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06-01-2024, 01:36 PM | #91 |
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06-01-2024, 01:52 PM | #92 | |
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Or why all the school shootings they make sure to take out the security guard first. Active shooters want to do the most amount of damage before the opposition shows up. Does open carrying make you a more of a target? I mean theoretically it could. I don't believe statistics would back that up. But it is definitely a deterrent for almost all crime. Last edited by Nirvana58; 06-01-2024 at 02:01 PM.. |
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06-01-2024, 02:06 PM | #93 |
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06-01-2024, 02:10 PM | #94 | |
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One is Erin Langhofer, the girl shot at First Friday a few years ago, who I watched grow up. And the other is Jeremy Black, my old roommate in KC, shot outside a nice DC restaurant in front of his wife and kids. That's two families I know personally who have been utterly shattered, and you can add in Lisa Lopez-Galvan's family. None of them would have been helped by more guns. Last edited by suzzer99; 06-01-2024 at 02:16 PM.. |
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06-01-2024, 02:14 PM | #95 | |
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Stepping on their porch okay...maybe, but on the sidewalk, and in some situations on the sidewalk across the street and hearing it, dumb af But people around here refuse to ride their bikes in the dedicated HUGE bike lanes because they don't feel its safe enough so they ride on the sidewalks weaving in and out of moms with strollers People are afraid of everything |
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06-01-2024, 02:15 PM | #96 |
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06-01-2024, 02:19 PM | #97 | |
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I felt like I was in Robocop and had 10 seconds to comply. I flipped it off and kept walking. The last time I went through it didn't say anything. I'm guessing enough people complained that it was dystopian to call out people like that for walking across a public parking lot. That or it just broke. |
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06-01-2024, 02:25 PM | #98 | |
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06-01-2024, 02:39 PM | #99 | |
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But when I am leisurely going about my business, it isn't my desire to be concerned about some idiot flaunting a weapon openly causing concern about whether he or she is actually a stable individual, nutcase, sober, drunk or stoned. If they have it concealed, it is not an issue. Yeah, I have read those occasional stories about a hero that has had a weapon when a shooting breaks out and we can all be thankful for that. Is that hard? |
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06-01-2024, 03:01 PM | #100 | ||
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In both cases I mentioned in the OP, I did my best to pretend I didn't notice their weapon and not react. Obviously as I am learning from this thread it something I am going to have to get used to. I don't plan on ever carrying my hand guns, they are for protecting my property. Quote:
Exactly, some of the posts in this thread border on people desiring to be a vigilante hero and I was under the impression we had progressed past that many years ago. |
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06-01-2024, 03:14 PM | #101 | |
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Because they have a legal tool in a holster? The point still stands. What makes it any different than the person carrying under their shirt? Why aren't you concerned about them being a drunk, stoned, nut case? Your argument makes zero sense other than guns are scary. |
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06-01-2024, 03:23 PM | #102 | |
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But with the number of people that exist and the vagaries of the natural world, people die from a great many causes. Every year more than 100 people drown in their bathtub. Tens of thousands die from falls each year. Or random people die in car accidents that were completely unpredictable. Should those random deaths affect how many bathtubs or cars or ladders or whatever are sold? or to whom they’re sold? |
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06-01-2024, 03:27 PM | #103 | |
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06-01-2024, 03:29 PM | #104 | |
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I'm friends with a few LEOs and you might be surprised. Many rarely practice with their sidearms after their initial academy. I think some have a false narrative that all cops are master marksmen. The "standards" in most law enforcement agencies aren't as high as you may believe. Not knocking LEOs at all but commenting on standards and training regimens. |
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I can't remember how long ago it was that I was at your house watching that game, but if it was after I got my CCL you can be sure I was armed at the time. Quote:
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