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BootinUp

(51,639 posts) Thu Jun 23, 2022, 03:47 PM Jun 2022

Krugman makes the point I often think of

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Krugman makes the point I often think of (Original Post) BootinUp Jun 2022 OP

Marshall Matt Dillon had his own kind of red flag laws Walleye Jun 2022 #1

Most towns did. That is literally what the OK Corral gunfight was about. rsdsharp Jun 2022 #2

I'll be your edhopper Jun 2022 #4

You want to shoot me in the head? rsdsharp Jun 2022 #6

Ha! edhopper Jun 2022 #8

I'd like to know why I can't carry a gun into the SCOTUS or to any courtroom Orrex Jun 2022 #3

Or edhopper Jun 2022 #5

Also, I want to know . . . AverageOldGuy Jun 2022 #7

Because freedom! Orrex Jun 2022 #9

Walleye

(45,436 posts)

1. Marshall Matt Dillon had his own kind of red flag laws

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 03:50 PM

Jun 2022

“Give me your guns, you can pick them up on the way out of Dodge“

rsdsharp

(12,093 posts)

2. Most towns did. That is literally what the OK Corral gunfight was about.

Reply to Walleye (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 04:27 PM

Jun 2022

Virgil Earp wanted to disarm the Cowboys in accordance with a city ordinance. He brought Wyatt, Morgan and Doc Holliday with him to back him up.

edhopper

(37,521 posts)

4. I'll be your

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 05:18 PM

Jun 2022

Huckleberry.

rsdsharp

(12,093 posts)

6. You want to shoot me in the head?

Reply to edhopper (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 05:19 PM

Jun 2022

That’s kinda rude!

edhopper

(37,521 posts)

8. Ha!

Reply to rsdsharp (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 05:21 PM

Jun 2022

Orrex

(67,392 posts)

3. I'd like to know why I can't carry a gun into the SCOTUS or to any courtroom

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 05:13 PM

Jun 2022

edhopper

(37,521 posts)

5. Or

Reply to Orrex (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 05:18 PM

Jun 2022

in front of one of their houses?

AverageOldGuy

(4,166 posts)

7. Also, I want to know . . .

Reply to Orrex (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 05:20 PM

Jun 2022

. . . why I can't walk back and forth on the sidewalk in front of Kavanaugh's home with a pistol strapped on my hip and an AR-15 slung over my shoulder.

Orrex

(67,392 posts)

9. Because freedom!

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 23, 2022, 08:49 PM

Jun 2022

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