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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
113. "Gun Humpers" = "Packing Contageon"
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 12:07 AM
Jul 2014

Last edited Tue Jul 1, 2014, 04:43 AM - Edit history (1)

The tipping point of crazed gun lovers has past no return unless reasonable people step in and disarm them with laws. Jindal is a bad joke. Not at all funny. Or responsible.

"celebrating the Sportsman's Paradise and American values" elleng Jun 2014 #1
I have no opinion, this is DU pro gun territory, I dont want to upset the gun folks randys1 Jun 2014 #31
I don't coddle gun folks, elleng Jun 2014 #49
+1 brer cat Jun 2014 #68
Don't have to coddle. How about debate? Argument? Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #103
Yes, and you may be here, elleng Jun 2014 #105
Elleng, the gunz-kontrol issue is the best freebie ever given the GOP. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #108
I am not, have not, and will not lash out. elleng Jun 2014 #109
I agree with you in Jindal. The complete ass. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #157
of course you think there should be a debate about loaded guns in bars CreekDog Jun 2014 #111
Ha! Creates the debate terms, assigns folks to either side... Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #115
Guns, booze, and 2:00 AM what could go wrong? Botany Jun 2014 #73
Just celebrating the sportsman paradise of a major American city with some American values neverforget Jun 2014 #2
Just like Georgia where billh58 Jun 2014 #3
Holy crap! kentuck Jun 2014 #4
YOUR street, at the rate we're going. calimary Jun 2014 #51
Way to go, Booby KamaAina Jun 2014 #5
Maybe he should sue himself for negligence davidpdx Jun 2014 #80
Wow, really smart Jindal. SummerSnow Jun 2014 #6
Where are the gunners? They're normally here lickety split. BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #7
In a city racked with gang violence hack89 Jun 2014 #15
Oh, glad you made it BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #16
So you have some amplifying facts that the rest of us are not privy to? hack89 Jun 2014 #17
Did you read the part about the law where it is legal to carry a weapon into a bar? BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #23
In one of the most violent cities in the world hack89 Jun 2014 #30
I'm gob-smacked Caretha Jun 2014 #52
guns are allowed in many states where achohol Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #55
As my grandmother used to say.... Caretha Jun 2014 #59
no you just called Hack89 Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #70
I. Called. No. One. On. This. Forum. A. Name. Caretha Jun 2014 #93
with all due respect I will disagree Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #94
Thank you for Caretha Jun 2014 #97
So coward is not an insult in your world? nt hack89 Jul 2014 #126
The law has nothing to do with the shootings hack89 Jun 2014 #58
I guess my post got some of you Caretha Jun 2014 #61
Insane as hell - it is a deadly combination. Nt hack89 Jun 2014 #63
We can agree on that Caretha Jun 2014 #65
yep insane Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #71
It started in the bar BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #81
The OP doesn't say where it started hack89 Jun 2014 #84
That's why assuming it was gang related is tenuous BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #87
In violent, gang invested city with a sky high murder rate hack89 Jun 2014 #90
appears to have started outside the bar Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #91
that isn't what the article says TorchTheWitch Jul 2014 #117
This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #88
The actual crime rate has gone down in NOLA. NOLALady Jul 2014 #152
BrotherIvan never said the magic words "Concealed Carry" LiberalArkie Jun 2014 #33
The laws in question only apply to concealed carry. hack89 Jun 2014 #37
Because Bourbon Street is SO gang turf KamaAina Jun 2014 #104
It is a very violent place hack89 Jul 2014 #128
New Orleans, yes. KamaAina Jul 2014 #138
