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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:51 PM Original message |
North Carolina town calls snow emergency, so gun sales are banned…huh? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
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Jackson1999 (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Did you sleep through Katrina? n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I'm surprised at how many strawmen, logical fallacies and hyperbole you can get in such a short post |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Maybe you can clue someone in |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. *sigh* |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
86. Telling someone how their argument is deficient is not a PERSONAL attack. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Thank you. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I would think that in a situation where you KNOW law enforcement can't respond |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Even the south had sense in 1969 |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Did the ban apply to those that already are illegally carrying guns? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Exactly! Carry a gun during the emergency and your a criminal ... easy to spot |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. But what was criminal about an act that 1 hour before was not criminal? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Nah, suddenly it will be legal for criminals to carry guns |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. So, while the police are overworked and probably unable to respond... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Nobody is confiscating guns from homes |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. And while you are distributing those supplies? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. And what? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You might. What if while distributing what you looted, another group decided to take it from you? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Uhm. I'm giving it to people in need |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. But what if they just wanted it for themselves, to horde and sell? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. What if skunks farted maple syrup n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That would be cool! But that doesnt answer how you are supposed to protect yourself |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I Don't Care. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Well, from my experience with REAL emergencies, not make-beleive ones where everyone |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I've been in floods, wildfires, blizzards |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Ok, then. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Suit yourself. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
105. The thing is, NC's law doesn't just apply to actual emergencies. |
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oneshooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
113. And as you are "smashing open whatever store was available " |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. So, essentially, you have just turned otherwise law abiding citizens into criminals for no reason. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Like I said, the south had more sense in 1969 |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The south had more sense in 1969 when they were discriminating against blacks? |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. No, the South was more Racist in 1969. See my post below, #50. N/T |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
78. You must be awfully young. |
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farmout rightarm (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
84. Yes, only cops should have guns |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
112. What? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
117. If we can't have our firearms during an emergency, what the hell good are they? |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just another use of "emergency powers" to curb civil rights. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
129. I think it's just a simple mis-understanding. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Really? how so? |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. I guess they are just (and justly) afraid that all the good ol' boys will get liquored up |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Right, because that is very likely to happen. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
124. Yep, because that happens all the time... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. I would say that the good citizens of NC aren't capable of shoveling snow |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Restrictions on guns and alcohol due to snow? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. So now the gun-ites want to differentiate emergencies? I live in a hurricane zone and no guns on |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. See post #16. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
55. You forgot something in your list of "noes" - police protection |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
93. Walking around on hurricane night is your first mistake ... having a gun makes you a target, NOW |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. What if you have to leave your shelter in a disaster? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #96 |
100. Are you like 15 years old? You gonna try to get a gun into a public shelter? |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Your hysteria is very telling. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Your machismo speaks volumes. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
108. Edicts like the Katrina gun ban, are now illegal. The NC law may be challenged... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
110. Except the NC law also applies to stuff like farm crops dying, hard frosts, |
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wjbarricklow (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
115. criminals give up guns in a hurricane? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. Ahh, the legacy of Jim Crow rears it's head again.. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Those were snow emergencies? n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. YOU were the one equating the two. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. The OP quotes a snow emergency law |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. No, YOU equated the two. The OP only states when the law was put in place. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. The OP doesn't refer to a snow emergency? n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Sure it does, but it only references 1969 as when the law was put in place. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. So the OP made the connection n/t |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
58. A reference, not a connection. That was all yours, saying the South had more common sense in 1969. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. It might help if you actually read the law... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. 1. In which a declared state of emergency exists |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. That's the reason the chief enforced the ban. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. And we're referring to today's reason to enforce the ban |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. You seem to be missing the bigger point here. The whole REASON for the law was to usurp civil rights |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Hahahahaha!! |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. I guess she ran out of things to say..... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #69 |
80. Did you miss the NOLA court case? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. LA passed a law forbidding the seizure of weapons.. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. From minorities only? |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. So it's "common sense" now, but racist bullshit then, eh? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. Wanting to carry guns to shoot looters is racist bullshit now |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Just can't do it, can ya? |
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dashrif (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #99 |
107. A$$ |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. But the order was NOT to "stay home". This would be a different thread had THAT been the order. |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. I think you are being quite disingenuous, sandandsea. |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. For the life of me, I can't figure out what you are trying to say. n/t |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Your over confidence and trust in the government/the police... |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #64 |
88. Laws prevent nothing. |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
131. You might be interested in what one 60s-era gun-controller had to say... |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. No, sandandsea has no interest in the truth, only in fear mongering. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
67. Not "snow emergency", but "state of emergency". |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. The law doesn't say 'snow emergency'- merely a declared state of emergency. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. The OP is referring to a snow emergency |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. I am starting to wonder if you are being intentionally obtuse. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Exactly. State of emergency due to snow |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. So even less of a need to restrict Civil Rights than a more serious emergency. |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. Try to follow along.. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Yep when I posted this article I guessed the 1969 passage |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. Sometimes I clear the snow off my windshield by shooting it with a shotgun. n/t |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. Man, just yesterday I used an RPG to get (most of) a neighbor's car out of a ditch. |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #60 |
125. I was in my driveway with my .22... |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
45. Jim Crow Leftover Law. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. And when was the law implemented during a riot n/t |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. Your question is irrelevant. The law was obviously intended to stop blacks with guns. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. No, if it never did that |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. No, the legislators had other things to do than revisit that law. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Somehow I think this particular law... |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. 1970 - used to disarm Black Panthers escorting students.. |
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Callisto32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
90. When assessing a law, legislative intent is a very important consideration. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. There doesn't appear to be any... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #45 |
111. Just like California's Mulford Act, passed by then-gov Ronald Reagan... |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
130. And here's what TIME mag had to say about gun control in 1989: |
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Remmah2 (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
65. Invasion of the........ |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. Take a closer look. Russian SnowWOMAN. N/T |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
104. As far as I can make out, the sign says... |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
75. It looks like during a state of emergency, you can't carry guns outside of your property. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #75 |
106. Not all "emergencies" are emergencies. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #106 |
109. That's what I'm thinking. The timing is suspicious, too. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #109 |
118. Suspicious, my ass. It was after the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK. |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #118 |
120. There were no race riots after JFK and RFK, but hundreds of after MLK. N/T |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Neither were the 1870's or 1918. That doesn't mean that irrational laws passed during those periods |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Would one of those be, perchance.. the Sedition Act of 1918? n/t |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #123 |
127. I hadn't even thought about that. I was thinking of the runup to Prohibition... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #122 |
126. You don't even remember MLK, though. So, you're speaking from a point of ignorance. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-11-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #126 |
128. I lived through 9/11, and I STILL hold that the unconstitutional knee-jerk reactions thereto |
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virginia mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
76. HOLY CRAP!!! |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
79. So your car gets stuck in the snow ... |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
85. Nobody needs a gun during an emergency. |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. Strangely, I've found most people are more friendly and helpful ... |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. I read some After Action Reports from guys who worked Katrina. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-08-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
95. Strange policy. If a NICS check were possible, then I don't see why the historically law abiding... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
103. North Carolina's relatively harsh gun laws are mostly a legacy of Jim Crow. |
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Euromutt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
114. In all honesty, I'm more upset... |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-09-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
116. It would seem that CCW holders are exempt from this "emergency" provision. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
119. The statute is under Article 36A, RIOTS AND CIVIL DISORDERS. |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-10-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
121. When an emergency strikes, it's too late then anyways. |
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