you get to rig the demonstration" friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #4
It's easier to tell us anti carry people some upaloopa Oct 2012 #6
"...I don't want to be anywhere near a gun toting "enthusiast". holdencaufield Oct 2012 #8
I live in CA where there still is some common sense. upaloopa Oct 2012 #9
Yea -- no one is packin' in California holdencaufield Oct 2012 #10
I'm not afraid of getting shot in Walmart by some upaloopa Oct 2012 #16
The 99% ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #18
What? upaloopa Oct 2012 #24
You didn't do the wal-mart walk? ileus Oct 2012 #38
The WMW, it's a right of passage for all citizens. rDigital Oct 2012 #55
depends on the county gejohnston Oct 2012 #11
Hmmm... Glaug-Eldare Oct 2012 #15
It ain't easy being Green holdencaufield Oct 2012 #17
I realize there were more red counties gejohnston Oct 2012 #20
So nobody but LE carrys in CA because it's illegal? glacierbay Oct 2012 #13
There have always been thugs. It's good we don't upaloopa Oct 2012 #19
"potential gun nut thugs". Would they be something like 'pre-criminals'? friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #23
Every person who isn't a criminal before they shoot someone upaloopa Oct 2012 #26
most of the time, they are criminals before they gejohnston Oct 2012 #28
"Every person who isn't a criminal before..." holdencaufield Oct 2012 #29
There's nothing about carrying a gun that makes you the bad guy either. glacierbay Oct 2012 #30
I'm the good guy by default. ileus Oct 2012 #34
Do you activly support the Brady Campaign or the VPC? oneshooter Oct 2012 #59
Come again? Straw Man Oct 2012 #66
So how are law abiding citizens glacierbay Oct 2012 #25
I'm thinking someone like that ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #27
Naw glacierbay Oct 2012 #31
Darn shame ... holdencaufield Oct 2012 #32
Well, at least your bigotry is "open carry". PavePusher Oct 2012 #37
In parts of CA like San F, the civilians are disarmed, except for the wealthy and well connected ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #53
Better move to Illinois or Hawaii, then. friendly_iconoclast Oct 2012 #22
If they carried concealed, how would you know to not "...be anywhere near a gun toting enthusiast?" Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #43
I'll continue to carry my safety device...feel free to give yours up that's your right. ileus Oct 2012 #14
Not really. Atypical Liberal Oct 2012 #33
What was also overlooked Reasonable_Argument Oct 2012 #42
Not overlooked was that Wonderful Fashion Statement: The T-shirt... Eleanors38 Oct 2012 #45
Yes, the shooter always knew where the armed student was sitting. ManiacJoe Oct 2012 #44
Just like those exploding gas tanks, amirite? PavePusher Oct 2012 #35
It's the antigun crowd that is living in a dream world trouble.smith Oct 2012 #36
I saw this video before I received my carry license 12 months ago RCS Oct 2012 #39
I like this video Reasonable_Argument Oct 2012 #40
When the test is rigged, why would you not expect ManiacJoe Oct 2012 #41
Dream (Nightmare) video, far detached from the real world. GreenStormCloud Oct 2012 #46
No, that would be the people who came up with this methodology. Callisto32 Oct 2012 #47
Stuff like this actually is pretty reassuring 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #50
After watching this video Trunk Monkey Oct 2012 #51
An anti 2A group making a anti gun video...proof indeed. ileus Oct 2012 #52
A James O'Keefe style hit piece with a predetermined outcome aikoaiko Oct 2012 #54
SecMo's one rec is from Hoyt. aikoaiko Oct 2012 #57
rude toter baser poker ileus Oct 2012 #58
Thankfully that is all Hoyt can do in this group. Clames Oct 2012 #62
You forgot "the sun was in his eyes" SecularMotion Oct 2012 #60
How's your anti-RKBA agenda coming along (especially since this staged news piece came out)? aikoaiko Oct 2012 #61
ABC took such a beating for this video they pulled it from the website. Clames Oct 2012 #63
I'd comment, but the OP is quite thoroughly THRASHED already. Good day, sir. nt rDigital Oct 2012 #56
And what did the editors delete? Remmah2 Oct 2012 #64
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