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ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:09 PM Oct 2015

It Could Be A Grocery Store...

It already has been theaters, post offices and restaurants...

I guess what I'm saying is, I've seen a lot of people say this is what they worry about when they send a child, wife, loved one off to elementary school/high school/college.

I have a school-aged (high school) child and one who lives 900 miles away and works at a major theme park.

I WORRY about this every single time I don't have them in my line of sight (which means 24/7 with regard to my daughter).

Because you could be standing in the post office, at the grocery store, in line to go on a ride, at a restaurant or any number of public places.

Without increased gun control, I am going to worry. All the time. In the back of my head.

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It Could Be A Grocery Store... (Original Post) ScreamingMeemie Oct 2015 OP
Wasn't it already?? RockaFowler Oct 2015 #1
Exactly. It could be anywhere. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2015 #2
Keep in mind that at least one theater chain, SheilaT Oct 2015 #3
I know if I see anybody but a cop with a gun Warpy Oct 2015 #4
I am only going to gun free areas yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #5
The school today was a gun-free zone. 840high Oct 2015 #6
Most all of these shooting occur in a "gun free zone". n/t oneshooter Oct 2015 #7

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
1. Wasn't it already??
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:11 PM
Oct 2015

Wasn't Gabbie Giffords shot at a shopping center??

We had a shooting at a mall in South Florida.

Not sure where we are safe . . .

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
2. Exactly. It could be anywhere.
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:12 PM
Oct 2015

I don't let it cripple my life (live free or die), but I sure do think about it when my kid walks out the door.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
3. Keep in mind that at least one theater chain,
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:16 PM
Oct 2015

Regal, is peaking inside lady's handbags when they attend a movie. Because of course, the most recent theater shooting involved the guns being smuggled inside a woman's purse.

No? It wasn't a woman's purse? Huh.

Warpy

(111,255 posts)
4. I know if I see anybody but a cop with a gun
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:21 PM
Oct 2015

I leave the area immediately. I stay away until the gunloon leaves.

What these open carry, swaggering jerks don't realize is that they look just like the mass murderers out there, especially if they are white and male. None of us can tell the difference, mass murderers being mostly lawful gun owners until they open fire.

The best bet is to leave in order to stay safe.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
5. I am only going to gun free areas
Thu Oct 1, 2015, 08:26 PM
Oct 2015

Places that ban guns are safest. Why allow guns in different places? They are not necessary. I wish there was a list that bans guns like the corporate lists that are currently under boycotts. Or we should begin boycotting any place that allow guns and only go to places that ban guns. Let's stop giving money to places that allow for more guns to be purchased. Don't send students to college without gun bans. We need to get ahead of this mess!!!! We can do it!

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