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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 06:07 PM Original message |
I may have saved my own life |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Shoulda plugged him. By failing to plug him, you allow his ilk to accost other drivers |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Cut the Johm Wayne crap... |
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Hoopla Phil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
84. Not really, here is my opinion why. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. That took my breath away.. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hate criminals, but..... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good for you. I'm glad you came out ok |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wow. What a horrible thing to go through. |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. I hope your actions cause him to think about it. |
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david13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Hope you filed a police report. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I didn't tell hardley anyone. Mainly because how I felt so scared |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think that is the best possible outcome of handgun ownership |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Makes ya sorta wonder how us Canuks survive without handguns - don't it? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 03:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Birds of a different feather |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The fact that you feel it needed to carry guns to protect yourselves from your own countryman |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Country folk |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. stupid folk |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Canada's three largest cities |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. not just us! |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I know that basically "NONE" of us carry weapons/guns - but I do know some do |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Ah, Mattawa |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I'm curious about your reference to Moline, having a population of 40,000 - Mattawa is about 2,000 |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. you missed post 17? ;) |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Reading Comprehension |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. christ, read what you wrote your own self |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Q. What does Canada's gun laws have to do with the US |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. keep it up |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Keep going yourself |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I wish I could see what your point is |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I'm not surprised you don't get it |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 11:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. your claim |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Look at your own data |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. so what? |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. but let me address one point |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The point |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. uh .... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. The Toronto Area is |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Look. What is your point? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Just beyond your comprehension |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. what I care to do |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I can't believe ya'll are missing the point by so many miles |
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jmg257 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 12:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Perfect - those last ones are idiot mittens. If they do something stupid, just pull |
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bigbadwolf (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Canada's black population is only 2.5% |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. lack of economic opportunity, not race. |
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bigbadwolf (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Nope |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I'd love to see data to support that. nt |
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bigbadwolf (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. To support what, exactly? n/t |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Your statements. |
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bigbadwolf (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. US Census data and FBI crime stats |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. You would have never gotten your gun back either |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Your event and thousands like them are denied by the Brady Bunch and other anti gun crazies |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-01-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. thousands?!? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
59. I asked a police officer if he had encountered... |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-30-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've had incidents similar to yours and by merely showing the handgun and speaking with authority I |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. and multiple times as many people who didn't have handguns |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Wait, people that don't carry have similar instances? ie, they point their finger... |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. of course they don't have "similar instances" |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. You did the right thing... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. By stereotype, you're suppose to be just itching for an excuse to legally kill somebody |
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rangersmith82 (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. Congrats you handled that situation perfectly |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Ticket salesmen are not security |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-31-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
22. ah yes, another of the 2.5 million |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
82. You do realize |
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guntard (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
41. The very best use of a gun, and the most common |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. you know ... |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #47 |
83. You must not need a lot of things |
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Mad_Cow_Disease (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 02:58 PM Original message |
Your ruining our image! |
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Mad_Cow_Disease (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-02-09 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. Duplicate (n/t) |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
52. I carry but ALSO carry pepper spray. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Good advice... |
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wartrace (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. I carry with a loaded chamber and cocked. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Definitely the best way to carry a 1911 style .45. (n/t) |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-03-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
53. Good for you and glad the incident didn't turn out badly |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'm just glad you're back with us, safe and sound |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
61. "I was checking my cell-phone for messages..." Oops: |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-04-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
62. one question unanswered |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. Most key fobs do this anyway. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. huh |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. On key fobs and such. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. the one i have now opens all doors with one click only n/t |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. It may be programmable. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. yessss |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I agree. |
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iverglas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. I'm okay, you're okay |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. it's 15 years old, i doubt it's programmable |
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Mad_Cow_Disease (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. 50% of the cars I've owned unlock all doors when a key unlocks the drivers door (n/t) |
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