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Action put off on guns-in-parks issue [View all] SecularMotion Jan 2012 OP
Another interesting quote.. X_Digger Jan 2012 #1
It looks like the idea to to make sure honest citizens do no have firearms in a park... spin Jan 2012 #2
How about no guns in the parks. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #3
Great idea... liberal_biker Jan 2012 #4
There are all kinds of detection devices available. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #7
So every public place in America should have metal detectors? Really? hack89 Jan 2012 #8
If it saves lives, why not? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #10
Why not? liberal_biker Jan 2012 #11
Stick around, you'll witness all kinds of things around here. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #20
What insult? n/t liberal_biker Jan 2012 #21
Is this how you normally walk into a room full of strangers? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #22
If someone says something disgusting liberal_biker Jan 2012 #23
I find it offensive that you put individual gun carrying above public safety. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #31
"Parks are for recreation, not shootouts." X_Digger Jan 2012 #33
"...get criminals to agree with that." Yep. That usually ends the debate.... SteveW Jan 2012 #86
Actually I put individual safety above unfounded fears liberal_biker Jan 2012 #38
"Incidentally, I don't play with my guns." Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #48
Your desire to live a world where honest people can't carry firearms... spin Jan 2012 #54
My desire is to live in a world where nobody carries handguns in public. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #57
No, I don't share that desire... spin Jan 2012 #60
How sad! Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #61
That's just simple reality... spin Jan 2012 #62
Those rose-colored glasses clash with reality. n/t X_Digger Jan 2012 #66
That is not a bad start. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #64
"Stick around, you'll witness all kinds of things around here." Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #47
Nice one. With distortions like that, I assume you don't belief in karma. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #89
How are you going to pay for it all? They are cutting education right now hack89 Jan 2012 #14
Why cut education and healthcare? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #18
Because education and social services are the biggest chunk of local budgets hack89 Jan 2012 #24
Take it out of those HS dollars. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #27
What money.... liberal_biker Jan 2012 #28
Free clue: The police have no legal responsibility to protect you. X_Digger Jan 2012 #32
Do you appreciate how minuscule the gun economy is hack89 Jan 2012 #36
"the privileged elite who like to fly over America,"? rl6214 Jan 2012 #78
More tax on gun sales. ellisonz Jan 2012 #19
Sales taxes are a state issue - good luck with that. nt hack89 Jan 2012 #25
A federal tax on firearms purchases? liberal_biker Jan 2012 #29
Pssst, there already is one. PavePusher Jan 2012 #50
Hence "more"... ellisonz Jan 2012 #55
Not if it is for the purpose of restricting 2A. nt SteveW Jan 2012 #87
If it saves lives, we can hire every other person to be a cop and follow the other people around.. X_Digger Jan 2012 #16
Ok so your solution is.... liberal_biker Jan 2012 #9
Watch a lot of movies, do you? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #12
Somebody has to monitor the output liberal_biker Jan 2012 #13
One person can monitor a lot of input. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #52
I think you're far too optimistic about this technology, and too cavalier about the BoR petronius Jan 2012 #30
I guess we'll see what violation of privacy can be shown. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #34
What the fuck makes a park sacred? X_Digger Jan 2012 #37
"Do criminals avoid the parks due to its 'sacredness'?!?" Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #53
"No, but they should".. When they do, we'll chat. X_Digger Jan 2012 #63
A park-cum-prison? In your mind, maybe. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #71
"No, but they should" PavePusher Jan 2012 #69
What on earth do you mean? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #70
"No, but [criminals] should." They will be blinded by the glare of your logic... SteveW Jan 2012 #88
If you feel that going to the park means engaging in self defense Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #91
If it's not firearms it'll just be something else. So really, a better solution would petronius Jan 2012 #92
Uh, no. You miss-read again... SteveW Jan 2012 #94
You don't think so? liberal_biker Jan 2012 #39
Why would a park be sacred? petronius Jan 2012 #51
And how is that surveillance going to stop someone from taking a gun into a park? rl6214 Jan 2012 #80
Wow. Maybe we could have TSA agents at the gates to the parks... spin Jan 2012 #15
Too much TV and movies in your life. Not enough reality. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #26
Precisely the opposite liberal_biker Jan 2012 #40
So you set up a metal detector at the gates to a park... spin Jan 2012 #41
Yea, the criminals might dig a tunnel to take their guns into the park. Hoyt Jan 2012 #46
So you support a surveillance state? Patriot Act didn't go far enough for you? nt hack89 Jan 2012 #43
I do not support the Patriot Act or a surveillance state. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #59
Which means that in public places citizens are been surveilled by the government hack89 Jan 2012 #65
That *is* a surveillance state. X_Digger Jan 2012 #67
A dense metal detector is a search? What drivel. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #72
Yesterday's SCOTUS decision must have caused your authoritarian streak to squeak, eh? X_Digger Jan 2012 #74
Got me pegged, don't you? You must live in a very isolated place. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #79
"secure in their persons" - ring a bell? -- fuck that anti-4th amendment noise. X_Digger Jan 2012 #81
Explain, please, how it is not a search. It is looking for something... PavePusher Jan 2012 #75
It is detecting objects in a given area, not focusing on individuals. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #76
This is, effectively, an X-ray, although by a slightly different mechanism. PavePusher Jan 2012 #83
Spam deleted by petronius (MIR Team) Kingfounds Nov 2012 #95
Did I miss something somewhere? one-eyed fat man Jan 2012 #73
And when you go to an ATM you are giving your consent. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #82
"Walking down the street you are giving your consent." PavePusher Jan 2012 #84
Sure you are unless you wear a mask. It's de facto consent. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #90
If you can not see the difference between a camera (and I oppose those, by the way).... PavePusher Jan 2012 #93
Giving consent to be seen, perhaps (even by a camera) petronius Jan 2012 #85
And you are going to have an armed cop by the entrance metal detectors rl6214 Jan 2012 #77
How many crimes do you think get committed in those parks now? Not many and certainly not enough Hoyt Jan 2012 #44
That depends on the park... spin Jan 2012 #58
So, how much are the fences and security check-points going to cost? PavePusher Jan 2012 #6
Oh, God, the "we can't afford it" arguement . . . . . .so often used by right wing obstructionists. Hoyt Jan 2012 #45
You find the money for it, I'll consider it. Good luck. n/t PavePusher Jan 2012 #49
How about you support 6ft of fencing, we'll even put a plaque up with your name like anti-littering. X_Digger Jan 2012 #68
Another interesting quote... Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #5
any decision on if they plan to allow criminals with guns into country parks? ileus Jan 2012 #17
More importantly. Glassunion Jan 2012 #35
They aren't allowed now.. liberal_biker Jan 2012 #42
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