Bourbon Street Bars Want Something Done About Street Violence hack89 Jul 2014 #144
Brother Ivan's powers of prediction are pedestrian. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #106
Let's watch those tourist dollars leave the border as these impromptu gun fights continue Baitball Blogger Jun 2014 #8
paranoid gun humpers and liquor Skittles Jun 2014 #9
Nothing to see here, just patriotic Americans exercising their 2nd amendment rights... Coventina Jun 2014 #10
Reason secondvariety Jun 2014 #11
Gee, I'd LOVE to hear the other 546. KamaAina Jun 2014 #12
It would be really nice to see the bystander victims sue Piyish and everyone in his office Doctor_J Jun 2014 #13
+100 n/t billh58 Jun 2014 #18
Don't you need some basic information first? hack89 Jun 2014 #19
I have some basic information. Jindal decided that in rooms crowded with drunks, guns would be Doctor_J Jun 2014 #22
What does that have to do with the OP? hack89 Jun 2014 #24
In the south, just open a classified section of the local paper and you can buy a LiberalArkie Jun 2014 #36
Not if the shooters were underaged or felons. hack89 Jun 2014 #38
I am sorry, but you wrong. An individual can purchase a weapon from another individual. LiberalArkie Jul 2014 #122
and it is against federal and state law Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #123
Such sales to prohibited people is illegal under state and federal law. nt hack89 Jul 2014 #125
So if you are a shooter Caretha Jun 2014 #64
Please read the entire sub thread before jumping in hack89 Jun 2014 #66
Last time I checked Caretha Jun 2014 #67
You can't sue Jindal for a gang shooting hack89 Jun 2014 #72
You assume a great deal. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #76
We also know the shooting was not in a bar hack89 Jun 2014 #77
I never stated it was in a bar. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #78
What is the most likely scenario though? hack89 Jun 2014 #79
I refrain from forming an opinion without any further information. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #83
The entire OP twists the truth to push an agenda hack89 Jun 2014 #85
I hear New Orleans is nice this time of year. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #86
Too violent - their murder rate is 10 times the national average hack89 Jun 2014 #89
And now you know why the rest of us have a problem with guns everywhere. Ikonoklast Jul 2014 #133
Yet even New Orleans has seen significant drops in gun violence hack89 Jul 2014 #135
If you want to sue, sue the punk-thugs who committed the crime. Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #102
So in a city racked with gang violence hack89 Jun 2014 #14
Thanks for weighing in. You and Open Carry enthusiasts are doing more for flamin lib Jun 2014 #32
I oppose open carry hack89 Jun 2014 #34
Well, to begin with I have no reason to believe otherwise. flamin lib Jun 2014 #99
If they were underaged or felons then the purchase would not be legal hack89 Jul 2014 #124
How do you know that they were underage or felons? What information do you have flamin lib Jul 2014 #141
"Just you wait" - the motto of gun control for 20 years. hack89 Jul 2014 #143
Still waiting to find out how you know what you seem to know and why you're so quick flamin lib Jul 2014 #145
I was only pointing out that the OP twisted the truth to support an agenda. hack89 Jul 2014 #146
So you've been passive in your support for UBC? flamin lib Jul 2014 #147
There are other issues facing America, you know hack89 Jul 2014 #148
Ahhh, still can't be bothered to send an email, huh? Walking and chewing gum . . . nt flamin lib Jul 2014 #149
RI is a small state. I get to meet my congressmen face to face hack89 Jul 2014 #150
The point you seem to miss is that it isn't Universal flamin lib Jul 2014 #153
Oh well hack89 Jul 2014 #155
Karma continues to be a bitch. trof Jun 2014 #20
Dangerously stupid rickyhall Jun 2014 #21
Two Cowardly Young Men??? otohara Jun 2014 #25
Loaded guns in bars: good. Loaded guns at gun shows: bad. Paladin Jun 2014 #26
Good thing this shooting was not in a bar. Nt hack89 Jun 2014 #40
