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(21,363 posts)Paper Roses
(7,475 posts)flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)tecelote
(5,122 posts)liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)japple
(9,842 posts)Love it, spreading it around.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)I have just the battleground site to share that one on.. Will royally piss off some wingnuts
1monster
(11,012 posts)3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...counts.
Paladin
(28,276 posts)Moral Compass
(1,526 posts)I live in the Dallas area and I don't know anyone that is really for the idea of people walking around with a gun openly strapped to their hip.
The company I work for has decided to be gutless and not have an explicit policy on open carry in their stores. I had a short, sharp exchange with a senior manager and expressed my displeasure and unwillingness to work with anyone that comes in openly armed.
But I doubt we'll see it that often.
The people that want to do this are a tiny tiny minority that have somehow garnered an extraordinary amount of influence and power because they vote in the primaries.
Most people, even if they have a concealed carry permit, have no desire to walk around openly armed.
And that is the problem that I expressed to that senior manager. The chances are that someone that is openly carrying is probably not quite right in the head. Otherwise, they wouldn't have any desire to openly carry.
That is the core problem. Only the crazies are paranoid and insecure enough to want to be armed all the time. The crazies are--and always have been--the problem...
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)say it all!
Duval
(4,280 posts)Can't thank you enough!
Uncle Joe
(58,426 posts)Thanks for the thread, liberalnarb.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I'd rather know who is packing than not.
I did not feel uncomfortable the few times I saw someone open carry.
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)...
And if I see some clown with a long gun strapped on his body, or carrying it at port arms, I'm outta there and on the phone to 911. Handguns?
You may be comfortable, but I'm not. Read too many reports about mass shootings.
How do you know the open carry guy isn't gonna open up? You clairvoyant?
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)It can happen anywhere, anytime. That's life. I don't go through it being uncomfortable. Things happen. Or they won't. I'm still gonna live my life.
niyad
(113,582 posts)that there was a man walking around waving a gun. police said, "open carry, no crime". within minutes, three people were dead.
niyad
(113,582 posts)bvf
(6,604 posts)The prosthetics and medical appliance outlet is a few doors down.
niyad
(113,582 posts)lark
(23,158 posts)I approve this message!! LOL