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Midnight Writer

(21,812 posts)
4. No need for worry. We only have about 400 mass shootings a year in this country.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 05:53 PM
Oct 2020

What are the odds that someone who needs to carry a gun into a polling place will be unhinged enough to trigger a tragedy?

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
6. How will they know how you voted?
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 06:15 PM
Oct 2020

No need to advertise. Vote, go home. We'll need to deal with the failures of law enforcement when we're finally in power again.

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)
7. If they're looming over your shoulder watching you vote it would be hugely intimidating.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 06:53 PM
Oct 2020

And then there's the fear that they could follow you out and shoot you.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
8. I must be quite naive about the polling places in areas other than mine
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 06:58 PM
Oct 2020

I didn't realize that any jurisdiction would allow that type of personal invasion. But I don't doubt it, either.

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