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billh58

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Wed Feb 11, 2015, 09:41 AM Feb 2015

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And Texas is debating Constitutional Carry this week. flamin lib Feb 2015 #1
Of course they are billh58 Feb 2015 #2
If anyone needs to see the problem with public toting, check out that other site where Hoyt Feb 2015 #3
We have become a paranoid nation billh58 Feb 2015 #4

flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
1. And Texas is debating Constitutional Carry this week.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 09:48 AM
Feb 2015

Constitutional Carry is anybody with a gun carrying it openly without a license, training or background check. Open carry meets Stand Your Ground.

billh58

(6,641 posts)
2. Of course they are
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 10:44 AM
Feb 2015

and they will shoot anyone who opposes the public carry of lethal weapons by Bubba and Mrs. Bubba. The backward, right-wing, gun nut mindset boggles the mind...

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. If anyone needs to see the problem with public toting, check out that other site where
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 10:55 AM
Feb 2015

folks banned from DU often post.

Some habitual gun carrier posted there about walking down his neighborhood street, hearing a noise behind him, and pulling his gun as he whirled around in fear. Turned out to be a neighbor's dog in his owner's yard.

I thought the concealed carry folks were well trained and all. Never pulled their gunz expect when their life was in danger. Here's come fool pulling his gun without having any idea of the target. Some kid popping a bag would probably start him blasting away. Such action is how innocent folks get shot. Worse, a lot of his concealed carry buddies agreed with his actions.

But what the heck, if he shoots some innocent person there have even been threads on our RKBA forum offering suggestions on what to tell law enforcement to get off. Gun "mentors" -- like Massad Ayoob and Zimmerman's instructors -- teach what to say. That's just wrong.

billh58

(6,641 posts)
4. We have become a paranoid nation
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 11:07 AM
Feb 2015

with the gun lobby feeding that mindset at every opportunity, and the weak-minded buy into it. Unfortunately, these are the very people who should NOT be allowed to have a gun.

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