Oh sure! Let's go outside and shoot tourist. nt abakan Jun 2014 #48
Or let's settle a drug turf war hack89 Jun 2014 #62
They should also be constitutionally protected to be carried into the La state house. ancianita Jun 2014 #27
The Stupid Party gives us The Stupid Gov Rhinodawg Jun 2014 #28
I was stationed in N.O. when I was in the C.G., yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2014 #29
Were the shooters even inside a bar? Its not explicitly stated so in the article. aikoaiko Jun 2014 #35
no, the shooting was on Bourbon Street TorchTheWitch Jun 2014 #41
It started in the bar BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #92
Maybe so, but the shooting appears to have been in the street aikoaiko Jul 2014 #114
They got into a "disagreement" in a bar BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #116
once again you post a link that does NOT say what you claim it does TorchTheWitch Jul 2014 #120
Yes I disagree with what this thread is about. aikoaiko Jul 2014 #121
see my reply to yours claiming that it started in a bar TorchTheWitch Jul 2014 #118
Does it matter that the shooters were actually in the street and not in a bar? hack89 Jun 2014 #39
not according to the DKOS source TorchTheWitch Jun 2014 #42
Here's USA Today LynneSin Jun 2014 #46
At 2:45AM on Bourbon Street these people were probably in bars drinking... LynneSin Jun 2014 #44
Or they were criminals selling drugs outside the bar hack89 Jun 2014 #54
What makes you so sure Caretha Jun 2014 #96
In either case they are criminals hack89 Jun 2014 #98
So now you know they Caretha Jun 2014 #100
You brought up drug dealers in bars hack89 Jul 2014 #129
and you know this how? Duckhunter935 Jun 2014 #56
I love that Sportman's Paradise of Drunk Human Hunting.... LynneSin Jun 2014 #43
What none of the gun crowd will tell you... abakan Jun 2014 #45
Curious predicament you describe... Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #107
I'm not asking anyone to disarm.. abakan Jul 2014 #142
Well, you set up another dichotemy. There is an actual Right to keep and BEAR arms... Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #156
Hey Bobby! Go barhopping and hunting with Cheney! muntrv Jun 2014 #47
But guns keep us safe, don't they? SheilaT Jun 2014 #50
What we need is a good drunk w/a gun to handle the bad drunk w/a gun. Botany Jun 2014 #74
it'll take more than one incident to wake people up 0rganism Jun 2014 #53
"Sportman's Paradise"? You mean they are hunting tourists in Louisiana? McCamy Taylor Jun 2014 #57
The Casualties Of 2nd Amendment Defenders On Display For All To See cantbeserious Jun 2014 #60
I went to new orleans for the very first time last year. I will never go back. Javaman Jun 2014 #69
No trips to New Orleans... usafvet65 Jun 2014 #75
Bourbon Street, New Orleans is major tourist central Sunlei Jun 2014 #82
we're also celebrating the Sportsman's Paradise and American values," mercuryblues Jun 2014 #95
Jindal and his backers always speak of how "intelligent" he is, he refuses to accept the Medicaid Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #101
Gee alcohol must impact caution who would have guessed? gordianot Jun 2014 #110
I wish there were more repukes Ilsa Jul 2014 #112
"Gun Humpers" = "Packing Contageon" SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2014 #113
The shooting did not take place in a bar. former9thward Jul 2014 #119
Bourbon street is as crowded as a bar... lame54 Jul 2014 #127
So people never carry illegal guns on Burbon Street? hack89 Jul 2014 #131
how many of these shootings take place on bourbon street... lame54 Jul 2014 #132
Bourbon Street Bars Want Something Done About Street Violence hack89 Jul 2014 #134
I'll bow out now... lame54 Jul 2014 #139
The law had nothing to do with what happened. former9thward Jul 2014 #136
Not deflecting... lame54 Jul 2014 #140
Their sportsman's paradise trumps the deads right to life. liberal N proud Jul 2014 #130
Another billboard ad coming up malaise Jul 2014 #137
10 NOLALady Jul 2014 #151
This will be so great for tourism! get the red out Jul 2014 #154
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